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US 6,676,425 B2Granted
Lamp length compensation system
AssigneeCooper Technologies Company
InventorRandy Kent Lewis
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Abstract
In one general aspect, a lamp length compensation system includes a lamp socket, a retention clip, and a flexible member. The retention clip has a movement stop and is mounted to a wall to slideably retain the lamp socket between the wall and the movement stop. The flexible member also is mounted to the wall and flexedly contacts the lamp socket.
Claims32
A lamp length compensation system comprising:
- a lamp socket having a first end, a second end, and a lamp contact at the first end;
- a retention clip having a movement stop, the retention clip being mountable to a wall to pivotally retain the second end of the lamp socket between the wall and the movement stop;
- and
- a flexible member mountable to the wall, the flexible member contacting the lamp socket for urging the first end of the lamp socket a variable distance away from the wall to accommodate lamps of different lengths.
1 more element
A method of installing a lamp length compensation system, the method comprising:
- mounting a retention clip having a movement stop and a flexible member to a wall;
- and
- installing a lamp socket having a lamp contact at a first end thereof in the retention clip such that the retention clip pivotally retains a second end of the lamp socket and the flexible member contacts the first end of the lamp socket, whereby the lamp contact is urged a variable distance away from the wall to accommodate lamps of different lengths.
A light fixture comprising:
- a wall;
- and
- a lamp length compensation system comprising:
- a pair of retention clips mounted to the wall for pivotally retaining a first end of a lamp socket;
- and
- a flexible member attached to the wall for urging a second end of the lamp socket a variable distance away from the wall to accommodate lamps of different lengths.
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A light fixture, comprising:
- a pair of facing walls;
- a pair of lamp sockets, arranged on opposite walls, for receiving a lamp therebetween;
- each lamp socket having a lamp contact at one end;
- means, extending from each wall, for rotatably-biasing said one end of each lamp socket a variable distance away from the wall to accommodate lamps of different lengths.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.