HID lamp socket
AssigneeTekcon Electronics Corp.
InventorsTuan-Hung Yen, Pei-Fen Wu
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Abstract
An HID lamp socket (1), which connects an HID lamp (9) with an electrical device, includes an insulative housing (10), a number of first electrical terminals (20) received in the housing and a number of second electrical terminals (30) for contacting the first electrical terminals to a number of wires (34) extending from the electrical device. The first electrical terminals include a high-voltage terminal (21), a low-voltage terminal (22) and two switch terminals (23). The switch terminal has a cantilever (231) extending transversely and slantwise and a contact tab (233) extending downwardly from the cantilever.
Claims14
A lamp socket, which connects a lamp having a pair of blocks with an electrical device, comprising:
- an insulative housing having a receiving cavity for the lamp to be assembled therein;
- a plurality of first electrical terminals received in the housing, the first electrical terminals including:
- a high-voltage terminal and a low-voltage terminal for electrically connecting the lamp;
- and
- at least one switch terminal, the at least one switch terminal comprising a securing portion, a cantilever extending transversely and slantwise from an upper end of the securing portion and a contacting portion connecting to the cantilever;
- and
- a plurality of second electrical terminals for connecting a plurality of wires extending from the electrical device to the first electrical terminal;
- wherein with the rotatablely assembling of the lamp to the lamp socket, the cantilever of the switch contact is pressed down, and the contacting portion electrically contacts with the low-voltage terminal when the lamp is substantially received in the lamp socket.
A lamp socket comprising:
- an insulative housing having a receiving cavity for the lamp to be assembled therein;
- a voltage-relating terminal disposed in the housing and electrically connecting to a wire for electrically connecting the lamp;
- and
- at least one switch terminal disposed in the housing and defining a deflectable portion with a contacting portion thereon and electrically connecting to another wire;
- wherein
- during assembling, rotation of the lamp to the lamp socket results in deflection of the deflectable portion along an axial direction of rotation of said lamp so as to have the contacting portion engage the voltage-relating terminal.
The lamp socket assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing having a receiving cavity a lamp assembled in the receiving cavity;
- a voltage-relating terminal disposed in the housing and electrically connecting to a wire for electrically connecting the lamp;
- and
- at least one switch terminal disposed in the housing and defining a deflectable portion with a contacting portion thereon and electrically connecting to another wire;
- wherein
- during assembling, rotation of the lamp to the lamp socket results in deflection of the deflectable portion along an axial direction of rotation of said lamp so as to have the contacting portion engage the voltage-relating terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.