Industry Patents
Patent: 7441939
Front or Rear Loading Socket System
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| Patent Number: |
7441939 |
| Title: |
Front or Rear Loading Socket System |
| Abstract: |
A lamp socket (10) comprises a housing (12) having a longitudinal axis
(14) and first and second planar surfaces, (16, 18), respectively, spaced
apart along the longitudinal axis (14), and orthogonal thereto. Aa
central, lamp receiving opening (20) is coaxially aligned with the
longitudinal axis 14 and mounting means 21 are formed with the first
planar surface for accepting, and electrically connecting a lamp, and
maintenance means 21a are formed with the second planar surface for
maintaining the lamp within the socket. The mounting means (21) includes
a first pair of lamp contacts (22, 24) positioned in a first pair of
cavities (22', 24') formed in the first planar surface (16). The
maintenance means (21a) include first lamp base receivers (30) and second
lamp base receivers (32) formed in the second planar surface (18); and
first and second lamp base retainers (38, 40), respectively, associated
with the second planar surface (18).
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Scholeno, Brown |
| Assignee: |
Osram Sylvania |
| Continuation or Divisional of: |
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| International Classification: |
F21S 4/00 |
| US Classification: |
362/652 |
| Issue Date: |
10-28-2008 |
| Filing Date: |
10-19-2006 |
| Application : |
11/583471 |
| Notes: |
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| Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: |
7441939 at Freepatentsonline |
| Link to World Patent Family1: |
World Patent Family at European Patent Office |
| Link to Google Patents1: |
7441939 at Google Patents |
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