Touch control connector for lamps

A touch control adapter for a lamp having a socket member with interior contacts for engagement with corresponding contacts on an electric lamp, the socket member also having an outer metal sheath, and the lamp including metal portions which, with said socket sheath, are contiguous, and form a continuous electrically conductive path to the socket sheath,

• said adapter comprising,
• a body having a base including a male screw and a center contact,
• the body also having a top socket for receiving the base of a light bulb, and including a female screw shell and a center contact,
• said center contacts being interconnected,
• the adapter incorporating an electronic control unit electrically interposed between said male screw and female screw,
• the adapter also incorporating a clamp for securing the adapter to the lamp socket, including a sensor bracket having an inner end in the body of the adapter and mechanically mounted therein and having electronic connection with the electronic control unit therein, independently of electrical circuitry through the light bulb, and having a free end extending outwardly from the body and adjacent the socket sheath when the adapter is in the lamp socket, and
• a securing screw in the free end of the sensor bracket operable on turning thereof for electrically and clampingly engaging said socket sheath.