Socket with a lamp without a metallic base
AssigneeMoriyama Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasato Higano, Munehiko Yanagida, Tetsuya Sato, Masakazu Yanagiya
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Abstract
A contact strip for use with lamp socket devices where an electrical connection is made by the contact strip between a lamp lead and a circuit board conducting surface when the contact strip is assembled in a lamp socket device and mounted on the circuit board. At least one welding area at which a lead of a lamp is welded during assembly of the contact strip in a lamp socket device is provided. The contact strip includes upper and lower electricity receiving strip portions for receiving a circuit board therebetween and for making electrical contact with at least one of upper and lower conducting surfaces of the circuit board.
Claims12
A contact strip for use with lamp socket devices whereby an electrical connection is made by the contact strip between a lamp lead and a circuit board conducting surface when the contact strip is assembled in a lamp socket device and mounted on the circuit board, the contact strip comprising:
- at least one welding area at which a lead of a lamp is welded during assembly of the contact strip in a lamp socket device;
- and
- upper and lower electricity receiving strip portions for receiving a circuit board therebetween and for making electrical contact with at least one of upper and lower conducting surfaces of the circuit board.
A contact strip for use with lamp socket devices whereby an electrical connection is made by the contact strip between a lamp lead and a circuit board conducting surface when the contact strip is assembled in a lamp socket device and mounted on the circuit board, the contact strip comprising:
- at least one welding area at which a lead of a lamp is welded during assembly of the contact strip in a lamp socket device;
- and
- an electricity receiving portion for contacting a surface of a circuit board;
- wherein the contact strip has an inverted U shaped cross-section and extends perpendicularly to an insertion direction of a lamp in a socket device when assembled thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.