Plural Lamp Or Electron Tube Sockets Patents (Class 439/541)
  • Patent number: 11768793
    Abstract: A plug-in mobile peripheral component interconnect express module connector is disclosed, comprising a plastic body, and a first terminal set and a second terminal set disposed relatively in the plastic body. The plastic body includes transversely penetrated slots, an upper end surface of the slots has intermittently plural upper magazines, and a lower end surface has intermittently plural lower magazines. The first terminal set includes plural first elastic terminals inserted in the upper magazines, and the second terminal set includes plural second elastic terminals inserted in the lower magazines. Each first elastic terminal is opposed to each second elastic terminal, forming a holding gap. A motherboard is inserted between the first elastic terminals and the second elastic terminals from a side, and an MXM board is inserted between the first elastic terminals and the second elastic terminals from the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: DUN-PU ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Huang-Wen Wang
  • Patent number: 11735846
    Abstract: A stacked card edge connector for mating with stacked pluggable modules includes a housing configured to be mounted to a host circuit board and including inner and outer contact channels and inner and outer card slots configured to receive card edges of module circuit boards of the stacked pluggable modules. The stacked card edge connector includes an inner contact assembly received in the inner card slot and an outer contact assembly received in the outer card slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Michael John Phillips, Michael Eugene Shirk
  • Patent number: 8995124
    Abstract: A cover latch is provided for coupling a blade server cover to a blade server when the cover latch is in a locked state. Embodiments include a locking surface and a user interface; wherein when the cover latch is in the locked state, the locking surface engages a locking surface enclosure of the blade server cover; wherein when the cover latch is in an unlocked state, the user interface is rotated into the blade server and the locking surface is rotated outward from the blade server, wherein when the locking surface is rotated outward from the blade server, the locking surface is disengaged from the locking surface enclosure of the blade server cover; and a rotational limiter hole in the cover latch that surrounds a peg of the blade server, wherein the rotation of the locking surface and the user interface is limited by the rotational limiter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Nadia Anguiano-Wehde, Aaron M. Hegrenes, Nathan D. Karl, Seth D. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20130164974
    Abstract: A conductive telescopic device is provided with a conductive member releasably connected to an electrical socket in a fixture body; a hollow member having one end secured to the conductive member; a sleeve comprising a shell, a shaft member slidably disposed in a lower portion of the shell and including a recess on a surface, a sleeving member secured onto a lower portion of the shaft member, and an eccentric spiral member disposed on the shaft member and including a latch end complimentary to the recess; a socket member for releasably holding at least one lamp; a hollow connecting member having one end secured to the sleeving member and the other end secured to the socket member; and an electrical wire electrically connected to the conductive member and the socket member. A rotation of the shaft member about the shell can lengthen or shorten the telescopic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Tzung-Shiun Tsai
  • Patent number: 8186841
    Abstract: A fluorescent tube is prevented from being wrongly attached and broken when being attached, and luminance nonuniformity of backlight due to luminance difference generated in a tube axis direction of the fluorescent tube is reduced. A backlight device 2 is provided with a plurality of fluorescent tubes 21 having electrodes 211 at both ends; a bundling member 213 for bundling wirings 212 pulled out from the electrode 211 on one side of two or more of the fluorescent tubes 21; and a conducting means 31 for achieving conduction between the electrodes of the two fluorescent tubes among the fluorescent tubes 21 by being connected with the bundling member 213. The conducting means 31 permits a current to be carried between the electrodes of the two fluorescent tubes 21, which are bundled by the one bundling member 213, and the conducting means are arranged on inverter circuit substrate 28, respectively, not to be adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Arai, Kohei Nanbu, Masaki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20100062637
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus that enables converting a high voltage lighting fixture for use with a low voltage lighting system are disclosed. The method comprises providing a housing having a cavity, providing a low voltage light source socket having two electrical contacts having sufficient spacing to accommodate a low voltage light source, each electrical contact connected a first and a second conductor respectively, electrically connecting the first conductor to an interior thread contact and the second conductor to an interior base contact, and securing the first and second conductors and the low voltage light source socket within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Wilson Yarrington
  • Publication number: 20090203254
    Abstract: A universal mounting supports high intensity LEDs in a lighting fixture with heat removal and electrical connection facilities. A holder includes a peripheral sidewall defining a cavity for accepting a printed circuit board assembly. A support member supports the printed circuit board assembly along the peripheral sidewall. Electrical contact elements are provided the printed circuit board. A thermal conduction member is in thermal communication with the printed circuit board assembly. The receptacle portion removably engages with the holder portion. A plurality of contact sockets conductively engages the electrical contact elements of the holder portion to interconnect the contact elements to external wires. An aperture in the receptacle portion accepts the thermal conduction member, wherein the thermal conduction member passes through the aperture and into a space for dissipating heat from the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ronald Martin WEBER, Christopher George DAILY, Charles Raymond GINGRICH, III
  • Publication number: 20090111322
    Abstract: A quick connect and disconnect device for attaching and detaching an arm (30) of an electrical fixture with a base (22) of the electrical fixture is provided. The device includes a first connection plug (24) attached to the base (22) of the electrical fixture. The first connection plug (22) has an electrical receptacle (42) disposed therein. The device also includes a second connection plug (36) attached to the arm (30) of the electrical fixture. The second connection plug (36) has an electrical protrusion (32) extending therefrom. The electrical protrusion (32) is dimensioned and configured for insertion into the electrical receptacle (42). Furthermore, the device includes a cap (52) positionable about the first and second connection plugs (24, 36) to thereby attach the arm (30) of the electrical fixture to the base (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventor: Ran Roland
  • Patent number: 7261591
    Abstract: A pluggable connector (100) includes a dielectric housing (1), a contact group (2), a first sub-assembly (3), a second sub-assembly (4), a third sub-assembly (5), a back cover (6) and a pair of spring tabs (7). The dielectric housing defines a plurality of ribs (118). The first sub-assembly defines a row of front partitions (312) cooperating with the ribs of the dielectric housing and a row of back partitions (314) respectively positioning in opposite sides thereof. The second sub-assembly defines a row of front partitions (412) cooperating with the back partitions of the second sub-assembly and a row of back partitions (414) respectively positioning in opposite sides thereof. The third sub-assembly (5) defines a row of front partitions (512) cooperating with the back partitions of the second sub-assembly and a row of back partitions (514). The back cover defines a plurality of partitions (63) cooperating with the back partitions of the third sub-assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Iosif R. Korsunsky, Chong Yi, Robert Brown, Robin Johnson, Richard (Rick) Emenheiser, Richard (Dick) Malehorn, II, Charles (Chuck) Blichasz, Joanne Shipe, Tod Harlan
  • Patent number: 7182635
    Abstract: A stacked microphone jack assembly includes two identical microphone jacks each having a housing, which has a front plughole for receiving a microphone plug and two rows of vertical through holes, and conducting terminals each having a head extending to the inside of the housing for the contact of the plug of a microphone and a leg downwardly extending out of the bottom side of the housing, and a connector, which has a base sandwiched between the housings of the two microphone jacks, and a connection terminals respectively fastened to terminal slots on the base, each connection terminal having a clamping portion for clamping the legs of the conducting terminals of the overlying microphone jack respectively and a leg downwardly extending from the clamping portion and respectively inserted through the vertical through holes of the underlying microphone jack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Lih Sheng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chen-Chih Huang
  • Patent number: 7163333
    Abstract: A connector assembly has a holder, a socket, a plug, a connecting tube and a holding element. The holder has two notches. Each notch has a groove defined in one side of the notch. The connecting tube is securely attached to the plug and has multiple teeth formed respectively at opposite ends of the diameter of the connecting tube and corresponding respectively to the notches in the holder. The holding element is U-shaped and attached to the holder, engages with teeth on the connecting tube and the grooves in the holder. The holder element has a middle segment and two tabs. The tabs extend perpendicularly from the ends of the middle segment and respectively into the notches. Each tab has two edges engaging respectively with the groove in the side of a corresponding notch of the holder and one of the teeth on the connecting tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Inventor: Shih-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 7011540
    Abstract: A socket assembly includes a base, two first connection poles on the base and each having a first lateral hole, an assembly block having a central through hole to allow extension of the two first connection poles and pairs of first connection blocks formed on one side of the assembly block to sandwich the side hole. Each first connection block has a first threaded hole. At least one socket device has a threading for connection with an electronic element, a contact for providing power to an electronic element and two pairs of second connection blocks, and securing devices extending through the aligned second threaded hole and the first threaded hole as well as the first lateral hole and the second threaded hole to secure engagement between the at least one socket device and the assembly block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Inventor: Tien-Tse Hu
  • Patent number: 6945804
    Abstract: A single socket containing two lamps toward opposite directions includes a longitudinal lateral opening, an introrse plate and a pair of the first wire grooves in the center for disposing a pair of electric wires, a pair of flat surfaces each having a transverse retaining slot and a retaining edge, a pair of separated slits and a single slit in two sides of the flat surfaces for respectively disposing a pair tipped contact plates and a common contact plate and a pair of first retaining recesses through the peripheral walls adjacent the upper and lower rims, a cover closing the lateral opening having a pair of second wire grooves, two pairs of the hooked plates and a pair of second retaining recesses in inner side respectively engaged with first wire grooves, the transverse retaining slots and the retaining edges of the opening, a pair of lamps inserted into the upper and lower rims of the socket each having a pair of lead-in wires engaged with the contact plates respectively and a pair of retaining rings resp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Inventor: Mei-Lu Lin
  • Patent number: 6923677
    Abstract: A suspension lamp includes a switch box, a wire connection base, a plurality of connecting terminals, and a plurality of electric wires. The wire connection base includes a support seat, a cap, a spacer, a first circuit board, a second circuit board, and a plurality of protective jackets. Thus, the operator only needs to mount each of the connecting terminals on a respective one of the protective jackets of the wire connection base so as to form an electrical connection state, so that the electric circuit of the suspension lamp is connected easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating the operator mounting the electric circuit of the suspension lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Dong Guan Bright Yinhuey Lighting Co., Ltd. China
    Inventor: Kevin Hsu
  • Publication number: 20040132336
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to terminals that are utilized in bulb sockets for automotive lamp assemblies. The embodiments of the bulb sockets disclosed provide for superior alignment and stabilization of the bulb in the bulb socket so that proper contact is made between the terminals and the bulb without damaging the bulb or the terminals during insertion. The terminal comprises, among other things, alignment features that allow for easy insertion into the bulb socket and ensure proper alignment and positioning within the bulb socket so that a proper connection can be maintained with the bulb and the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Guide Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher R. Powers, Paul D. Van Duyn, Ismael Garcia, David R. McMahan, Carey D. Marks
  • Publication number: 20030176103
    Abstract: In a connector assembly for receiving a plurality of mating connectors each provided with a wire harness, each of subassemblies is provided with a first internal space and a second internal space which are defined by an internal partition wall, and conductive tabs piercing the partition wall so as to project into both of the first internal space and the second internal space. The subassemblies are stacked one on another. Each of connectors is inserted into the first internal space of an associated one of the subassemblies. Terminals are provided in each of the connectors to be electrically connected to the conductive tabs. A, a first end of an electric wire is connected to one of the terminals which is provided in one of the connectors. A second end of the electric wire is connected to another one of the terminals which is provided in another one of the connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami Sakamoto, Shigeki Mori
  • Publication number: 20010021606
    Abstract: An IC card connector comprising a housing having plural connector terminals, guide frames disposed opposedly to each other at both side portions of the housing and having guide grooves in which an IC card to be connected to the connector terminals is inserted and held, an insertion port defined by the guide frames for insertion therein of the IC card, and shutter members for opening and closing the insertion port, wherein a thin-walled cutout recess is formed on the surface side of each of the shutter members for preventing abutment of the shutter member against an expanded portion formed on the surface or the back of the IC card when inserted into the insertion port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Atsushi Uchiyama, Toru Wagatsuma
  • Patent number: 6142832
    Abstract: The disclosed lamp wiring structure includes a connector, a plurality of bulb sockets which are electrically connected to the connector and to which lamps are installed, respectively, a plurality of electric wires electrically connecting the connector and the plural bulb sockets, a plurality of lamp containers, and a coupling member covering the plural electric wires and mechanically coupling the connector to the plural bulb sockets. In addition, the disclosed socket coupling structure includes a bulb socket to which a lamp is installed, a flange formed around the bulb socket, a lamp container which has a lamp insertion hole and to which the bulb socket is fixed, a fixed claw formed around the lamp insertion hole of the lamp container and a movable claw formed around the lamp insertion hole of the lamp container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuji Kubota
  • Patent number: 6000955
    Abstract: A connector is formed from male connector and female connector which are joined together. The male connector includes a housing, a pair of plastic contact boards mounted therein, a plurality of lengths of electrically conductive plating provided each side of each contact board, and a plurality of straight, electrically conductive contact pins attached to the contact boards. The contact pins are in electrical connection with respective lengths of plating on the contact boards. The female connector includes a housing, two pairs of plastic contact boards mounted therein, a plurality of lengths of electrically conductive plating provided on one side of each contact board, and a plurality of straight, electrically conductive contact pins attached to the respective contact boards. The contact pins are in electrical connection with respective lengths of plating on the contact boards. The male and female connectors are connected together by metal shrouds provided on each connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Gabriel Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Victor Zaderej
  • Patent number: 5238425
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a first work object on a second work object, the apparatus having a fastening assembly including a first element adapted to be secured on the second work object in substantially fixed relation; a second element mounted on the first work object; and structure operable to interconnect the first and second elements for supporting the second element on the first element in a substantially fixed attitude and thus the first work object in a substantially fixed attitude relative to the second work object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Inventor: Wesley P. Kliewer
  • Patent number: 4961127
    Abstract: A lamp socket mounting bracket which contains a pair of mounting clamps and is mounted within a reflector. The mounting clamps have reflector ends and socket ends which each have feet. The mounting clamps have curved portions to encompass a lamp socket which forms a fulcrum within the lamp socket mounting bracket. A clamp adjusting means is used at the socket ends of the mounting clamps to tighten the mounting clamps around the lamp socket, help make a substantial contact between the mounting clamps and the lamp socket, and create, along with the fulcrum, a reverse scissors action within the lamp socket mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1990
    Assignee: Sylvan R. Shemitz Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvan R. Shemitz, Flemming Brygger
  • Patent number: 4936788
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to an improved connector for use in electrical ornamental articles mainly disposed on Christmas trees or the like, which has an integrally formed plastic shell made by injection molding with three consecutive sections, the first thereof being in trapezoid form, and the second and third being of cylindrical shape with different size. The tapered sides of the trapezoid section permit easy attachment of the connector to a socket; on the external wall of the second section are disposed a plurality of spaced collapsible ribs in the axial direction. Metallic contacts are removably placed in a pair of divided tunnels of the connector with the front ends thereof extended out of the connector and reversely bent in abutment against the external wall of the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: New Chien Lung Ent. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ling-Yung Lin
  • Patent number: 4753609
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a ganged lamp socket device especially applicable for a bank of LED's. The apparatus includes a housing having a row of sockets with a groove and first pockets on one side of the row and a plurality of second pockets on the other side. A common terminal strip fits in the groove and first pockets, while a plurality of contact members fit in the second pockets. The apparatus is easily assembled using the common strip and plurality of contact members formed in a single conductive sheet. The strip is inserted in the groove and broken from the sheet and then the contact members which are held together by a carrier are inserted in the second pockets. The carrier is broken from the contact members and all the items are pressed into place. The apparatus reduces the number of piece parts normally needed for this type of device and increases system reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: George B. Pfeffer, Wayne A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4753603
    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).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Inventor: Bjorn Hafstad
  • Patent number: 4726781
    Abstract: A connector mechanism for linking the ends of successive fluorescent fixtures includes a pair of plates defining the ends of the fixtures, one said plate including a projecting hook portion which extends through the other said plate. The hook poriton includes a cam surface inclined toward the first plate, the second plate including a slide having a locking shoulder positioned to engage the cam surface. A threaded connection to the slide enables the slide to be drawn along the cam surface and accordingly to clamp the end plates tightly against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: Lightolier Incorporated
    Inventors: Horst Bernhart, Kingsley Chan
  • Patent number: 4705483
    Abstract: A wiring harness is provided which, among other uses, allows quick and convenient installation of lights on a Christmas tree. Preferably, the wiring harness includes a flexible, resilient, C-shaped ring body having a channel-shaped cross section with an interior surface; a plurality of electrical receptacles received within a corresponding plurality of cavities defined in the interior surface of the ring member; and a conductor pair electrically intercoupling the receptacles with an electrical plug. In advantageous use, the harness, with a plurality of strands of tree lights already plugged into the receptacles, is spread apart, placed about the upper boughs of the tree and released whereupon the essential labor is completed for placing the lights on the tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Inventors: William R. Davis, Lawrence E. Davis
  • Patent number: 4693541
    Abstract: A connector is disclosed which permits an electrically illuminated ornament or the like to be readily connected to a string of conventional light sockets. A first connection is provided which preferably is in the form of a conventional socket for receiving a lamp which is inserted in a grommet carried by an ornament. At the opposite end, contacts are mounted in a support member of insulating material to form a plug assembly arrangd to fit within a conventional socket. The construction is such as to accommodate various types and dimensions of sockets. A coupling element attaches the connector to the ornament and acts as both a retention device and as a heat sink for the miniature light, the coupling element having particular utility in an edge-lit ornament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Assignee: Hallmark Cards, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Sanders, Jerry L. Knipp, Charles J. Flynn
  • Patent number: 4678258
    Abstract: A panel for the connection of lights on motor vehicles, comprising strip connectors and a support defining guiding walls which cooperate by interference with the connectors after installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: Seima Italiana S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuliano Cossetti