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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360922 | Combination of light tube with stabilizer A light tube assembly includes a light tube and a stabilizer which includes a tubular body with copper members that are slidably engaged with curved slots in a base. A core with terminal plates is received in the tubular body and two locking pin 51s extend th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7249967 | Attachment for a light string An attachment for a light string having sockets for respectively receiving therein bulb assemblies and wires extending out of the sockets includes a body. The body of the attachment has a through hole defined through the body and a fastener slot defined in the body.... | 07/31/2007 |
| 6491534 | Safety socket A socket for an electric light is provided including a first electric supply circuit, a second electric supply circuit, and a safety device adapted to detect presence or absence of a light bulb in the socket.... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6427019 | Speaker Assembly A speaker assembly comprising a speaker housing, a speaker mounted in the housing, and at least two threaded studs connected to the housing and speaker and extending away from the external surface of the housing. The studs have an unthreaded, pointed end ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6079997 | Lamp socket with rainwater drainage means A lamp socket includes a double open end, conical socket shell, a socket cap covered on one open end of the conical socket shell and having a plurality of through holes, a metal contact ring fastened to two mounting tabs inside the conical socket shell fo... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5547392 | Structure of lamp socket A lamp socket in which the socket body is formed of two symmetrical halves, having opposite inside flanges transversely disposed at the top, which hold two opposite ends of the positive contact metal plate, and an inside receptacle, which holds the bottom... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5350315 | Lamp socket for a Christmas tree light A lamp socket comprised of a socket shell, a socket body fitted into a socket shell to hold a lamp bulb, and a mounting device fastened to the socket shell to hold the electric wire of a light string, wherein the socket shell has stop blocks to stop the s... | 09/27/1994 |
| 4565419 | Threaded lamp adapter system with spring adapter An adapter for permitting a lamp to be threaded into a light socket while preventing damage to the socket through application of excessive threading force includes a threaded sleeve rotatably mounted on a cylindrical body and conductive securing means for... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4548449 | Lamp socket attachment A lamp socket attachment to convert a conventional screw-type light bulb socket into a spring insert type socket comprises a hollow cylindrical member open at both ends made of electrically non-conductive material divided by a transverse partition into up... | 10/22/1985 |
| 3936130 | Plug-in fuse receptacle interchangeable with circuit breaker An Edison base fuse receptacle is provided for interchanging with a Push-Push type 11/2 inches wide circuit breaker. In another embodiment the fuse receptacle is constructed to be interchangeable with three narrow plug-in type circuit breakers.... | 02/03/1976 |