Snap-in lampholder with insulation displacement contacts
AssigneeLeviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorPaul Endres
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Abstract
A snap-in lampholder with insulation displacing contacts which can be attached to the end or midspan of a two conductor electrical cord. The lampholder portion has a main body which contains a screwshell portion and a contact portion. The contacts extend into the screwshell portion to engage the screwshell and center base contact of an inserted lamp. A cap is depressed to force the individual conductors into associated ID contacts and to lock the cap to the contact portion. The entire assembly can then be mounted to a mounting can or panel which in turn can be mounted upon a mounting surface.
Claims13
A snap-in lampholder assembly for connection to the two electrical conductors of a two conductor electrical cord comprising:
- a) a lampholder body having a first end and a second end, said lampholder body having a lamp receiving cavity adjacent said first end and a conductor receiving cavity adjacent said second end;
- b) said conductor-receiving cavity having two contacts, one for each of said two electrical conductors;
- c) said lampholder body further having a first vertical wall and an annular ring at said second end;
- d) said conductor receiving cavity being bounded by said annular ring and having four locking apertures in said first vertical wall;
- e) a cover member having a front edge, a rear edge and two parallel lateral side edges extending between said front and rear edges to define a rectangular shape and having four locking arms, two of said four arms at each of said front and rear edges, one locking arm for each of said four locking apertures, for positioning over said conductor receiving cavity;
- f) said cover member when depressed towards said conductor receiving cavity forcing each of said two electrical conductors into engagement with a respective one of said two contacts and locking said cover member to said lampholder body by engaging each of said four locking arms in an associated one of said four locking apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.