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US 6,641,419 B1Granted
Lighting circuit, lighting system method and apparatus, socket assembly, lamp insulator assembly and components thereof
AssigneeAnthony, Inc.
InventorRichard J. Richardson
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Abstract
A socket for a lighting assembly includes a socket body defining an enclosure such that a lamp with a pin contact can extend into the enclosure. Electrical connectors extend away from the enclosure in a second direction. The body includes a wall extending away from the enclosure past the electrical connectors and is spaced from the connectors to allow access to the connectors, and a further wall between the electrical connectors. The further wall can provide an insulating barrier between the connectors. The connectors may be cylindrical. The wall extending away from the enclosure may include a cap covering the wall, and one or more conductors can pass underneath the cap to connect to the electrical connectors for powering the lamp.
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A socket for a lighting assembly, the socket comprising:
- a rigid socket body with a base wall and a second wall unitary with the base wall and extending a first distance from the base wall for defining an enclosure and a rim at an end of the second wall such that a lighting element with a pin contact can extend past the rim into the enclosure and wherein the second wall includes a seal element for sealing between the second wall and a lamp;
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- first and second cylindrical electrical connectors each having a first end in the base wall and extending away from the rim in a second direction;
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- the rigid socket body further including at least one third wall extending in the second direction from a point adjacent the base wall past the first and second cylindrical electrical connectors and having at least a portion spaced from the cylindrical electrical connectors to allow access to the cylindrical electrical connectors from the second direction between the at least one third wall and the cylindrical electrical connectors, and further including a wall between the first and second cylindrical electrical connectors extending in the second direction past the first and second cylindrical electrical connectors.
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A socket for a lighting assembly, the socket comprising:
- a socket body with a base wall and a housing wall extending a first distance from the base wall for defining an enclosure for receiving an end of a lighting element and a rim at an end of the enclosure such that a lighting element having a pin contact can extend past the rim into the enclosure;
- at least one cylindrical electrical connector extending from the base wall away from the rim;
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- a second wall around the connector and a cap covering the wall and a conductor coupled to the at least one cylindrical electrical connector and crossing the wall sideways from under the cap.
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A socket for a lighting assembly, the socket comprising:
- a socket body with a base wall and a second wall unitary with the base wall and extending a first distance from the base wall for defining an enclosure and a rim at an end of the enclosure such that a lighting element with a pin contact can extend past the rim into the enclosure;
- first and second cylindrical electrical connectors each having a first end in the base wall and each extending in a direction from the base wall away from the rim for contacting respective connectors on a lighting element;
- a third wall extending from the base wall away from the rim and past the first and second cylindrical electrical connectors and an insulator between the first and second cylindrical electrical connectors;
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- a holder for the socket body and movable at least one of rotatably and slidably relative to the socket body and the holder further including a mounting element for mounting the holder to a mounting surface.
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A socket for a lighting assembly, the socket comprising:
- a socket body with a base wall having a center, and a second wall extending a first distance from the base wall for defining an enclosure and a rim at an end of the enclosure such that a lighting element with a pin contact can extend past the rim into the enclosure;
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- at least two pair of cylindrical electrical connectors, at least one connector having an end at the base wall and each connector extending away from the rim wherein each connector in each pair is positioned approximately equidistant from a center of the base wall relative to the other connector in the pair and wherein the spacing between the connectors in one pair is different than the spacing between the connectors in the other pair.
A socket and lamp combination for a lighting assembly, the combination comprising:
- a socket body including a base and at least one split-sleeve electrical connector extending from the base for contacting a connector on a lighting element and a housing wall;
- a lamp having an end extending within the housing and a contact on the end and a body for passing light out of the lamp;
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- a wall on the socket body extending around part of the electrical connector and wherein the wall includes a wall portion for permitting a conductor electrically coupled to the lamp contact to cross the wall to the side.
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A socket for a lighting assembly, the socket comprising:
- a rigid socket body with a base wall and a housing wall unitary with the base wall and extending from the base wall to a rim and defining an enclosure such that a lighting element with a pin contact can extend past the rim into the enclosure and wherein the second wall includes a seal wall and a seal element in the seal wall for sealing between the housing wall and a lamp;
- first and second cylindrical electrical connectors each having respective ends at the base wall and extending from the base wall and away from the rim for contacting a respective connector on a lighting element;
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- a third wall extending from the base wall away from the rim and past the first and second cylindrical electrical connectors and spaced from each of the first and second cylindrical electrical connectors to allow access to the first and second cylindrical electrical connectors and a fourth wall extending between the first and second cylindrical electrical connectors and from the base wall past the first and second cylindrical electrical connectors.
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A method for creating a seal around a lamp between the lamp and a socket, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a socket with a base and a housing wall extending from the base to a rim and having a sealing element in the housing wall and a connector extending longitudinally in the base and extending from the base and away from the rim and connecting an electrical conductor to the connector in the base so that the electrical connector can extend sideways in a direction other than longitudinally from the connector;
- providing a lamp having a connector on an end thereof;
- inserting the lamp into the housing so that the connector on the lamp engages the connector on the socket and so that the sealing element seals between the socket and the lamp as the lamp is being pushed into the housing;
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- sealing around the connector and placing a cap over the connector so that the electrical conductor extends sideways out a side of the cap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.