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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7744412 | Apparatus for making electrical contact with luminous means in spotlights An apparatus for making electrical contact with luminous means in spotlights, which contain a glass vessel, a luminous means base and contact pins for the power supply is provided. The apparatus comprising a luminous means holder with at least two socket pairs for a... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7618288 | Quick connect spring-clamp light bulb socket A socket for a light bulb having a socket housing to provide wired connection and an interior spring-clamp socket manufactured of a resilient material and having a notched separation extending longitudinally therethrough. The notch permits the deformation of the spr... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7387407 | String of light with matched light bulbs and sockets A string of light uniquely matches light bulbs to sockets based on a structure. Each light bulb has a bulb and a base. The bulb has a bottom, and the base is connected to the bottom of the bulb and has a thread and a central contact protruding coaxially from the bas... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7048402 | Lamp assembly for a microscope A lamp assembly for a microscope, the microscope having a stand, comprising a female member comprising a first electrical socket, the socket arranged to provide a source of electricity for a lamp, the female receptacle located inside the microscope stand, and, a mal... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6974354 | Bulb assembly The invention relates to a bulb assembly including a bulb holder and a socket, wherein the holder is provided with an elastic rod having an inclined bottom end. The socket is provided with a side slot having a bottom. The holder can insert into the socket and let th... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6641422 | High intensity discharge lamp and a method of interconnecting a high intensity discharge lamp A high intensity discharge lamp (HID) (200) includes an electrically powered lamp (200) having a lamp exterior (220) and at least one lead (226) extending outside of the lamp. An electrical interface (202) includes a male connector (204) fastened at its b... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6544048 | Plug connector A plug connector for mounting on a circuit board is proposed, having a carrier body (10), at least one surface mounting contact member (20) disposed in the carrier body and at least one pass-through mounting contact member (38) which is also disposed in t... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6462466 | Color cathode ray tube with small neck diameter and large stem pin circle having sufficient number of conductive lead pin segments In a color cathode ray tube, inner lead pin segments which extend inside the neck of a funnel constituting an vacuum envelope, outer lead pin segments which are led out of the neck and interconnecting wires which respectively connect both lead pin segment... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6341881 | Single-conductor positioning device on a bulb holder A single-conductor positioning device on each or either lateral side of a bulb holder, wherein, a receiving seat is integrally formed on the side of the bulb holder and is comprised of two hook-like sidewalls opposite to each other and forming an inner sl... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6268687 | Base for compact fluorescent lamp The invention relates to a base for compact fluorescent lamp comprising a body and a cap which are fixed to each other along an outside connection surface, a discharge tube is fixed in the cap and metal pins ensuring a releasable electrical contact are fi... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6254252 | Lamp and lamp base assembly A first lamp base assembly is provided which includes two separate base components. The first base component is attachable to a lamp via a lamp retainer and to the second base component. The second base component is attachable to the first base component ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6250789 | Lamp housing assembly and method for assembling same A lamp housing assembly is provided wherein clips secured to a lens engage the walls of a trough provided about the periphery of a lamp housing to hold the lens in place relative to the lamp housing until a volume of glue which has been provided within th... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6241552 | Connecting structure type (III) of electrical wires and bulb units of a decorative lighting net A connecting structure type (III) of a decorative lighting net includes several electrical wires intercrossed and connected with a plurality of bulb units to become a complete net or a curtain-type decoration. A receiver having an inner circular groove is... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6238062 | Modified lamp series The present invention proposes a modified lamp series. The lamp series is a power cable with a plurality of bulb sets installed thereon. Each bulb set comprises a bulb seat, a fixing outer lid, and a bearing soft core. An accommodation groove is disposed ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6080019 | Lamp and lamp base assembly A first lamp base assembly is provided which includes two separate base components. The first base component is attachable to a lamp via a lamp retainer and to the second base component along a planar surface. The second base component included a number o... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6005337 | Single-ended discharge lamp The invention relates to a single-ended discharge lamp comprising a discharge tube, inleads connected to the electrodes of the discharge tube and embedded in the sealed portions thereof, a connection member connected to the inleads directly or through an ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5990610 | Manufacturing method and apparatus for insulating member This invention secures the breakdown voltage between stem pins or the like for high voltage service in a cathode ray tube. This insulator is formed of a clay-like silicone compound having a tip-throughhole and pin-throughholes or a stem base with the elec... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5980327 | Miniature light bulb socket preventing the rupture of electrical wires at deflection points The present invention relates to a miniature light bulb socket featured by the capability of preventing the rupture of electrical wires at deflection points. The light bulb socket according to the invention has primarily two semi-circular grooves each for... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5913696 | Water-proof structure of a lamp base The present invention is related to a water-proof pad of a lamp base comprises a lamp base and a water-proof pad, wherein the through hole is installed aside the lower seat of the lamp base and said water-proof pad has a cylindrical portion and a plane pl... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5814927 | Socket for automotive discharge lamps In a socket for discharge lamps 10, having a tubular enclosure 22, a female terminal 23 is located in the center of the socket. A circular elastic sleeve 24 is mounted to the outside surface of the tubular enclosure. On the inside surface of the elastic s... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5795189 | Structure for a decorative lamp A decorative lamp, in which the upper end of the outer socket is provided with a cylindrical hole, the bottom of the cylindrical hole has a rectangular plug channel, of which both sides are furnished with two copper plate slots respectively for receiving ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5762519 | C-type light bulb socket structure Disclosed in the present invention is an improved C-type light bulb socket structure that comprises soft sealing pads disposed between a socket shell and an end cap to form watertight engagements after these parts being assembled. Therefore, the structure... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5709450 | High intensity discharge automotive lamp socket An arrangement of an automotive lamp assembly is provided including a reflector housing with a central opening; a discharge light assembly mounted to the reflector through the opening; a base supporting the discharge light assembly in the reflector, the b... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5701050 | Immersion lamp for a photochemical reactor and its use An immersion lamp for a photochemical reactor with a discharge tube fitted in an outer bulb through which an inert gas flows having a lamp bulb with axially opposite mechanically stable electric terminals is held and contacted in a holder in the outer bul... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5691596 | Christmas tree light A Christmas tree light including a plastic lamp holder defining an open chamber, and a bulb fastened to the open chamber of the lamp holder, wherein the lamp holder has two opposite transverse ribs inside the open chamber, the bulb has two opposite engage... | 11/25/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5620343 | Watertight socket structure for use in a light bulb The present invention relates to a light bulb socket structure provided with sealing elements. The sealing elements, combined with conductor plates and electrical conductor wires, are arranged inside the body of the socket in such a way that the lower end... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5600199 | Fluorescent lamp with spring-loaded terminal pins A fluorescent lamp with spring-loaded terminal pins includes a tube having an inner surface and an outer surface; an amount of electrically excitable gas disposed in the tube; a fluorescent chemical coat disposed on the inner surface of the tube; a pair o... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5569981 | Ballast device for compact fluorescent lamp A ballast device for a compact fluorescent lamp, comprises a ballast case including upper case 10-1, a lower case, and PCBs. The upper case has a incandescent lamp base 19 and the lower case has a socket substrate 11 having a compact fluorescent lamp sock... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5545944 | Base for single pin elongated lamp A fluorescent lamp includes: an elongated, hermetically sealed transluscent glass envelope containing an electrode at each end thereof, each of said electrodes including an electron emitting portion and two lead-in wires. The lead-in wires extend outside ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5465025 | Lamp with removable base and replaceable bulb capsule A lamp has a globe with an open rear portion encircled by a mounting collar. A removable base structure includes a base member with a cylindrical wall telescopically receiving the mounting collar therein, with pins on the collar latching in J-shaped slots... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5453656 | Discharge lamp assembly A discharge lamp assembly compatible with a conventional filament type vehicle lamp has a discharge lamp, and a base structure with a first base component made of ceramics and a second base component made of plastics. The first base component has a cylind... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5270610 | Vibration resistant lamp and base, and method of its manufacture To connect a vitreous lamp bulb which has an essentially tubular extension 6) to a base lamp holding structure (2), the holding structure is formed with a cylindrical recess into which the tubular extension is fitted. The material of the lamp holding struc... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5227690 | Capped electric lamp The lamp has a lamp cap (10) with a metal shell (20), in which an insulator body (30) with a circumferential outer surface (31) between a first and a second end face (32, 33) is locked. Recesses (34) occur at the outer surface (31) at a cross-section (II-... | 07/13/1993 |
| 4947082 | Sealing arrangement for a lamp housing A sealing arrangement for a flexible printed circuit fixed to a lamp housing and feeding electrical current to a lamp bulb assembly connected to the lamp housing characterized in that the lamp housing and the lamp socket assembly each support a sealing ga... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4804343 | Lamp socket assembly A lamp socket assembly which includes a plastic socket body having a tubular portion adapted to receive a socket insert along a first axis and having a connector portion integral therewith which receives the wire terminals along a second axis which is sub... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4778409 | Screw in lamp holder A molded electrical lamp socket includes threaded, insulating portions on the inner wall of the socket to engage the lamp. The side electrode providing electrical contact for the lamp is desirably set deeply within the socket, to reduce the danger of acci... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4762806 | Process for producing a SiC semiconductor device A process for producing a SiC semiconductor device comprising growing a single-crystal film of SiC on a single-crystal substrate of Si and forming the structure of semiconductor device such as diodes, transistors, etc., on said SiC single-crystal film, th... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4758181 | Locking arrangement for a lamp socket assembly A lamp socket and housing combination in which a J-slot bayonet type connection is provided for maintaining the lamp socket within the housing and cooperating lock means are formed on the lamp socket and the housing for preventing the lamp socket from bei... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4738630 | Socket for receiving the base of a single-based fluorescent lamp A cover module (1) of an adaptor for single-based fluorescent lamps is prded with a cylindrical element, having a cross-sectionally rectangular recess (2) therein, for receiving the base of the lamp. Spring elements (5) for gripping the base are formed o... | 04/19/1988 |
