With Socket Contact Transversely Engaging Male Threaded Part Patents (Class 439/340)
  • Patent number: 11859797
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a novel lamp holder structure. A lamp holder shell of the novel lamp holder structure comprises a shell main body and a lamp holder top cover arranged at the upper end of the shell main body, a bulb installation hole is formed in the shell main body, a main body installation part located above the bulb installation hole is arranged at the upper end of the shell main body, a wire placing groove is formed in the middle of the main body installation part, a top cover wire pressing part is arranged in the middle of the lamp holder top cover. By means of the structural design, the present disclosure has the advantages of being novel in design, simple in structure and convenient and fast to wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Xinjiang Zou
  • Patent number: 11408585
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of decorative lamps and discloses a waterproof and shatterproof light string, including an electric wire. A female socket is arranged at one end of the electric wire, and a male plug capable of being plugged and electrically connected with the female socket is arranged at the other end of the electric wire, and a plurality of lamps are arranged in the middle of the electric wire in parallel; the lamp includes a lamp holder and a bulb connected with the lamp holder, and a gap is arranged between the lamp holder and the bulb; a water discharge port is formed in one side of the lamp holder; and the bulb includes a shatterproof plastic bulb shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: DONGGUAN GUANYI LIGHT-DECORATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shifang Wang
  • Patent number: 11333309
    Abstract: A stringed holiday lighting ornament contains both drain holes at its base to alleviate moisture build-up, and protruding magnets for secure attachment to ferromagnetic surfaces, whereby such protrusion permits the drain holes to be exposed to the air and thus flow and/or evaporate away accumulated moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NU TSAI CAPITAL
    Inventor: Richard Martini
  • Patent number: 9897301
    Abstract: Present invention teaches the construction of an E26 lampholder primarily consisting of a housing, a plastic threaded ring, a plastic bracket, two electrode plates where the power lines entering into the internal accommodating space of the housing are connected to the two electrode plates, which provide the electrical connection points, instead of the full internal side walls being the electrical contact and the central point being the electrical contact, making the overall electrical contacts more solid and secure; the separate plastic bracket allows for more versatile options of the present E26 lampholder to be applied in wider possibilities of installation contexts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Rich Brand Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Te-Shui Peng
  • Patent number: 9793668
    Abstract: An E26 plastic lampholder is composed of a housing, a plastic bracket, a plastic threaded ring, a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate and installed to a downlight. The lampholder has two wire plug slots for plugging two electrodes of a power line by a bare line section, so that a power source is introduced with a convenient operation. The plastic bracket and the housing of the E26 plastic lampholder are made of a plastic material, and a combining groove is reserved on the housing 1 and provided for installing and positioning the plastic bracket, or the housing and the plastic bracket are integrally formed for a more convenient assembling operation. In the meantime, the plastic threaded ring of the E26 plastic lampholder is integrally formed in the housing, so as to facilitate the manufacturing and assembling processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Rich Brand Industries Limited
    Inventor: Te-Shui Peng
  • Patent number: 8167637
    Abstract: The inventive concept is directed to shock free bulb socket that is inserted in an existing light bulb socket to forego any possible electric shock when there is no light bulb in the existing bulb socket and the electric switch happens to be in an “on” status. The insert socket is a housing that is placed over the existing socket and fastened thereto. The insert socket consists of a lower threaded segment that is threaded into the existing socket. There is an upper threaded segment that will receive the light bulb. When the light bulb is threaded into the upper segment it will encounter a plate there below and will cause the upper threaded segment to slide upwardly together with a bracket to which it is attached. There is a sliding hot prong and a sliding neutral prong which will make contact when the bracket moves upwardly and will convey electric current to the light bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Inventor: Joti Projkovski
  • Patent number: 7927154
    Abstract: A bi-pin connector for a luminaire includes a base and pins that can rotate relative to the base. The pins can also translate relative to a light fixture housing in a direction transverse to the axis about which the pins rotate. A luminaire including the bi-pin connector is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: William David Sekela, Mathew Sommers, Alan B. Toot, Gerald P. O'Hara, Jr., Todd E. Cassidy, Peter J. Totarella
  • Patent number: 7854621
    Abstract: A touch-safe socket for electrical articles, such as bulbs having threads, is provided with a movable carriage-carrying poles which are connected to an electrical supply via a wire. The movable carriage has threads which cooperate with threads on the electrical article, and when the electrical article is screwed into the movable carriage, the movement will cause the poles to make contact with poles which are secured to a stationary plate. Further, a movable bridge having poles is arranged inside the socket, which, when the electrical article is screwed in, will be moved into the socket and also make contact with the poles on the stationary plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Insalvo Denmark APS
    Inventor: Carsten H. Poulsen
  • Publication number: 20090269961
    Abstract: A touch-safe socket (1) for electrical articles, such as bulbs (19) having threads, is provided with a movable carriage (6) carrying poles (4, 5), which are connected to an electrical supply via a wire (3). The movable carriage (6) has threads (9) which cooperate with threads (20) on the electrical article, and when the electrical article is screwed into the movable carriage, the movement will cause the poles (4, 5) to make contact with poles (12, 13) which are secured to a stationary plate. Further, a movable bridge (14) having poles (17, 18) is arranged inside the socket, which, when the electrical article is screwed in, will be moved into the socket and also make contact with the poles (12, 13) on the stationary plate. The invention provides a touch-safe socket, where it is impossible with the fingers to get an electric shock, since at least a movement of the carriage (6) and of the bridge (14) is necessary for electrical connection to the socket to be established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Carsten H. Poulsen
  • Publication number: 20080214036
    Abstract: This invention that forms the subject matter of this patent is related to a light socket that may be disassembled and repaired in case of any breakdown, or replaced by a new one that may be fixed to the body of a fridge by means of a special socket due to be used in fridges, at polyurethane isolated cabins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: Suavi Atalay
  • Patent number: 7387398
    Abstract: An object is to provide a chamber lamp socket in which a chamber lamp can be prevented from being loosened even if there is strong impact or vibration and from which the chamber lamp can be easily detached, and a combustible refrigerant applied refrigerator in which the chamber lamp socket is adopted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiharu Yokota
  • Patent number: 7294006
    Abstract: A socket bulb includes a shell inside which a depression device, a clamp device, and conductive plates are arranged. The shell has a lower opening through which the base of a bulb can be put into the shell in a linear movement. Depression operation of the depression device by the base of the bulb moves the clamp device to move between a raised position and a lowered position. When the clamp device is moved from the raised position to the lowered position, the bulb is securely retained inside the shell in electrical engagement with the conductive plates through which power is supplied to the bulb. When the clamp device is moved from the lowered position to the raised position, the bulb is released and can be withdrawn easily. As such, an efficient and safe structure for mounting and dismounting a bulb in a socket is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Inventor: Chuan-Ying Chen
  • Publication number: 20070173098
    Abstract: A top plate is configured to surround a space with a first plate member and a second plate member which oppose each other and a side wall member. The top plate includes a rib arranged in the space. The rib includes a plurality of connecting portions. Each connecting portion respectively connects to either the side wall member or a member in the space. The rib has a thickness at a portion between adjacent connecting portions which is larger than the thickness at each connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20020096379
    Abstract: An electrical connection module is disclosed for electrically connecting electrical components disposed upon opposite sides of a module mounting component to one another. The electrical connection module comprises a rigid body with a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal engaged to the rigid body of the electrical connection module. The electrical connection module is to be fixedly mounted to the module mounting component with the first electrical terminal protruding from a second side of the module mounting component, through a passageway defined in the module mounting component, to a first side of the module mounting component. The second electrical terminal of the electrical connection module is disposed upon the second side of the module mounting component. A first electrical component is electrically connected to the first electrical terminal of the electrical connection module at a point disposed upon the first side of the module mounting component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Charles D. Sims, Brian G. Smith, Stanley W. Larison
  • Patent number: 6147299
    Abstract: A device for improving the shielding effectiveness of apertures used for mounting electrical component in an enclosure from Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). The device includes a hollow housing which contains and a disc with an aperture, where the disc is attached to an inner surface of the housing to define a first and second inner space. The device also includes a ferrite core which is fit into the second inner space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Steven Greer Ferguson
  • Patent number: 6010346
    Abstract: A bulb socket with water draining structure is disclosed, including a water drainage hole formed on a side wall of the socket to allow water entering the socket to be expelled therethrough. The bulb socket also includes shielding members which shield the central contact and side contact of the bulb socket which are to be contacted by the tip contact and the ring contact of a bulb when the bulb is inserted into the socket and protect the central contact and the side contact from being contacted by the water entering the bulb socket in order to avoid short-circuiting. Also, a ventilation channel extends along the side wall of the socket to an open top end of the socket so as to facilitate to balance the pressure inside the socket which helps draining water through the drainage hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Inventor: Jessica Wang
  • Patent number: 5967847
    Abstract: A lampsocket is provided with a body having an extension both of which contain a continuous bore of a first predetermined diameter dimension to prevent the seating and electrical connection of an electrical lamp having a neck dimension in excess of first predetermined dimension to thereby reject inappropriate lamps and only permit the seating and electrical connection of suitable lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Walter Newman
  • Patent number: 5893769
    Abstract: A bulb socket with a fastening structure for electrical contacts, which comprises a body portion and a secondary body portion to be welded together by means of a supersonic welding; inside the socket, there are screw threads for fastening a bulb. The bottom surface and one side of the body portion are furnished with two electrical contacts respectively; the electrical contacts on the side has two flat surfaces to be positioned in place with two rib plates respectively; the upper end of the electrical contact is held in place by means of a stop shoulder of the secondary body portion to prevent from pulling upwards; a resilient piece is furnished between two flat surfaces of the secondary body portion, and the resilient piece has a free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Inventor: Chiu-Chen Lin
  • Patent number: 5807134
    Abstract: In an electrical lamp socket assembly for receiving an externally threaded light bulb having a central longitudinal axis and providing electrical coupling to a pair of lead wires, the improvement wherein a central conductor extends through a transversely extending opening of an insulative bottom platform. The central conductor has a base portion having a piercing tab for contacting one of the pair of lead wires and a transversely extending, resiliently flexible strip portion. The strip portion has an end immediately extending from the base portion, an opposed free end disposed below the top of the bottom platform, and an upwardly-projecting, generally convexly curved intermediate segment connecting the strip portion ends, extending through and above the top of the bottom platform and through the central axis for defining a conductor for contacting a bottom-end conductor of the light bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Minami International Corp.
    Inventor: Kanichi Hara
  • Patent number: 5722853
    Abstract: A C-type light bulb socket for outdoor use is provided having a plurality of apertures arranged on the socket shell draining water therefrom. Therefore, the potential danger of a short circuit caused by accumulated water is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Inventor: Min Shien Hwang
  • Patent number: 5702268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Christmas lamp socket. The socket mainly includes a housing member and an affixing part. The affixing part has a pair of opposing erection parts to be fitted into, and secured by, a pair of corresponding elongate trenches on the inner circumference of the housing member. The housing member has two holes on a mediate portion. The holes communicate with cords held between the mediate portion and a bottom of the housing member. The affixing part is fitted with two conductors which pass through the holes of the housing to connect with wires of the cords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Chen Yn Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzung-Min Lien, Tzung-Shih Lien
  • Patent number: 5690506
    Abstract: A decorative lamp holder has a bulb on a socket shell. The socket shell comprises an interior, an inserted groove formed on an inner periphery of the socket shell longitudinally, an outer recess at the bottom of the socket shell, an inserted hole and a positioning slot formed at the bottom of the socket shell. The upper portion of the inserted groove has a C-shaped groove. The bottom of the inserted groove has a rectangular groove and an outcurved groove adjacent to the rectangular groove. A solid shortened copper plate is inserted in the inserted hole. A rigid, hollow elongated copper plate is inserted in the inserted groove. The elongated copper plate has an elastic plate at the outer periphery of the elongated copper plate, two laternal protrusions at the lower portion of the elongated copper plate, and a sharp end. A socket cap is inserted beneath the bottom of the socket shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Inventor: Mei Lu Lin
  • Patent number: 5683271
    Abstract: A lampsocket is provided with a body having an extension both of which contain a continuous bore of a first predetermined diameter dimension to prevent the seating and electrical connection of an electrical lamp having a neck dimension in excess of first predetermined dimension to thereby reject inappropriate lamps and only permit the seating and electrical connection of suitable lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Walter Newman
  • Patent number: 5660561
    Abstract: A lamp bulb socket include a socket body having a bore to receive therein the base of a lamp bulb. An inner threading is provided on a surface of the bore which is defined by a helical slot surrounding the bore intervened with a helical rib. A chamber is provided in the socket body to be in communication with the bore through access openings defined by portions of helical slot. A cylindrical neutral contact member is received within the chamber to be contactable by the base of the bulb through the access openings. The neutral contact member is retained within the chamber by portions of the helical rib that are intervened between the access openings. The socket body has a central through hole formed on the bottom thereof to receive therein a cylindrical hot contact member with an inner end of the hot contact member exposed within the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Inventor: Wen-Ling Tseng
  • Patent number: 5622513
    Abstract: A lamp socket including a socket body consisting of a left half and a right half, wherein the right half has a base and a right half circularly arched upright wall raised from the base, the base having a rectangular slot and retaining hole in communication with the rectangular slot; the left half has a left half circularly arched upright wall supported on the base and abutted to the right half circularly arched upright wall of the right half, a locating ring at the top hooked on the right half circularly arched upright wall of the right half, a locating rod at the bottom inserted into the rectangular slot of the base, and a hook extended from the locating rod and hooked in the retaining hole of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Inventor: Yuan-Peng Kuang
  • Patent number: 5573419
    Abstract: A safety lampholder has center and side contacts which are concealed and cannot easily be touched by fingers when the lamp screw base is not threaded into the screwthreads. Ring and tip contacts of the lamp screw base are disposed in contact with the center and side contacts of the lampholder when the lamp screw base is threaded into position. The inside wall of the lampholder has separated steps, which have a uniform chambered angle R meeting UL specifications and which define the screwthread for mounting the lamp screw base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Inventor: Ming-hsiung Chen
  • Patent number: 5569044
    Abstract: A Christmas lamp socket is provided that includes a socket body and an inner cylindrical wall inserted into the socket body. The socket body has two opposing elongate vertically directed plates inside, an annular groove formed in an inner surface at an upper end thereof. The inner cylindrical wall is formed by two semi-cylindrical walls combined together, each wall having a vertical slot formed in an outer surface for receiving a respective one of the two vertical plates of the socket body therein. Each wall also has an annular ridge formed on an outer surface at the upper end thereof for engagement with the annular groove of the socket body to stably couple the cylindrical inner wall to the socket body. A threaded portion is formed on each inner wall to mate with a threaded metal portion of a lamp. A slot is formed between abutting vertical ends of the two semi-cylindrical inner walls for an elongate conductor to extend therein and protrude out of the slot to contact the metal screw base of a lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Inventor: Shun-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 5552348
    Abstract: A bulb socket structure includes a socket housing to receive therein a bulb, first and second electrically-conductive members which are located within a channel formed on the socket housing to have sharpened tips thereof piercing into and forming electrical connections to a power cord extending through the channel, the first member having a U-shaped portion received within a first hole formed on the socket to be substantially centrally-located within the socket housing and the second member having an inner end inserted into a second, eccentric hole of the socket housing to partially extend into the socket housing, a support member formed inside the socket housing to hold the second member for preventing the second member from being deformed by the insertion of the bulb to short-circuit with the hot plate, and an end cap or cover releasably mounted to the socket housing to cover and confine the first and second electrically-conductive members and the power cord between the socket housing and the cover so that
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Inventor: Gordon K. H. Wu
  • Patent number: 5531609
    Abstract: A lamp socket of the type having a first contact metal plate and a second contact metal plate fastened to a socket body thereof, and a socket cap fastened to the socket body to hold down an electric wire causing the first and second contact metal plates to make a respective electric contact with either conductor of the electric wire, wherein two toothed locating plates are mounted within two vertical mounting holes on the socket body to mesh with the threaded base of the bulb so that the bulb is prohibited from being pulled out of the socket body in the axial direction without through a rotary motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Inventors: You-Jen Cheng, Tzu-Ling Cheng
  • Patent number: 5514006
    Abstract: A unitary lampholder (10) including a lamp socket (12,14) as well as a multi-position switch which can take the form of a three-way, two circuit switch for operating a two filament lamp, a single circuit switch for operating a single filament lamp or arranged to permit the switch to be operated from a remote point. The lampholder has a bottom housing (14) and a top housing (12) which includes an access door (16) which is slidably and rotatably mounted to the remainder of the top housing by a guide member 54 which moves within slots (93,94) and permits the access door 16 to be rotated from a position on and perpendicular to the top housing axis to one parallel to that axis in which position it can be slidably moved towards the bottom housing. Upon slidably moving the access door towards the bottom housing, projections (160, 162) on the base of access door force insulated conductors (92,94) into the insulation displacing terminals (86,88) of the contacts (60,62) to make electrical contact therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Arkady Getselis, Anthony Tufano
  • Patent number: 5480317
    Abstract: A socket for receiving a threaded article therein for complementary threaded engagement between the article and the socket. The socket includes one or more sets of threads integrally formed upon an interior side wall of the socket wherein at least one thread of the set has a length shorter than the remaining threads so as to prevent cross-threading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Richard R. Herzog
  • Patent number: 5408392
    Abstract: A socket for a refrigerator lamp has a body with a chamber to receive the base of the lamp. The chamber side wall is threaded to engage the lamp base threads. An inclined ramp between the threads and the bottom of the chamber engages the lamp base to provide a positive stop when the base is completely in the socket. A first terminal in the socket has a contact portion radially inside the ramp to engage the lamp base just before the base engages the ramp. A second terminal in the socket has a resilient arm to engage a contact in the distal end of the base just before the base engages the ramp. A tab in the bottom of the chamber closely underlies the resilient finger to prevent permanent deformation of the finger. An enclosure wall extends out from the open end of the chamber and closely surrounds a lamp inserted in the socket to assure that the user will not touch the lamp base while either electrical terminal engages the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Edward L. Hughes
  • Patent number: 5380215
    Abstract: A secure lamp base includes an improved base which is provided with a slot having a bottom channel, and a groove is formed on the projection of the base. A pair of conductive slices have their inner ends to be a hook having two sideways tips, the hook of a conductive slice is inserted into the channel and the other is engaged with the groove, that provides a firmly engagement between the conductive slices and the base and promises a well electrical connection when the base receives a lamp from its opened side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Inventor: Ming H. Huang
  • Patent number: 5176532
    Abstract: A molded receptacle including an interior wall surface and screw threads formed on the interior wall surface by a mold core. The threads have a predetermined thread profile including root radii substantially corresponding to a desired thread standard and crest radii which are smaller than the root radii. The crests of the threads are deformable after molding to enable the mold core forming the threads to be stripped from the receptacle in a direction substantially perpendicular to the major axis of the threads to provide crests which are deformed from their original molded shape yet dimensioned to fall within the desired thread standard. The receptacle is utilized as a threaded socket having one or more electrical contact members. The socket includes a housing which can be formed as stated above including an interior side wall having the threads, a first closed end, a second open end and a first aperture formed through a portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Herzog, Kurt H. Lundtedt