# US 2022/0034487 A1 · External Connected Lamp Holder, an Interconnected Lamp Holder, a Driving Circuit Board and a Lamp > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0034487 A1 - Document ID: US20220034487A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/443,637 - Filed: 2021-07-27 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-28 - Assignees: Wanjiong Lin; Self Electronics Co., Ltd.; Self Electronics USA Corp. - Applicants: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.; Self Electronics USA Corporation - Inventors: Yuanfang Xue; Zhaoyong Zheng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220034487A1 ## CPC - F21V 19/003: {Fastening of light source holders, e.g. of circuit boards or substrates holding light sources} - F21V 23/004: {arranged on a substrate, e.g. a printed circuit board} - F21V 23/06: the elements being coupling devices {, e.g. connectors} - H01R 12/721: {cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits} - H01R 13/113: {co-operating with pins or blades having a rectangular transverse section} - H01R 33/06: with two current-carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts, having their axes parallel to each other - H01R 33/08: for supporting tubular fluorescent lamp - F21S 4/28: rigid, e.g. LED bars - F21Y 2103/10: comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract An external connected lamp holder has a first lamp holder, the first lamp holder is provided with a first socket matched with a lamp body, the lamp body has a first driving circuit board, the external connected lamp holder further includes a first female plug assembly. The external connected lamp holder, interconnected lamp holder, driving circuit board and lamp of the embodiments realize the installation of the lamp holder and the driving circuit board through plug-in electrical connection, instead of being welded together. This construction reduces the requirements of product precision, tooling precision and assembly precision in the automated production process, and it reduces the cost of automated manufacturing and the loss in the production process of products. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An external connected lamp holder (1000), comprising a first lamp holder (100), the first lamp holder (100) is provided with a first socket (101) matched with a lamp body (200), the lamp body (200) comprises a first driving circuit board (201), characterized in that, the external connected lamp holder (1000) further includes a first female plug assembly (300), and the first female plug assembly (300) includes: a first elastic clamping piece (301), arranged in the first socket (101) and being used for connecting a positive terminal; and a second elastic clamping piece (302), arranged in the first socket (101) and arranged opposite to the first elastic clamping piece (301) to form a first clamping opening (303) which is matched with the first driving circuit board (201) to used for connecting a negative terminal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The external connected lamp holder (1000) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first clamping opening (303) is a flat channel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The external connected lamp holder (1000) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distance between the first elastic clamping piece (301) and the second elastic clamping piece (302) gradually decreases from the inlet to the inside and then becomes larger. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The external connected lamp holder (1000) as claimed in claim 3, wherein the minimum distance between the first elastic clamping piece (301) and the second elastic clamping piece (302) is located in the middle and rear section of the first clamping opening (303). ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The external connected lamp holder (1000) as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first elastic clamping piece (301) and the second elastic clamping piece (302) are respectively provided with a first bump (3011) and a second bump (3021) at the minimum distance between each other. ### Claim 6 An interconnected lamp holder (2000), comprising a second lamp base (400), the second lamp base (400) is provided with a second socket (401) matched with the lamp body (200), and the lamp body (200) comprises a first driving circuit board (201) and a second driving circuit board (202), characterized in that, the interconnected lamp holder (2000) further comprises a second female plug assembly (500) and a third female plug assembly (600), the second female plug assembly (500) includes: a third elastic clamping piece (501), arranged in the second socket (401); and a fourth elastic clamping piece (502), arranged in the second socket (401) and arranged opposite to the third elastic clamping piece (501) to form a second clamping opening (503) which is matched with the first driving circuit board (201); the third female plug assembly (600) comprises: a fifth elastic clamping piece (601), arranged in the second socket (401) and being electrically connected to one of the third elastic clamping piece (501) and the fourth elastic clamping piece (502); a sixth elastic clamping piece (602), arranged in the second socket (401) and arranged opposite to the fifth elastic clamping piece (601) to form a third clamping opening (603) which is matched with the second driving circuit board (202), and being electrically connected to the other of the third elastic clamping piece (501) and the fourth elastic clamping piece (502); the entrance and exit directions of the third clamping opening (603) and the second clamping opening (503) are arranged parallel to each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The interconnected lamp cap (2000) as claimed in claim 6, wherein the second clamping opening (503) and the third clamping opening (603) are flat channels. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The interconnected lamp cap (2000) as claimed in claim 6, wherein the second clamping opening (503) and the third clamping opening (603) are arranged in a shape ‘’ relatively. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The interconnected lamp cap (2000) as claimed in claim 8, wherein the included angle formed by the intersection of the plane extension surface where the second clamping opening (503) and the third clamping opening (603) are located is 40°˜70°. ### Claim 10 A lamp, comprising a lamp body (200) and an external connected lamp holder (1000), the lamp body (200) comprising a lamp holder (203) and a first driving circuit board (201) arranged on the lamp holder (203), the external connected lamp holder (1000) comprises a first lamp holder (100), and the first lamp holder (100) is provided with a first socket (101) that is matched with the lamp body (200), characterized in that, it also includes a first female plug assembly (300), the first female plug assembly (300) comprises: a first elastic clamping piece (301), arranged in the first socket (101) and being used to connect the positive terminal; and a second elastic clamping piece (302), arranged in the first socket (101) and arranged opposite to the first elastic clamping piece (301) to form a first clamping opening (303) for connecting the negative terminal; the first driving circuit board (201) comprises a first board body (2011) and a first circuit arranged on the first board body (2011), and the first board body (2011) is provided with at least one first plug (2012) which is matched with the first clamping opening (303), and both sides of the first plug (2012) are respectively provided with a first positive conductive sheet (2013) abutting against the first elastic clamping piece (301) and a first negative conductive sheet (2014) abutting against the second elastic clamping piece (302), and the first positive conductive sheet (2013) is electrically connected to the positive terminal of the first circuit, the first negative conductive sheet (2014) is electrically connected to the negative terminal of the first circuit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The lamp as claimed in claim 10, further comprising an interconnected lamp holder (2000), and the lamp body (200) further comprises a second driving circuit board (202) arranged on the lamp holder (203), the interconnected lamp holder (2000) comprises a second lamp base (400), a second female plug assembly (500) and a third female plug assembly (600), the second lamp base (400) is provided with a second socket (401) matched with the lamp body (200), the second female plug assembly (500) comprises: a third elastic clamping piece (501), arranged in the second socket (401); and a fourth elastic clamping piece (502), arranged in the second socket (401) and arranged opposite to the third elastic clamping piece (501) to form a second clamping opening (503) matched with the first driving circuit board (201); the third female plug assembly (600) comprises: a fifth elastic clamping piece (601), arranged in the second socket (401) and being electrically connected to one of the third elastic clamping piece (501) and the fourth elastic clamping piece (502); and a sixth elastic clamping piece (602), arranged in the second socket (401) and arranged opposite to the fifth elastic clamping piece (601) to form a third clamping opening (603) matched with the second driving circuit board (202), and being electrically connected to the other of the third elastic clamping piece (501) and the fourth elastic clamping piece (502); the entrance and exit directions of the third clamping opening (603) and the second clamping opening (503) are arranged parallel to each other; the first driving circuit board (201) is provided with at least two first plugs (2012), one of the first plugs (2012) is matched with the second clamping opening (503), and the second driving circuit board (202) comprises a second board body (2021) and a second circuit (2015) arranged on the second board body (2021), and the second board body (2021) has at least one second plug (2022) which is matched with the third clamping opening (603), both sides of the second plug (2021) is respectively provided with a second positive conductive sheet (2023) abutting against the fifth elastic clamping piece (601) and a second negative conductive sheet (2024) abutting against the sixth elastic clamping piece (602), the second positive conductive sheet (2023) is electrically connected to the positive terminal of the second circuit (2025), and the second negative conductive sheet (2024) is electrically connected to the negative terminal of the second circuit (2025). ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The lamp as claimed in claim 11, wherein the lamp body (200) is in the shape of a bar, and the external connected lamp holder (1000) and the interconnected lamp holder (2000) are respectively arranged at both ends of the lamp body (200), the insertion direction of the first clamping opening (303), the second clamping opening (503) and the third clamping opening (603) is arranged in parallel with the length direction of the lamp body (200). ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The lamp as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first driving circuit board (201) and the second driving circuit board (202) are relatively arranged in a shape ‘’. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The lamp as claimed in claim 13, wherein the included angle formed by the intersection of the extended plane of the first driving circuit board (201) and the second driving circuit board (202) is 40°-70°. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The lamp as claimed in claim 10, wherein the lamp holder (203) is provided with a lamp cavity (204) penetrating in the length direction and closed in radial direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The lamp as claimed in claim 15, wherein the external connected lamp holder (1000) and the interconnected lamp holder (2000) respectively encapsulate two ends of the lamp cavity (204). ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The lamp as claimed in claim 15, wherein the lamp cavity (204) is provided with a first slot (2041) and a second slots (2042) which are arranged oppositely and provided for fixing the first driving circuit board (201). ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The lamp as claimed in claim 15, wherein the lamp body (200) further comprises a second driving circuit board (202), and the lamp cavity (204) is provided with a third card slot (2043) and a fourth card slot (2044) which are arranged oppositely and used for fixing the second driving circuit board (202).