Having Only Two Duplicate Contacts Arranged Bilaterally Symmetric About Longitudinal Axis Of Engagement Patents (Class 439/619)
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Publication number: 20040253872Abstract: A lead aligning terminal for receiving a lamp with a exterior electrical lead comprises at least one contact blade, the blade carrying an elongate lead guide that is adapted to receive the electrical lead, and if it is bent, straighten the same as the lamp is being inserted into the terminal. The lead guide may comprise a slot, a keyhole slot, channel, groove, rib or a plurality of parallel ribs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Applicant: Christiana Industries, LLCInventors: Steven Street, Ismael Garcia
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Publication number: 20040198097Abstract: A wedge base for a lamp including a body section for mounting the lamp envelope with filament lead wires extending out, the body having a shoulder and an integral, depending rib. The bottom edge of the rib has notches formed along the lower edge. Lead wire bores are formed through the shoulder and rib and terminate in the notches. The lead wires extend through the bores, out of the notches and are folded upwardly against the rib. A bracket secures the lead wires against the rib. The bracket has a first side with at least one pin and a second side with at least one hole. Each bracket side has vertical wire grooves its inner face. The bracket sides are laterally positioned on each side of the rib with the pin engaging the hole and snapped together to secure the lead wires within the groves and against the rib. When assembled, the base is configured to fit securely, with electrical contact, within the socket of a lamp fixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2002Publication date: October 7, 2004Inventor: His-Yu Huang
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Patent number: 6799867Abstract: The present invention relates to a twinkling light string, which includes a main wire and several branch strings. Each branch string in interval is provided with a first bulb assembly or a second bulb assembly, wherein one bulb holder can and only can be connected with a related socket of the same bulb assembly. The bulb assembly can be easily differentiated by an outside convex beam on the socket.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2003Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Inventor: Hung-Huei Cheng
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Patent number: 6791244Abstract: An electric lamp (2) with a lamp cap (12) suitable for contacting an external electric contact element (28). The lamp cap comprises contacting means (16) comprising a first contact part (18) connected to a second contact part (20) via a spring (24), thus enabling the second contact part (20) to move transversely with respect to the first contact part (18) and/or the lamp cap (12). Optionally, the first contact part (18) is kept in a fixed position with respect to the lamp cap (12) through the spring force of a further spring (22).Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2002Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventor: Petrus Johannes Antonius Linssen
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Patent number: 6774549Abstract: A lamp includes a bulb having conductive terminals and a retainer including a cylinder having a top opening for receiving the bulb and a U-shaped support having a bottom with two arms extended towards and connected to lower side of the cylinder for supporting and retaining the bulb in the retainer whereby opposite openings are formed between the support. Projections extend from opposite sides of the support and extend in opposite directions. A partition extends from the bottom of the support and having opposite side faces that are inclined and converge to each other. A socket includes a circumferential wall forming an upper space for receiving the retainer therein and a lower space having a lower opening for extension of the wires. A securing structure is formed on an inside surface of the circumferential wall and corresponds to each of the openings between the support and the cylinder of the retainer.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2002Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Inventors: Ching-Yen Tsai, Tsuan-Min Wu
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Publication number: 20040080937Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2002Publication date: April 29, 2004Inventor: Chih-Chen Chang
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Patent number: 6692309Abstract: A connector includes a tubular wall on a first body containing a lamp envelope, coaxially receiving an insulating tube mounted on a second body having a cavity that receives the first body, spring metal strip terminals on the outside of the tubular wall in resilient contact with spring metal strip terminals on the inside of the cavity, and microprocessor controlled heated and cooled air delivered to the lamp envelope by way of the insulating tube in response to a sensor that monitors at least one of lamp amalgam temperature and lamp radiation.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Light Sources, Inc.Inventor: George Kovacs
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Patent number: 6648691Abstract: A lampholder has a socket having an inner end and formed with an outwardly open lamp seat defining an axis and adapted to fit with a base of a high-voltage lamp and with a pair of inwardly open blind contact holes. A base fitted against the inner end and formed at the contact holes with respective contact seats has a floor formed in line with each contact hole with an axially throughgoing aperture. Respective contacts in the contact seats are each formed with an abutment arm extending along a wall of the respective contact hole and a spring arm extending into the respective contact hole and elastically deformable from a rest position closely juxtaposed with the respective abutment arm to a holding position spaced therefrom. Thus a conductor pushed through one of the apertures into the respective contact hole will wedge between the contact arms.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2002Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Dieter Henrici, Herbert Beleke
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Patent number: 6628081Abstract: An electric lamp, in particular a motor vehicle auxiliary light lamp, and a method for producing such a lam. The base of the lamp comprises an annular metal part (5) or resilient design for holding the lamp vessel (1), and a plastic part (6) provided with at least one hollow contact pin (7, 8). A supply lead (3, 4) projecting from the lamp vessel (1) is threaded into the hollow contact pin (7, 8) and welded to the latter such that the metal part (5) is under mechanical stress. In this way, backlash-free plug-and-socket connections are produced between the lamp vessel (1) and the metal part (5) or between the metal part (5) and the plastic part (6).Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2002Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer elektrische Gluehlampen mbHInventors: Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig
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Publication number: 20030119363Abstract: A lampholder has a socket having an inner end and formed with an outwardly open lamp seat defining an axis and adapted to fit with a base of a high-voltage lamp and with a pair of inwardly open blind contact holes. A base fitted against the inner end and formed at the contact holes with respective contact seats has a floor formed in line with each contact hole with an axially throughgoing aperture. Respective contacts in the contact seats are each formed with an abutment arm extending along a wall of the respective contact hole and a spring arm extending into the respective contact hole and elastically deformable from a rest position closely juxtaposed with the respective abutment arm to a holding position spaced therefrom. Thus a conductor pushed through one of the apertures into the respective contact hole will wedge between the contact arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: BJB GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Dieter Henrici, Herbert Beleke
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Patent number: 6497590Abstract: A vehicle light bulb has a glass bulb and a base for receiving the glass bulb. A flat portion is used to seal a bottom of the glass bulb, and at least one filament is provided inside the bulb and connected between two legs that extend out the flat portion. The base is mainly made up of a holder and a plate extending from a bottom of the holder, wherein the holder has a top defined with a slot for receiving the flat portion. At least two apertures are defined in a bottom of the plate. When the glass bulb is received in the base, the two legs individually extend through the apertures so as to electrically connect in a socket of a vehicle light, such as a brake light.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2001Date of Patent: December 24, 2002Assignee: Everlite Electric Industries Corp.Inventor: Chin-Shui Hsu
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Patent number: 6469428Abstract: A lamp bulb (1) made from glass is sealed at one end by a pinch (2). A base (5) is fastened on the pinch (2) by means of a metal spring (6). The base (5) has a holder (7) loosely adapted to the pinch (2). The metal spring (6; 26) is bent in a U-shaped fashion and comprises a base part (11) and two limbs (12, 13) which embrace the pinch, the fastening of the base (5) being accomplished by virtue of the fact that one limb (12) is aligned essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis, but simultaneously has a transverse extent accessible to spring forces, the transverse extent of this limb being stressed by the holder (7) of the base.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1999Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer elektrische Gluehlampen mbHInventors: Joachim Thiel, Ernst Muehlich, Dieter Trypke
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Patent number: 6464539Abstract: A lamp fitting structure having a small depth dimension can include a socket for fixing a wedge-base lamp. The socket can include an insertion portion for receiving and fitting a fixed portion of the lamp therein, a peripheral portion and a rear end portion on the back face, all integrally formed. An opening can be provided which penetrates through from the insertion portion to the rear end portion. The socket does not require an electrical feed terminal for electrical connection, and only performs fixation of the inserted lamp A connector can be fitted into the opening in the rear end portion, for electrically connecting the feed terminal disposed in the connector to a lead wire of the wedge-base lamp. By inserting and fitting the connector into the socket from the rear end portion thereof the fixation between the wedge-base lamp and the socket can be made more secure.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2001Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsumi Yoshida, Tetsuya Kudo, Kazuya Terada, Shigehiro Kobayashi, Shigeaki Watanabe, Hiroyuki Chikama
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Patent number: 6448819Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2001Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Inventor: Chi Hua Lin
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Patent number: 6394845Abstract: The invention is an improved bulb cap fixture device supplement which includes a fixture frame attached to the guiding base on a bulb cap. There are a certain number of tenon blocks and tenon grooves on the adjacent surface of the guiding base and the fixture base. The tenon blocks and the tenon grooves are mutually interlocked. The guiding base and the fixture frame can be quickly and conveniently assembled for fixture.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Inventor: Chi Hua Lin
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Patent number: 6382810Abstract: An ornamental lamp has a lamp holder, a lamp base and a bulb. The lamp holder defines a conical hollow whose diameter of an upper portion is larger than that of a lower portion. The lamp base has a rippled ring received in the conical hollow of the lamp holder. The rippled ring has an inner periphery formed with a plurality of first arcuate sections protruded inwardly, and an outer periphery formed with a plurality of second arcuate sections protruded outwardly. The bulb is fitted in an internal hollow defined by the first arcuate sections of the rippled ring.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2000Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Inventor: Jeou-Nan Tseng
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Patent number: 6376974Abstract: An improved lamp structure for lamp strings comprising a lamp bulb, a base, a socket and two conductors is disclosed. The base is provided therein with a receiving recess and has a lower portion thereof partially opened, so that when the lamp bulb is placed in the base, the lower end the lamp bulb is partially exposed. The socket is provided therein with pairs of ribs; they can forcedly press the base and the lamp bulb to fix their positions, and form an engaging groove to receive the metallic pins of the conductors. By this arrangement, the metallic pins of the conductors can electrically contact respectively two metallic wires of the lamp bulb. Therefore, the longitudinal size of the elements of the whole structure can be shortened to reduce cost of material in production, and thereby safety of the products can be elevated.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2000Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Inventor: Ching-Yen Tsai
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Patent number: 6368161Abstract: A decorative lighting device includes a miniature incandescent lamp, a plug-in base, a partition member, right and left urging lugs, and a housing. The miniature incandescent lamp is held in the plug-in base. The partition member is integrally formed with a bottom wall of the plug-in base. The right and left urging lugs are disposed on opposite sides of the partition member. The housing includes an upper end wall having an opening for passage of the plug-in base, a lower end wall having a slot adapted to receive two electric leads, and an inner intermediate circumferential wall communicating the upper and lower end walls. When the plug-in base, together with the miniature incandescent lamp, is inserted into the housing, lead-in wires of the miniature incandescent lamp and the electric leads will be firmly clamped between the intermediate circumferential wall and the right and left urging lugs to ensure good electrical contact and to prevent entrance of rainwater thereinto.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Yuan Mei Decorative Lamp & Painting Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chang-Yuan Lin
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Patent number: 6361368Abstract: A Christmas bulb socket has a bulb seat and a bulb holder with a corresponding bulb. The socket is made from a resilient material and the bulb holder is designed to accommodate similar types of bulbs whereby two filament feet of the bulb are tightly retained in the seat and holder by a notch defined in a bottom face of the bulb holder.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2001Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Inventor: Jeou-Nan Tseng
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Patent number: 6343870Abstract: The present invention relates to a figured lamp structure with a specially designed connection mechanism. It mainly comprises a simple coupling element in conjunction with connection mechanisms disposed on the ends of a lamp case to enable the figured lamp to be connected to another one in series in an easy way. By such a mechanism, a plurality of lamps can be put together to form a lamp array to arrive at a unique decorative effect.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2000Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Inventor: Ching Hsi Chang
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Publication number: 20010051462Abstract: A lamp fitting structure having a small depth dimension can include a socket for fixing a wedge-base lamp. The socket call include an insertion portion for receiving and fitting a fixed portion of the lamp therein, a peripheral portion and a rear end portion on the back face, all integrally formed. An opening can be provided which penetrates through from the insertion portion to the rear end portion. The socket does not require an electrical feed terminal for electrical connection, and only performs fixation of the inserted lamp. A connector can be fitted into the opening in the rear end portion, for electrically connecting the feed terminal disposed in the connector to a lead wire of the wedge-base lamp. By inserting and fitting the connector into the socket from the rear end portion thereof, the fixation between the wedge-base lamp and the socket can be made more secure. As a result, the depth dimension can be reduced, and a fitting structure that is easily operated can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2001Publication date: December 13, 2001Inventors: Tatsumi Yoshida, Tetsuya Kudo, Kazuya Terada, Shigehiro Kobayashi, Shigeaki Watanabe, Hiroyuki Chikama
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Patent number: 6315612Abstract: A carrier (10) comprises a body (12) and a pair of holes (14) which extend through the body (12) away from a face (16) against which a light emitting diode may be placed towards a pair of supports (18) over which respective lead wires of the light emitting diode may be bent thereby enabling a light emitting diode to simulate a wedge based lamp in allowing direct push contact of the filament lead wires with associated electrical circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2000Date of Patent: November 13, 2001Assignee: Starpoint Electrics LimitedInventors: Barry Allen Marchini, John Leonard Scriven
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Patent number: 6315611Abstract: A retaining projection 37 for engagement in a retaining groove 14, formed in a base portion 12 of a bulb 10, is formed on one of a pair of holder pieces 34 of a metal terminal 30, and a connecting projection 36 is formed on the other holder piece 34, and this connecting projection 36 is to be opposed to that portion of a lead wire 13 lying between its proximal end portion and its intermediate portion, and is projected toward the lead wire 13 so as to be held against the lead wire 13. With this construction, even if the base portion 12 is held between the holder pieces 34 and 34, with the distal end portion of the lead wire 13 displaced to be tilted, the connecting projection 36 never fails to be held against the proximal end portion of the lead wire 13, thereby positively achieving an electrical connection therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 1999Date of Patent: November 13, 2001Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Koita Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Sawada, Kihachiro Uchida, Kazuto Nitta
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Patent number: 6299488Abstract: A simplified socket structure of miniature light bulb sets primarily comprises a shell element and a holding element that is provided with a pair of opposite resilient arms to secure a miniature light bulb in position. When the holding element along with a miniature light bulb seated therein is inserted into the shell element, the resilient arms are urged by the walls of the shell element to move toward each other to firmly grasp the light bulb. Thus the miniature light bulb socket according to the invention has the advantages of simplified structures and promoted gripping effect.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2000Date of Patent: October 9, 2001Assignee: Kuo-Fen ShuInventor: Jian Ji Lin
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Patent number: 6283797Abstract: An improvement in the structure of a lamp base, it includes a lamp socket, a lamp, a pair of connection copper plug, a resistor sheet, a lamp base unit and a pair of wire. A lamp can be plugged into the lamp socket, and there are conductive sheets at both bottom sides of the lamp socket.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1999Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Inventor: Jeng-shyong Wu
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Patent number: 6257738Abstract: A decorative lamp is composed of a lamp holder and a bulb assembly received in the holder. The lamp holder has two first ears, each with a recess, integrally formed on the periphery thereof. The bulb assembly has two second ears to respectively mate with the first ears to define a passage. A plurality of decorative lamps is inter-connected to construct web or net configurations by cables in turn passed through and fixed in the mated first and second ears thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1999Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Inventor: Yu-Yuan Hsu
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Publication number: 20010003072Abstract: A lamp holder has a contact spring which, instead of being bent into a U-shape and having its barb on the bracing shank opposite the retaining shank, has a bracing barb or lug bent out of the retaining shank itself and engageable as an indexing member behind a projection formed on the lamp housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2000Publication date: June 7, 2001Applicant: BJB GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Dieter Henrici, Manuel Rodrigues
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Publication number: 20010000766Abstract: A plastic covering 32 of an electric wire 30 is removed, exposing a core wire 31, this core wire 31 being attached to core wire receiving members 13 of a lamp body 10. Attaching a bulb socket 20 to the lamp body 10 causes the core wire to be resiliently held between contact members 24D of the bulb socket 20 and the core wire receiving members 13, thereby connecting the bulb socket 20 and the electric wire 30. The core wire 31 makes direct contact with the contact members 24D, and therefore connecting terminals are not required between the bulb socket 20 and the electric wire 30, the number of components is thus decreased.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: May 3, 2001Inventor: Fumiyoshi Tanigawa
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Patent number: 6217387Abstract: A high strength terminal fitting 30 for a wedge-base bulb is provided which is not likely to be deformed while being assembled into a bulb socket. The terminal fitting 30 is provided with a pair of holding pieces 35, and a tab 31 formed by bending a portion of one holding piece 35R to have a steplike shape is provided with a tab side portion 38 extending toward the other holding piece 35L. A first small projection 39A of a receiving portion 39 formed by bending the other holding piece 35L1 is placed on the upper surface of the tab side portion 38. Even if the tab side portion 38 continuous with the tab 31 tries to undergo an upward displacement upon being subjected to an insertion resistance which acts during the insertion of the tab 31 into a tab mount hole 25 formed in a bulb socket 20, the first small projection 39A of the receiving porion 39 restricts the upward displacement of the tab side portion 38, thereby preventing the deformation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1998Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Sawada, Masaki Okamoto
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Patent number: 6200169Abstract: A wire connector for decorative lamp is disclosed. The wire connector is composed of a casing and a plug to be inserted into the casing. The casing has a central passage and two channels to receive the plug and two conducting elements. The plug has a broad top portion and a narrow bottom portion. A longitudinal bore is defined through the plug and two chambers are defined through the top portion of the plug. The chambers receive wires and conducting strips therein. When the plug is inserted in the casing, the conducting elements in the channels are electrically connected with the conducting strips in the corresponding chambers, then the corresponding wires in the casing and in the plug are also in electrical connection with each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1999Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Inventor: Jeou-Nan Tseng
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Patent number: 6176706Abstract: A subminiature lamp having a bulb with lead wires and a socket, the socket having a socket base and a bulb holder, connected to the socket base, for holding the bulb in a predetermined position, wherein a front surface and a back surface of the socket base form a substantially flat plate and are parallel with each other, the bulb holder is attached on the front surface of the socket base and the shape of the bulb holder is substantially a cylinder with a bottom corresponding to a portion of the front surface of the socket base, and a slit extends through the diameter of the bulb holder, and wherein the lead wires may be disposed along the front and back surfaces of the socket base and may extend through the slit of the bulb holder to contact the bulb in the bulb holder.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1999Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sh{overscore (o)}z{overscore (o)} Maeno, Daishin Sato, Katsuhito Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 6149282Abstract: An attachable Christmas light is provided. The light includes a receptacle of tubular body, having an upper opening, a pair contact plate in the bottom respestively conneoted to a pair of electrical wires, and a pair of positioning arms laterally extended from an outer periphery abutting the opening and each including a retaining hole abutting a vertical slot at front end, and a lamp including a bulb embedded itno a base which is engageable itno the receptacle with a pair of contact wire engaged with the contact plates and a pair of binding rods paralled extended laterally from an upper periphery and positioned in alignment with the positioning arms, when a linear object is disposed in place between the binding rods and the positioning arms, the binding rods are bent downward about 90.degree. to have front ends retained into the retaining holes of the positioning arms. So that the light is stably attached to the linear object.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1998Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Inventor: Shun-Feng Huang
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Patent number: 6142646Abstract: The object of the present invention discloses a light socket assembly, which comprises a light bulb; a base having an circular end to connect said light bulb and a hollow-flat-shape end on the other end; a housing to properly cover said base having a circle end and a rectangle end including two segment groove in two opposite walls and two flat grooves in another opposite walls; and optionally a mounting pin having an open end for mounting said hollow-flat-shape end of base and a longitudinal concave surface on opposite sides of an erected post.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1999Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Inventor: Chun Ming Liu
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Patent number: 6123433Abstract: A Christmas tree light includes a socket shell having a top receiving chamber and an outward top flange, an insulative block mounted in the top receiving chamber inside the socket shell, the insulative block having two longitudinal grooves at two opposite sides, a bulb supported on the insulative block inside the top receiving chamber, the bulb having two lead-out wires separated by the insulative block, a socket cap covered on the socket shell to hold the bulb in place, the socket cap having an inward bottom flange hooked on the outward top flange of the socket shell, two terminals respectively hooked in the longitudinal grooves at the insulative block and connected to the lead-out wires of the bulb, and two conductors connected to the terminals for providing electricity to the bulb.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2000Date of Patent: September 26, 2000Inventor: Ching-Chao Chen
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Patent number: 6113430Abstract: A lamp socket arrangement for bulb with a lamp base having a first end defining a bulb opening for receiving the bulb. The lamp base has a second end substantially opposite from the first end. The second end includes a plurality of prongs which extend away from the second end. The lamp base is combined with a lamp holder having first and second ends, and defining a passage way between the first and second ends for receiving all of the lamp base, the plurality of prongs and the plurality of conducting wires for the bulb. The passage way, the plurality of prongs, and the plurality of conducting wires have a shape to substantially fill the second end of the passage way when the plurality of prongs and the conducting wires are positioned in the second end of the passage way. The shape of the passage way, prongs and conductors are such that the combination of all three form a sealed connection and a sealed end of the lamp socket arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1997Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Inventor: Jeng-Shyong Wu
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Patent number: 6109764Abstract: An LED lamp string is provided wherein the lamp base and socket have mutually engaging positioning devices to achieve polarization of the LED lamp with respect to the socket. Terminals of different sizes are installed into different sized grooves in the socket to polarize the electrical wires with respect to the socket.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 1999Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Inventor: Kuo Fen Shu
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Patent number: 6102551Abstract: The present invention is related to a lamp assembly, and in particular, related to a Christmas lamp assembly comprising a lamp bulb and a lamp holder integrally molded of synthetic resin in a water-proof manner.With the lamp bulb and the lamp holder according to the present invention, the former may be easily inserted into the latter for desirable electric connection, which may efficiently prevent raindrop or sludge from penetrating the inside of either of them and thus solve the problems of current leakage or short circuit in a conventional lamp assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1998Date of Patent: August 15, 2000Assignee: Minah International LimitedInventor: Wan-Hsing Hsu
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Patent number: 6095866Abstract: The invention relates to an electric lamp, more particularly to a lamp for motor vehicle, the cap of which is provided with a metal support sleeve (53) constructed in the shape of a ring and at least one pressure spring (1) for securing the lamp in the lampholder. The at least one pressure spring (1) is constructed as a cambered leaf spring whose ends (11, 12) bear against the inner wall of the support sleeve and which has a V-shaped region (100) which reaches through a cutout (53b) in the support sleeve (53).Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1998Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer elektrische Gluehlampen mbHInventors: Peter Helbig, Hermann Steiner, Hans Wild
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Patent number: 6083050Abstract: A lamp socket adapter installed in a lamp socket in a motor vehicle to hold a lamp bulb having a glass base which includes a casing, the casing having a receiving chamber, which receives the glass base of the lamp bulb, a plurality of inside retaining blocks engaged with respective retaining blocks at two opposite sides of the glass base of the lamp bulb, two pairs of bottom holes through which lead-out wires of the lamp bulb are extended out of the casing, two transverse coupling grooves symmetrically disposed at two first opposite outside walls thereof, which are engaged with hooked portions of respective protruding plates inside the lamp socket, and two locating blocks respectively raised from two second opposite outside walls thereof between the transverse coupling grooves and respectively engaged into respective longitudinal locating grooves inside the lamp socket, and a plug plate formed integral with the bottom side wall of the casing and inserted into the lamp socket, the plug plate having two pairs oType: GrantFiled: March 26, 1999Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Inventor: Min-Hsun Hsu
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Patent number: 6076941Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1998Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: Jurgen Hass, Edgar Herth
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Patent number: 6075318Abstract: The invention relates to a system composed of a halogen incandescent lamp d a matching socket, substantial advantages with regard to environmental friendliness and cost being achieved by using a high-voltage or medium-voltage halogen incandescent lamp having a simple glass cap and by holding the lamp in the socket on the glass cap, without the safety aspect being neglected.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1998Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer elektrische Gluelampen mbHInventors: Thomas Noll, Roland Stark
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Patent number: 6053774Abstract: An improved miniature light bulb socket provided with an insert to keep wire terminals separate. The socket mainly comprises a socket shell in which a Y-shaped insert is seated with two opposed protrusions engaged with the grooves of the socket shell. With such an arrangement the electrical wires and terminals extending into the socket can be kept separate effectively and prevented from their shorting. Further, the socket has a conductor pin disposed on the top of the insert and kept in touch with two electrical wire terminals and so the electrical circuit of a miniature light bulb series can be kept closed even if the light bulb on the socket is burned down. It can have an advantage that the light bulb series can still work even if some bulbs of the light bulb series fail. The improved light bulb socket structure according to the invention indeed enhances the practical value of a socket.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1998Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Inventor: Fong Shi Lin
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Patent number: 6043593Abstract: An improved insulated structure of a light bulb assembly, includes a bulb engaged within a bulb holder received in a housing. An improved connecting beam with two lower steps is formed on the holder to be received in an inner hole having a similar configuration of the housing. After connecting the bulb holder and the housing, the light bulb assembly can provides a perfect sealed connection for insulating infiltrating water or moisture to prevent an electrical short circuit and damage.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1998Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Inventor: Wun Fang Pan
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Patent number: 6043594Abstract: An improved structure Christmas lamp drainage, it mainly comprising a bulblet socket and a bulblet stand, a bulblet is inserted into the bulblet socket. The bulblet socket has a stopping ring, a circular body and a dual-angular body, two locking pieces and two vertical recesses are disposed on the stopping ring, a concave angular is between the dual-angular body. The bulblet stand has a cylindrical boy and a flat body, two locking holes and two tubes are disposed on top edge of the cylindrical body, the flat body has a partition piece. Accordingly, insert the locking pieces of the bulblet socket into the locking holes of the bulblet stand, with the vertical recesses correspond to the tubes, the concave angle is disposed on top of the partition piece, water inside the bulblet stand can thus be drained outside through the vertical recesses and the tubes.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 1998Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Inventor: Shun-Feng Huang
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Patent number: 6022241Abstract: A decoration lamp device has a lamp holder, an inner socket receiving the lamp holder, an outer socket union device receiving the inner socket, a bulb having a base portion and a lower post, the lamp holder having an outer housing receiving the base portion of the bulb and an inner housing receiving the lower post of the bulb, a base plug disposed on a bottom of the inner socket, and an outer casing having a neck portion and a head portion. The outer socket union device has a first half outer socket and a second half outer socket. The first half outer socket has a first semicircular positioning groove and the second half outer socket has a second semicircular positioning groove to receive the neck portion of the outer casing.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1998Date of Patent: February 8, 2000Inventor: Mei-Lu Lin
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Patent number: 6019483Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1998Date of Patent: February 1, 2000Inventor: Mei-Lu Lin
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Patent number: 6019634Abstract: A socket for an ornamental bulb has at least one pair of parallel extensions each respectively having a key and a keyslot formed on distal ends thereof. The key is formed to be detachable received in the keyslot, such that the socket can hold objects received between the extensions which are engaged with each other. The key has a neck and a head, with the head having a width larger than that of the neck. The keyslot is defined by two parallel clamping pieces perpendicular to the extensions and has a width the same as the head, such that when the head is received in the keyslot, the extensions are securely engaged with each other and the objects are securely clamped.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1999Date of Patent: February 1, 2000Inventor: Jeou-Nan Tseng
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Patent number: 6008570Abstract: The invention relates to a compact low-pressure discharge lamp comprising a discharge vessel 14 having electrodes and supply leads 30, and having a mp cap 12 assembled from a cap 16, housing 18 and mounting plate 24 with a ballast arrangement. In this case, the mounting plate 24 with the ballast arrangement is fitted in the interior of the lamp cap housing 18. The mounting plate 24 also has terminals 26 for the electric connection of the supply leads 30. According to the invention, in this case the supply leads 30 are connected to the electric terminals 26 of the mounting plate 24 via an electrically conducting spring element 28 in each case.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1998Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer elektrische Gluehlampen mbHInventors: Peter Helbig, Hermann Steiner, Werner Bernhard
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Patent number: 5989068Abstract: An improved decorative light bulb holder structure comprises a light bulb holder, a socket shell, and a light bulb, and can provide convenience in assemblage and wire routing. The light bulb holder has a specially designed connection column at one end that, in conjunction with two electrical wires, can be closely embraced by the socket shell to reach a sealing effect and to prevent the penetration of moisture.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1998Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Inventor: Kuo-Fen Shu
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Patent number: 5988830Abstract: An improved structure of a Christmas lamp bulblet and bulblet stand, it mainly comprising a bulblet stand and a bulblet, copper plates and wires go through the bulblet stand. Two semi-circular pieces are disposed inside the bulblet stand, a concave curved trough is disposed on the middle of the semi-circular piece, a convex dot on one side of the semi-circular piece and an insertion trough on the other side. The two semi-circular pieces are in opposite positions. The bulblet has a flat part on the lower end, a positioning pole, a convex dot and stuck-out filaments are disposed of each side of the flat part. Insert the flat part of the bulblet into the bulblet stand, so that the positioning poles are locked with the concave curved troughs, the convex dots with the concave dots, while the copper plates of the wires are positioned inside the insertion troughs, thus the copper plates are in contact with the filaments of the bulblet.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 1998Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Inventor: Shun-Feng Huang