Abstract: A plug-in lamp socket assembly is provided that maintains connections sealed to the environment between the electrical lamp leads, electrical socket contacts and circuits of the circuit carrier. The assembly has a lamp socket member for receiving a lamp in an aligned manner. A cap plate connects to the lamp socket member and is non-removable therefrom. The lamp socket has tabs that require proper alignment of the tabs for insertion into a circuit carrier having circuits molded therein. An O-ring seals the removable connection between the lamp socket, cap plate, assembly and the circuit carrier. The circuit carrier is sealed to the lens housing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 24, 1998
Date of Patent:
March 21, 2000
Assignee:
Tricon Industries, Incorporated
Inventors:
Donald C. Paul, Joseph C. Bennett, Joseph A. Bettini, Edward J. Gordon
Abstract: A plug-in lamp socket assembly is provided that maintains connections sealed to the environment between the electrical lamp leads, electrical socket contacts and circuits of the circuit carrier. The assembly has a lamp socket member for receiving a lamp in an aligned manner. A cap plate connects to the lamp socket member and is non-removable therefrom. The lamp socket has tabs that require proper alignment of the tabs for insertion into a circuit carrier having circuits molded therein. An O-ring seals the removable connection between the lamp socket, cap plate, assembly and the circuit carrier. The circuit carrier is sealed to the lens housing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 22, 1996
Date of Patent:
September 1, 1998
Assignee:
Tricon Industries Incorporated
Inventors:
Donald C. Paul, Joseph C. Bennett, Joseph A. Bettini, Edward J. Gordon
Abstract: A switch mechanism for controlling circuits such as in a microwave oven including a housing with a removable cover and a latch member and plunger member movable between a first position wherein the microwave oven door is closed and a second position, with the primary microwave circuits closed in said first position. Contact arms which all extend in one direction toward the latch member and plunger, a catch for holding the door closed, a slide for operating the primary switch means, and a cam operated by the plunger for operating switch means, all are slidably removable from the housing in a lateral direction. The switch sequence is arranged so that one set of primary contacts open after the other, and the structure is arranged so that if the slide for operating the switch means sticks, the movement of the plunger to the second position will insure that the circuit containing the primary switch means is opened.