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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7837493 | Lamp socket and light appliance thereof A lamp socket includes connection terminal bodies including connection terminals provided in sides of the lamp socket to contact with connection pins of the lamp, and connection terminal recesses into which the connection terminals are inserted, and connection caps ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7393223 | Electrical mounting connector for a bi-pin fluorescent bulb An electrical mounting connector for a bi-pin fluorescent bulb has a lamp holder with two terminals and a cap with two pin guiding openings that snaps into the lamp holder such that two pins held in the two pin guiding openings will be held in contact with the two p... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7344398 | Safety locking socket for light tube A luminaire socket is used in spaced-apart pair to receive a light tube therebetween in a luminaire assembly. The light tube has socket caps with contact pins at opposed ends. The luminaire socket comprises: a base connected to a support surface; electrical plugs wi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7284879 | HID lighting fixture with quick-disconnect light source mount A luminaire assembly (10) using a double-ended, unshielded high intensity discharge (HID) light source (100). In one aspect, the assembly (10) includes a light source mount (22) adapted to manually, without tools, mount and remove the HID... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278871 | Axial thrust bulb socket with bayonet removal An axial thrust bulb socket with bayonet removal of the bulb includes a flat bulb support member mounted in spaced relation to a pair of resilient socket end connectors and having a circular socket opening with a pair of pin retainer tabs extending therefrom toward ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267567 | Lamp socket with lever holder A socket (10) for a lamp (12) having a projecting electrical contact (14) at least at one end, the socket (10) comprising: an electrically insulating housing (16) having a bottom surface (18) for attachment to a base (20 | 09/11/2007 |
| 7241032 | Readily repairable lamp including a light emitting diode (LED) A lamp includes a lamp cover, a light emitting diode (LED), and a lamp holder, wherein the lamp holder includes an inner cover and an outer cover. The inner cover includes a pair of movable parts each having a top portion and a bottom portion. Two longitudinal chann... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7204711 | Lamp socket The present invention provides a lamp socket having a socket body with a lamp receiving portion and a back portion divided by a partition. The back side of the partition has a shelf and a recessed portion that extends inwardly relative to the shelf. The lamp socket ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7182502 | Press-in place LED for a digital switching cross-connect module A tracer lamp unit for use with a DSX system is disclosed herein. The tracer lamp unit includes an elongate housing with a generally rounded cross section wherein the housing is configured to be secured within an opening defined by a piece of telecommunications equi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168984 | Electrical connector An electrical connector has a hard base part forming a plurality of rearwardly and forwardly open seat, respective contacts in the seats each having a front end and a rear end, and respective wires projecting forwardly into the seats and connected in the seats to th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165990 | Lamp socket with novel wire connector A wire connector (10) has an electrically insulating housing (12) with a bottom surface (14) for attachment to a base (16) and an upper surface (18) having a wire-receiving groove (20) formed therein. An electrical contact r... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160139 | Contact assembly A contact assembly (11) for providing electricity to an electroluminescent display (12) that is mounted on an outer face of a carrier plate (10). The contact assembly includes contact pads (16) on the outer face of the carrier plate and a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7121891 | Interposer Three-Way Light Bulbs and Sockets can create a condition, where “light flicker” can occur. One way to correct the situation and to reduce the chance of having light flicker is described in this patent. It consists of introducing an “INTERPOSER”, between the ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7059888 | High temperature lamp connector and socket for double-ended lamp A socket (5) for a double-ended lamp (12) comprises a pair of opposed connectors (10) including single-piece ceramic housings (14) each having a top surface (16) and a bottom surface (18) and including a contact receiving ar... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059745 | Lighting fixture with quick-disconnect light source mount A luminaire assembly (10) using a double-ended, unshielded high intensity discharge (HID) light source (100). In one aspect, the assembly (10) includes a light source mount (22) adapted to manually, without tools, mount and remove the HID... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052301 | Lamp socket The present invention provides a lamp socket having a socket body with a lamp receiving portion and a back portion divided by a partition. The back side of the partition has a shelf and a recessed portion that extends inwardly relative to the shelf. The lamp socket ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7001046 | Led lamp An LED lamp has: an LED with a pair of terminals; a holder to which the LED is attached, the holder being of insulating material; and a radiation unit that has two metallic radiation plates that are attached to the holder while surrounding the holder and being insul... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6824409 | Holder for lamps with a two-pin cap A lamp holder is provided comprising a housing, a contact pin retainer arranged within the housing, a rotary member rotatably mounted in the housing, and a fastener for fastening the rotary member to the housing. The contact pin retainer is adapted to receive a lamp... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6799987 | Wire connecting device A wire-connecting device that is capable of preventing deterioration or breakage of a wire connected to a lamp electrode of a liquid crystal display module. In the device, a clamp presses and secures the electrode to the wire. The lamp electrode and the wire are con... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6783383 | Safety light socket A light socket with a terminal cover and lamp lock is disclosed. This single, molded piece is resiliently attached to the top lip of the socket and is held, cantilevered, over the central terminal. Screwing the lamp into the socket, displaces the cover and lock into... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6577081 | Safety shield assembly for electrical apparatus A safety shield assembly for an electrical apparatus comprises a bellows which is recessed into the planar surface of the apparatus which surrounds a pair of electrical blades, and which faces the planar face of a wall receptacle when the electrical appar... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6448819 | Fixed device for the bulb socket A bulb socket and bulb arrangement includes a jacket set at a caulking part above the fixture of the bulb socket. There are several jack catches inside the jacket. The outer part of the bulb has several convex catches. When the bulb is inserted into the b... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6257740 | Lamp for use in light strings A lamp having a light bulb connected to a base insertable into a light socket in such a way that insertion breaks an electrical circuit between two spring terminals inside the socket and reestablishes it through the lead wires on the light bulb. The light... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6076941 | Connector assembly, in particular for making contact with a gas discharge lamp A connector assembly, in particular for making contact with gas discharge lamps, is specified which is safe in operation even with the lamp not having been introduced. The assembly has a housing made of a dielectric material, having a central contact and ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6019483 | Decoration lamp device A decoration lamp device has a lamp holder, a bulb disposed on the lamp holder, and a socket receiving the lamp holder. The lamp holder has a base portion having two through apertures and two lateral grooves, and a cylinder portion having two bottom groov... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5681107 | Structure for a decorative lamp An improved structure for a decorative lamp, in which an end opening of a cylinder part under the socket for inserting power wires is provided with two sets of positioning slots having different depth; each of the positioning slots is furnished with a gui... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5580159 | Miniature light fixture A miniature light fixture includes a miniature light bulb, an elongated folding element having a recess that receives a base portion of the light, and a socket bounding an internal passage for partially receiving the holding element in an assembled condit... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5518425 | Decorative bulb socket A socket assembly which includes a socket, an annular positioner and two leaf conductors. The socket includes two slots defined in a bottom and a groove defined in an internal surface. The annular positioner includes an opening defined therein and a ridge... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5349264 | Electric lamp construction having a contact tongue securely fixed by an insulator body in a sleeve An electric lamp has a lamp vessel provided with a seal, fixed to a first end of a metal sleeve. In a second end of the sleeve an insulator body through which a contact member extends is rigidly secured. To that end the inner channel of the sleeve has a c... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5278741 | Light bulb assembly particularly useful for miniature lamps A light bulb assembly includes a light bulb, a base receiving the light bulb, and a socket receiving the base. The base is formed with a displaceable arm terminating in a locking element. The socket is formed with an opening through a wall having an edge ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5008588 | Wedge-type lamp bulb assembly A wedge-type lamp bulb assembly consists of a bulb containing a filament and a wedge-shaped base extending from the bulb. Several lead wires connected to the filament are led out from the bottom of the wedge-shaped base, and folded along the front and rea... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4987340 | Lead wire mounting structure for electroluminescence A lead wire mounting structure for an electroluminescence including a first retainer plate having a plurality of bosses some of which are to be inserted through sealing films of the electroluminescence, and a second retainer plate having a plurality of ho... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4888519 | Electric lamp and method of manufacturing same The electric lamp has a lamp vessel (1) having an end portion (3) which is fixed inthe lamp cap (5) by means of polyethersulphone (8) as a thermoplastic synthetic resin, which has adhered both to the lamp vessel and to the lamp cap. The end portion (3) ha... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4883434 | Wedge-base lamp and socket assembly A wedge-base lamp and socket assembly includes a wedge-base lamp having a pair of projections formed on opposite sides near the center of a base of the wedge-base lamp; and a socket having a pair of resilient arms which come in engagement with the pair of... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4784609 | Jack module with lamp assembly A jack module with a lamp assembly that is interconnected at the top front of a printed circuit board and has a bottom guide channel for slidably receiving a tri-jack. The printed circuit board has top and bottom forwardly extending necks which define a n... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4753603 | Wholly enclosed armature arrangement for fluorescent tubes A wholly enclosed armature for fluorescent tubes, which is designed for outdoor use, has a transparent, cylindrically tubular cover member (18) which supports at the one end a permanent coupling housing (23) and at the opposite end supports an easily dete... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4742434 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp in which the back cover is positively prevented from coming off the main body of the lamp and connectors of the lamp can be easily connected and disconnected. The lamp includes light bulb, a lamp body, and a back cover detachably engageab... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4720272 | Snap-in terminal with wire guide A socket for and a terminal with a wire guide means for straightening skewed filament wires from a wedge base bulb and with terminal means for making electrical contact with the filament wires.... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4607901 | Mold fill wall for snap-in terminal retention A wall means to prevent the flow of mold vinyl fill from entering the interior of a snap-in terminal during the socket molding process.... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4528619 | Replaceable lamp unit providing hermetic seal and fixed alignment for electric lamp contained therein and automobile headlight utilizing same A replaceable lamp unit (10) removably oriented within a glass or plastic reflector (13) of an automobile headlight. The unit includes a plastic cylindrical shaped holder (19) which is directly inserted within a rear opening (11) in the reflector. The hol... | 07/09/1985 |
