US 2017/0082274 A1Published application

Dimming Lampholder

AssigneeRich Brand Industries Limited

InventorTe-Shui Peng

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Abstract

Disclosed is a dimming lampholder including a printed circuit board installed in the dimming lampholder, a switch and a dimming circuit installed in dimming lampholder and operated together with a dimmable energy-saving fluorescent bulb and a dimmable LED bulb, so that the dimmable energy-saving fluorescent bulb and the dimmable LED bulb may be installed and used directly to achieve the effect of adjusting the brightness of the emitting light.

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A dimming lampholder, comprising a seat, a cover body, a cap, a screwing ring, a printed circuit board, a knob and a plurality of electrical connecting plates, characterized in that a circular stepped surface is formed at the external periphery of the top surface of the seat, and a positioning slot, a plurality of first engaging holes and a plurality of second engaging holes are formed on a surface enclosed by the circular stepped surface, and the seat is extended downwardly to form a cylindrical shape and has an opening formed at the bottom of the seat and penetrating into the seat, and a plurality of clamping slots formed on the seat;

the cover body includes a plurality of engaging hole pillars protruded from the top of the cover body, and a plurality of arc chutes disposed around the periphery of the cover body and symmetrical with one another, and an insert hole with an expanded internal diameter being connected to an end of each chute;
the cap is a circular arc cap shaped object and includes an outwardly protruding ring disposed near the bottom of the cap and having an outer thread formed at the bottom of the outwardly protruding ring and provided for connection, a penetrating hole formed at the center of the top of the outwardly protruding ring, and the bottom of the cap being an inwardly penetrating opening, and a penetrating slot being formed on a circular wall;
the screwing ring has a hollow penetrating the bottom of the screwing ring, and a circular stepped surface formed inwardly at the bottom of the screwing ring, and an inner thread formed on an inner side of the screwing ring;
the printed circuit board has a switch and a dimming circuit installed on a side of the printed circuit board, a knob coupled to the switch and the dimming circuit, and a plurality of electrical connecting screws installed at the top of the printed circuit board, and the electrical connecting screws are electrically connectable to the switch and the dimming circuit, and the bottom of the printed circuit board has a plurality of conductive plates formed in to a bent shape, so that the horizontal section faces outward, and its distal end has an engaging hole, and the plurality of conductive plates are electrically coupled with the switch and the dimming circuit;
the electrical connecting plates are formed into a bent shape, and each having an engaging hole formed at the top of the electrical connecting plate and an abutting portion formed at the bottom of the electrical connecting plate;
the printed circuit board is vertically erected from a bottom end from the positioning slot formed at the top side of the seat, so that the engaging holes of the conductive plate coupled to the bottom of the printed circuit board are one-to-one corresponsive to the first engaging holes of the seat;
the electrical connecting plates are installed into an opening of the bottom of the seat in an upward direction of the engaging hole of the electrical connecting plates, so that a middle section of the electrical connecting plates is inserted into a corresponsive clamping slot, and the engaging holes of the electrical connecting plates are one-to-one corresponsive to the first engaging holes of the seat, so that the engaging hole of the conductive plate coupled to the bottom of the printed circuit board, the first engaging hole of the seat, and the engaging hole of the electrical connecting plate are connected by a plurality of engaging members respectively;
the cover body is accommodated into in the seat in an upward direction of the engaging hole pillar, so that the engaging hole pillars of the cover body in the seat are one-to-one corresponsive to the second engaging holes, and the abutting portions of the electrical connecting plates are one-to-one correspondingly remained at the chutes and on a side of the insert hole, and the second engaging holes and the engaging hole pillars are coupled by inserting a plurality of engaging members respectively;
the aforementioned assembly is installed into an opening at the bottom of the cap in an upward direction of the printed circuit board, and the knob coupled to the switch and the dimming circuit of the printed circuit board is entered along a penetrating slot of the knob until the circular stepped surface at the external periphery of the top of the seat abuts the bottom edge of the cap;
the screwing ring is sheathed on the external periphery of the seat by a hollow of the screwing ring, and an inner thread of the screwing ring is gradually engaged with the outer thread of the bottom of the cap bottom until the circular stepped surface of the screwing ring abuts the outwardly protruding ring of the cap.

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A dimming lampholder, comprising a seat, an open cylinder, a cap, a base, a printed circuit board and a knob bracket, characterized in that the seat is formed into a circular disc shape and has a plurality of through installing hole formed on both sides of the seat and a through hole formed at the middle of the seat;

the open cylinder has a vertical through slot formed at the center of the top of the open cylinder, a through installing hole formed on both sides of the open cylinder separately and configured to be corresponsive to the through installing hole of the seat, and a wall extended downwardly from the open cylinder is a threaded groove wall;
the cap is a circular arc cap shaped object, and has an outwardly protruding ring near the bottom of the cap, an outer thread formed at the bottom of the cap and provided for connection, a penetrating hole formed at the center of the top of the cap, an opening penetrated inwardly from the bottom of the cap, and a penetrating slot formed on a circular wall of the cap;
the base is a longitudinally penetrating ring-shaped object with the bottom as a casing, and the top formed into a screwing ring with an expanded external diameter, and a circular stepped surface is formed at the connecting position of the casing and the screwing ring, and an inner thread is formed on an inner side of the screwing ring and provided for connection;
the printed circuit board has a switch and a dimming circuit installed on a side of the printed circuit board, and a knob is coupled to a side of the switch and the dimming circuit, and the top of the printed circuit board has a plurality of electrical connecting screws, and the electrical connecting screws is provided for electrically connecting the switch and the dimming circuit, and the bottom of the printed circuit board has a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate, and the first conductive plate is formed into a bent shape, so that the horizontal section faces outward, and an engaging hole is formed at the distal end of the first conductive plate, and the second conductive plate is bent with an angle greater than 90 degrees, and the bent oblique section is downwardly oblique, and a conductive bump is formed at the center of the bottom near the oblique section, and the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate and the switch and dimming circuit are electrically coupled to one another;
the printed circuit board is vertically installed onto the seat, so that an engaging hole formed on a horizontal section of the first conductive plate is configured to be corresponsive to one of the through installing holes of the seat, and the oblique section of the second conductive plate is passed and installed into the a through hole formed at the center of the seat, while the open cylinder is installed to the bottom of the seat, so that the oblique section of the second conductive plate is extended downwardly and obliquely from the vertical through slot, and the through installing hole of the open cylinder is attached to the through installing hole of the seat, and after one of a plurality of engaging members is passed through the engaging hole of the first conductive plate, a through installing hole of the seat, and a through installing hole of the open cylinder, and the other engaging member is passed through the other through installing hole of the seat and the other through installing hole of the open cylinder, the aforementioned assembly is accommodated into an opening formed at the bottom of the cap in an upward direction of the printed circuit board, the knob disposed on the printed circuit board and coupled to the switch and the dimming circuit is entered along the penetrating slot of the cap, and a hollow of the base is sheathed from bottom to top on the open cylinder and the exterior of the seat, and the inner thread of the screwing ring and the outer thread of the cap bottom are engaged gradually until the outwardly protruding ring of the cap and the circular stepped surface of the base clamp the seat.

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the cover body includes a plurality of engaging hole pillars protruded from the top of the cover body, and a plurality of arc chutes disposed around the periphery of the cover body and symmetrical with one another, and an insert hole with an expanded internal diameter being connected to an end of each chute;
the cap is a circular arc cap shaped object and includes an outwardly protruding ring disposed near the bottom of the cap and having an outer thread formed at the bottom of the outwardly protruding ring and provided for connection, a penetrating hole formed at the center of the top of the outwardly protruding ring, and the bottom of the cap being an inwardly penetrating opening, and a penetrating slot being formed on a circular wall;
the screwing ring has a hollow penetrating the bottom of the screwing ring, and a circular stepped surface formed inwardly at the bottom of the screwing ring, and an inner thread formed on an inner side of the screwing ring;
the printed circuit board has a switch and a dimming circuit installed on a side of the printed circuit board, a knob coupled to the switch and the dimming circuit, and a plurality of electrical connecting screws installed at the top of the printed circuit board, and the electrical connecting screws are electrically connectable to the switch and the dimming circuit, and the bottom of the printed circuit board has a plurality of conductive plates formed in to a bent shape, so that the horizontal section faces outward, and its distal end has an engaging hole, and the plurality of conductive plates are electrically coupled with the switch and the dimming circuit;
the electrical connecting plates are formed into a bent shape, and each having an engaging hole formed at the top of the electrical connecting plate and an abutting portion formed at the bottom of the electrical connecting plate;
the printed circuit board is vertically erected from a bottom end from the positioning slot formed at the top side of the seat, so that the engaging holes of the conductive plate coupled to the bottom of the printed circuit board are one-to-one corresponsive to the first engaging holes of the seat;
the electrical connecting plates are installed into an opening of the bottom of the seat in an upward direction of the engaging hole of the electrical connecting plates, so that a middle section of the electrical connecting plates is inserted into a corresponsive clamping slot, and the engaging holes of the electrical connecting plates are one-to-one corresponsive to the first engaging holes of the seat, so that the engaging hole of the conductive plate coupled to the bottom of the printed circuit board, the first engaging hole of the seat, and the engaging hole of the electrical connecting plate are connected by a plurality of engaging members respectively;
the cover body is accommodated into in the seat in an upward direction of the engaging hole pillar, so that the engaging hole pillars of the cover body in the seat are one-to-one corresponsive to the second engaging holes, and the abutting portions of the electrical connecting plates are one-to-one correspondingly remained at the chutes and on a side of the insert hole, and the second engaging holes and the engaging hole pillars are coupled by inserting a plurality of engaging members respectively;
the aforementioned assembly is installed into an opening at the bottom of the cap in an upward direction of the printed circuit board, and the knob coupled to the switch and the dimming circuit of the printed circuit board is entered along a penetrating slot of the knob until the circular stepped surface at the external periphery of the top of the seat abuts the bottom edge of the cap;
the screwing ring is sheathed on the external periphery of the seat by a hollow of the screwing ring, and an inner thread of the screwing ring is gradually engaged with the outer thread of the bottom of the cap bottom until the circular stepped surface of the screwing ring abuts the outwardly protruding ring of the cap.

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