Abstract: A connector has contacts, each including a holding portion inserted from a direction orthogonal to a connector fitting direction and held by a housing, a contact portion continuous with the holding portion and extending in the fitting direction, and a connection portion continuous with the holding portion and connected to an LED mounting substrate. The housing includes a main body inserted in a hole formed in the LED mounting substrate, and a top hoard portion formed thereon. The main body is formed with connector receiving portions which accommodate the contact portions and receive a cable connector. The board portion is formed with contact accommodating portions which communicate with the connector receiving portions and accommodate the holding portions. The main body is formed with slots via which the contacts are inserted into the connector receiving portions and the contact accommodating portions from directions orthogonal to the fitting direction.

Abstract: An electrical appliance for a lampholder socket having a socket axis of rotation has a housing rotatable by an application of an applied torque thereto. A screw base is configured to be inserted in the lampholder socket and threadedly connected to the lampholder socket upon a rotation of the screw base in a first direction about the socket axis of rotation. A torque limiter is fixedly attached to the screw base for rotation therewith. The torque limiter couples the housing to the screw base for rotation therewith when the applied torque is less than a predetermined magnitude and couples the housing to the screw base for rotation relative thereto when the applied torque is greater than the predetermined magnitude. An electrical device is mounted in the housing and electrically connected to the screw base.

Abstract: Interconnection systems are shown that include communication contacts, and a guide. Configurations are shown with a guide that locates a male portion with respect to a female portion and guides their engagement before any communication contacts are engaged. Configurations are also shown with a guide that includes one or more power contacts.

Abstract: A light source apparatus is equipped with a discharge lamp, which has a glass tube that forms a light emitting part and a base member that is coupled thereto, and a mounting apparatus that holds the discharge lamp via the base member. Therein, the base member has a flange part that contacts positioning plate of the mounting apparatus, and a fixed part that is urged with a pressing force that presses the flange part to the positioning plate. Furthermore, the mounting apparatus has a fixing arm that urges the fixed part by a compression coil spring.

Abstract: A leaded device socket includes a lead guide that contacts and urges the leads on an electrical component into the correct position in the device when the component is pressed into the socket. The leaded device socket may also include a receiver for retaining a functional portion of the electrical component in a predetermined position in the circuit. The lead guide and receiver may both be integrally molded with the socket.

Abstract: A connector has contacts, each including a holding portion inserted from a direction orthogonal to a connector fitting direction and held by a housing, a contact portion continuous with the holding portion and extending in the fitting direction, and a connection portion continuous with the holding portion and connected to an LED mounting substrate. The housing includes a main body inserted in a hole formed in the LED mounting substrate, and a top hoard portion formed thereon. The main body is formed with connector receiving portions which accommodate the contact portions and receive a cable connector. The board portion is formed with contact accommodating portions which communicate with the connector receiving portions and accommodate the holding portions. The main body is formed with slots via which the contacts are inserted into the connector receiving portions and the contact accommodating portions from directions orthogonal to the fitting direction.

Abstract: A lighting system comprising an electrical lamp (6) having an electrical lamp connector (32), a holder (5) having a front electrical connector adapted to be back-connected to a power supply and a cap (7) to interface the electrical lamp and the holder, said cap extending along a mounting direction between a top side for receiving the lamp connector and an opposite bottom side for receiving the holder connector, and having axial holes extending between the bottom side and the top side for receiving within at least a part of an electrical cap connector able to electrically connect the lamp connector with the holder connector once the lighting assembly is assembled.

Abstract: 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 to slide to press and fix the connection pins when the connection pins contact with the connection terminals.

Abstract: A replaceable lamp assembly includes a lamp adapter and a lamp holder. The lamp adapter is detachably connected to the lamp holder. The lamp adapter has a top provided with a connecting member and a bottom formed with a sliding trough. The lamp holder has a top provided with a sliding block which corresponds to the sliding trough. The sliding trough and the sliding block are either a T-shaped trough and a T-shaped block or a swallow-tailed trough and a swallow-tailed block, which have a flat configuration without taking a lot of space. Accordingly, the lamp adapter has enough space to accommodate a circuit board, a lamp ballast, and so on. It is not necessary to increase the size of the lamp adapter. The lamp assembly of the present invention is compact and changeable in shape.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bulb socket structure for an onboard interior lighting system, in which: a bulb attachment hole 12 to which a wedge base bulb 21 is attached is formed in a resin-made housing 10 constituting the onboard interior lighting system; and power supply terminals 15 configured to contact, and conduct electricity to, terminals of a base 21b arranged under a bulb part 21a of the wedge base bulb when the base is inserted into the inside of the bulb attachment hole are provided in the inside of the bulb attachment hole. In the bulb socket structure, a spacer 30 is provided to the bulb attachment hole 12. The spacer is includes a supporting cylindrical part 31 capable of supporting the bulb part 21a of the wedge base bulb from its outer periphery. The spacer is capable of causing the power supply terminals 15 to contact the respective terminals of the base part while protecting the power supply terminals.

Abstract: An end cap and socket system for use with a lamp bulb may include an end cap and a socket body. The end cap may include a first cylindrical portion with a first diameter, and a second cylindrical portion with a second diameter smaller than the first cylindrical portion. The socket may a key portion projecting from a front face of the socket. A adaptor for use with a socket may include a key portion. Alternatively, the end can may include a key disk with a key groove cut into the key disk, and the socket may include a key piece with a key rib structured to couple with the key groove. An adaptor for use with an end cap may include an adaptor body portion and a whole, wherein a contact pin can be inserted through the hole.

Abstract: Disclosed are a lamp socket and a light appliance having the same. The lamp socket includes connection terminal bodies including connection terminals provided in sides of the lamp socket to contact the connection pins of the lamp and connection terminal recesses into which the connection terminals are inserted, and connection caps to slide to press and fix the connection pins when the connection pins contact the connection terminals. Pressure against the lamp is eliminated when the lamp is installed or separated so that the lamp is prevented from being broken. The installation of the lamp can be improved.

Abstract: An end cap may include an end cap body that is tubular in shape, an end cap face provided at a first end of the end cap body, a plurality of end cap terminals provided on the end cap face, and a clip notch provided on an exterior side of the end cap body. The second end of the end cap body may be open and structured to receive the lamp therein. A socket may include a socket body that is generally tubular in shape, a socket face provided at a first end of the socket body, a receiving wall extending from an outer periphery of the socket face and extending in a direction away from the socket body, a plurality of socket terminals provided on the socket, and a resilient clip provided on an inner side of the receiving wall.

Abstract: An LED holder has a housing, a disc mounted in a lower end of the housing, a seat formed on the disc, a pair of sockets formed in the seat and a bracket mounted detachably on the seat to hole the LED. Hence, the LED is assembled and disassembled easily.

Abstract: Wedge bulb lamp socket assemblies with potted axial terminal members. The terminals are held in place by tab members in the blades until the potting material is added. Ramp members are provided in the socket bodies in order to facilitate insertion of the lamp bulbs in the sockets, and shroud members are provided to protect the ends of the terminal members from being damaged during insertion of the lamp bulbs.

Abstract: 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 pin-shaped over a substantial portion of the pins along a parallel length of the pins. An alignment marking is provided on the lamp holder and a visual inspection point (such as a hole) is provided on the cap that compliment one another to provide a visual indication of when the lamp holder and the cap are properly assembled together. A drain is formed by one or more slots in the lamp holder to drain a space between the lamp holder and the cap accessed through pin guiding openings when the lamp holder and the cap are properly assembled together.

Abstract: A socket (10) for a double-ended lamp has a housing (12); a compression spring (14) within the housing (12); a lamp connector (16) comprising a body (18) with a first portion (20) contained entirely within the housing (12) and a second portion (22) extending beyond the housing (12) and having a given length L, the lamp connector (16) being subjected to an axial movement when a lamp is operatively positioned with the socket (10), the axial movement having a maximum distance AL that is less than the given length L.

Abstract: 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 within the base, the electrical plugs connected to a power source to provide power to a light tube; a socket connector operatively connected to the base, the socket connector having a slot for receiving the contact pins of a light tube in a locking position in which the contact pins of the light tube are in electrical contact with the electrical plugs for actuation of the light tube; and at least one support wall on the rotor connector, the support wall being displaceable to a support position by engagement of the light tube in the luminaire socket to support the light tube when the light tube is accidentally disengaged from the socket connector in the locking position.

Abstract: 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 light source (100). The light source mount (22) can optionally include structure (106L and R, 134L and R) to automatically position the light source (100) in a desired orientation. In another aspect, the assembly (10) includes a connection (104L and R, 304L and R, 306L and R) adapted to manually, without tools, connect the light source (100) to electrical power, the connection (104L and R, 304L and R, 306L and R) can be configured to have no electrically conducting surfaces directly exposed or accessible to human fingers and can be configured to be positioned relatively away from the light source (100).

Abstract: 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 the socket end connectors and having pin latch notches at ends thereof which open toward the socket end connectors. Pin clearance notches are formed at edges of the socket opening in alignment with guide edges of the tabs. The tabs have pin guide grooves which align with the pin latch notches. A bayonet style bulb can be inserted in the bulb support member by aligning the bayonet pins thereof with the pin notches of the tabs and then inserting the bulb base into the socket opening by axial movement alone until the pins snap into the latch notches. The bulb can be removed in a conventional bayonet manner and can, alternatively, be installed in a bayonet manner for manual replacement.

Abstract: 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 channels are formed through the internal space of the inner cover and are in communication with through holes in the top portion and the bottom portion. The LED legs extend downwardly through the through holes of the top portion and make electrical contact, in the longitudinal channels, with lead wires projecting upwardly through the through holes in the bottom portion. The inner cover is inserted into the outer cover to form an annular groove intermediate the outer wall surface of the inner cover and the inner wall surface of the outer cover. The lamp cover head is mounted in the annular groove.

Abstract: 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 receiving position (22) is formed with the upper surface (18) adjacent the wire receiving groove (20) and an electrical contact (24) is fixed at the electrical contact receiving position (22). The electrical contact (24) has a tail (26) extending into the wire-receiving groove (20). A cover receiving position (28) is formed with the upper surface (18) and spaced from the electrical contact receiving position (22); and an electrically insulating cover (30) is fixed at the cover receiving position (28), the cover including a wire engaging portion (32) projecting into the wire receiving groove (20).

Abstract: 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 first connector (13) that has an insulative body (21) and a pair of contact elements (28) with outer ends (32, 31) that each engages one of the conductive pads (16). The outer end of each contact element and the contact pads, are surrounded by an outer body portion to safeguard against a person touching the contact element outer end.

Abstract: 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 light source (100). The light source mount (22) can optionally include structure (106L and R, 134L and R) to automatically position the light source (100) in a desired orientation. In another aspect, the assembly (10) includes a connection (104L and R, 304L and R, 306L and R) adapted to manually, without tools, connect the light source (100) to electrical power, the connection (104L and R, 304L and R, 306L and R) can be configured to have no electrically conducting surfaces directly exposed or accessible to human fingers and can be configured to be positioned relatively away from the light source (100).

Abstract: 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 area (20) formed in the top surface (16). An electrical contact (22) is positioned in the contact receiving area (20) and secured by any suitable means. The electrical contact (22) has a rectangular base (24) with two sides (26, 28) and two ends (30, 32). Opposed, upright walls (34, 36) extend from the sides (26, 28) of the base (24), and an upright clip (38) extends from one end of the base, for example, end (30). The upright walls (34, 36) and the upright clip (38) have portions projecting beyond the top surface (16) of the ceramic housing (14) to receive an end (40) of the lamp (12) therein. The electrical contact (22) is further mounted within a supplemental spring (50) having opposed legs (54, 56) which are adjacent to the upright walls (34, 36) of the contact.

Abstract: 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 contact pin. The rotary member comprises an insertion slot, a front shield, and a slotted pivot section extending away from the front shield and into the housing. The fastener includes a retaining pin fixed to the housing and penetrates a bearing opening provided in an end section of the slotted pivot section.

Abstract: 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 connected to each other by means of the clamp, providing a secure conductive connection. The wire-connecting device also prevents the penetration of lead by capillary action into the conductive core of the wire, thereby preventing the wire from becoming brittle and subject to breakage as a result of penetrated lead curing in the conductive core of the wire.

Abstract: 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 a gap formed in the socket threads. Pressure of the resilient lock laterally against the lamp base helps to hold the lamp in place. Contacts that electrically connect the central terminal and line wire conductor and the lamp base and the neutral wire are both formed with lower portions shaped like inverted “Vs” that slice perpendicularly into the insulation to capture their respective conductors in the crotch of the V to assure good contact regardless of whether the conductors are centered in their insulation.

Abstract: 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 a gap formed in the socket threads. Pressure of the resilient lock laterally against the lamp base helps to hold the lamp in place. Contacts that electrically connect the central terminal and line wire conductor and the lamp base and the neutral wire are both formed with lower portions shaped like inverted “Vs” that slice perpendicularly into the insulation to capture their respective conductors in the crotch of the V to assure good contact regardless of whether the conductors are centered in their insulation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a decoration lamp holding frame, in which the bulb base has a bar-base portion with a stopper at the bottom side, and an ejector pin extended downward from the bottom side of said stopper, and the diameter of the bar-base portion is a bit bigger than or equal the inside diameter of the lamp holder so that the bar-base portion of the bulb base is emerged into the lamp holder fully as they are connected together, meanwhile the back end of the ejector pin stretches to the bottom opening of the lamp holder, thereby to increase the difficulty of picking-off bulb; but when the bulb runs away, pushing up the ejector pin from the bottom opening of the holder with a tool takes off the bulb base from the lamp holder facilitating to replace.

Abstract: 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 apparatus is plugged into the receptacle. The safety shield assembly includes the bellows and a cavity into which the bellows is secured. In its uncompressed state, the bellows extends nearly the length of the electrical blades; in its compressed state, the bellows recedes fully into the cavity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a LED light bulb with latching base structure mainly characterized in that both lateral sides of the terminal plate have an inwardly angled conical surface, and the plate has a groove being diagonally cut from the center to facilitate the terminal plate to be smoothly slid into a plugged-in base in the corresponding inwardly-angled direction. At the same time, the plate by means of the space of the diagonally cut groove to enable the sprung-back latch onto the base track by the squeezing motion to the conical surface on both lateral sides, and the two leg pillars of the light bulb have a latching member, and the body of the latching member has an inverted angled surface such that the inverted angled surface corresponding to both tracks of the light base is aligned at the groove and pressed and embedded in the same direction, and the latching member is integrally secured into the inverted latching base.

Abstract: 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 bulb socket, the convex catches of the bulb will be geared between the jack catches within the jacket. Such an engagement can fix the bulb with the fixture of the bulb socket more effectively.

Abstract: 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 bulb has a filament and two lean wires connected to the filaments. The filaments extend from the bottom of the base and are bent outwardly and upwardly around the base. The bulb with its base are insertable into the light socket. Wires from a source of electricity enter the socket and form electrical terminals, one on either side of the socket. Two spring terminals within the socket are biased toward each other and will conduct when supplied with an electrical potential unless separated. A protrusion on the base of the light bulb separates the spring terminals. Thus, in a light string where the lights are electrically in series, removal of a light bulb of the present invention will not cause the string to go out.

Abstract: 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 having an outer contact. A rotatable sleeve made of a dielectric material is situated in the housing. The sleeve can be rotated by means of at least one lug fitted on the outer periphery of the base of the gas discharge lamp. A tongue which moves from a first position to a second position when the gas discharge lamp is screwed in is fitted on the rotatable sleeve. The tongue opens or closes an electrical circuit, or actuates a switch.

Abstract: 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 grooves. The socket has an upper cylinder interior, a slot, and two protruded bars in the slot matching the lateral grooves. The base portion is inserted in the slot. The cylinder portion is inserted in the upper cylinder interior.

Abstract: 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 guide slot between the inside and the opening thereof; the diameter of the guide slot is slightly less than that of the positioning slot; the set of deep positioning slots is used for laying and fastening two power wires respectively; a fixing cap to be assembled with cylinder part of the socket is furnished with two semi-circular posts in the central part thereof; the outer part of the fixing cap is provided with a round flange; at least two positioning studs are furnished between the bottom part of the semi-circular posts and the round flange; the positioning studs are to be mated with the shallow positioning slots on the end opening of the cylinder part of the socket.

Abstract: 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 condition of the fixture. At least one hook-shaped projection to be used to effect extraction of the holding element out of the passage of the socket extends axially beyond an end portion of the holding element that is situated outside the passage in the assembled condition and includes an outwardly extending engageable nose on its free end. At least one protuberance and at least one associated depression are disposed on respective zones of the holding element and of a circumferential wall of the socket that are juxtaposed with one another in the assembled condition in which the depression receives the protuberance.

Abstract: 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 formed on an external surface. The ridge is received in the groove when the annular positioner is received in the socket to restrain rotation of the annular positioner with respect to the socket. The leaf conductors are inserted through the slots. One of the leaf conductors includes an upper tip inserted through the opening to be retained between the socket and the annular positioner to prevent bending thereof and engagement between the leaf conductors when a bulb is received in the socket.

Abstract: 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 constriction cooperating with the insulator body at a second end face thereof, and an inward projection from the sleeve into a recess in a side face of the insulator body. The recess extends to a first end face of the insulator body. The lamp is of an easily producible construction.

Abstract: 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 adapted to receive the locking element to lock the base to the socket. The base is releasable from the socket by passing a pointed implement through the opening to displace the finger and thereby to release the locking element.

Abstract: 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 rear sides of the wedge-shaped base. There are provided inside the socket in which the wedge-shaped base is removably held a plurality of terminals which are in resilient contact with the lead wires, and a pair of guide protrusions is formed on the inner walls of the socket along the inserting direction of the wedge-type lamp bulb. There is formed on the front and rear sides of the wedge-shaped base in positions corresponding to the pair of guide protrusions a pair of protrusions defining guide ways through which the guide protrusions are passed. Thus, the wedge-type bulb can be easily assembled into the socket and also securely held therein.

Abstract: 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 holes to be engaged with the bosses, wherein the first and second retainer plates are opposed to each other in such a manner as to sandwich marginal end portions of the sealing films, the terminals projecting from the sealing films, and end portions of the insulated lead wires fixedly connected to the terminals, and the bosses of the first retainer plate inserted into the holes of the retainer plate are caulked to firmly hold the marginal end portions of the sealing films and the end portions of the insulated lead wires.

Abstract: 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) has non-circular cross-sections where it is in contact with the synthetic resin (8) due to projections (10) projecting into the synthetic resin (8). A current supply wire (11) can be clamped between the synthetic resin (8) and the sheath portion (6) of the lamp cap (5) in order to establish electrical contact therewith. The lamp can be assembled by arranging in the hot state of the end portion (3) a polyethersulphone ring (8) around this end portion (3) and by providing the lamp cap (5) in the hot state around the polyethersulphone ring (8). FIG. 1.

Abstract: 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 projections when the wedge-base lamp is mounted within the socket. A single filament type wedge-base lamp has fool-proof projections formed on opposite sides at opposite end portions of the base, and a double filament type wedge base socket has abutment portions which come in engagement with the fool-proof projections when the single filament type wedge-base lamp is inserted into the double filament type socket to thereby prevent erroneous coupling therebetween.

Abstract: 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 notch therebetween. The lamp assembly has a lamp housing with a hollow trunk and tow legs that provide upwardly and downwardly facing channels that slide onto the bottom and top edges of the top neck. The housing, which has a longitudinal bore holding a lamp, encases conductive strips which engage the lamp. The housing is locked to the neck by a retainer that has a boss that snaps into an aperture in the housing. A guide housing is similarly connected to the bottom neck. The lamp housing and bottom guide housing have facing guide channels which respectively receive top and bottom guide rails of the tri-jack in slidable engagement back to a printed circuit board connector in the notch.

Abstract: 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 detechable end cover (22). A fluorescent tube-carrying support arrangement (24) is axially displaceably received in the cover member (18) between the coupling housing (23) and the end cover (22). The inner end of the support arrangement (24) is provided with guide members (42,43) of a first type which cooperate with guide members (47-49) of an equivalent second type on the coupling member. The support arrangement and the coupling member are provided with their respective contact members which form a current connection between the support arrangement and the coupling member and which are relatively moveable inwardly into and outwardly from engagement with each other guided by the said guide members (42,43; 47-49).

Abstract: 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 engageable with the body. The back cover secures a first connector. A second connector is provided which is adapted to be connected with the first connector, and the lamp body is formed with a stop engageable with the second connector. The first and second connectors are positioned on the same side of the back cover when they are connected. When the connectors are coupled together, the side surface of one of the connectors is in surface contact with the surface of the lamp body so that angular displacement of the back cover relative to the lamp body is prevented by this surface contact, in addition to the interlocking of the connectors.

Abstract: 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.