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US 6,692,309 B1Granted
Mercury vapor lamp electrical connector
AssigneeLight Sources, Inc.
InventorGeorge Kovacs
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Abstract
A connector includes a tubular wall on a first body containing a lamp envelope, coaxially receiving an insulating tube mounted on a second body having a cavity that receives the first body, spring metal strip terminals on the outside of the tubular wall in resilient contact with spring metal strip terminals on the inside of the cavity, and microprocessor controlled heated and cooled air delivered to the lamp envelope by way of the insulating tube in response to a sensor that monitors at least one of lamp amalgam temperature and lamp radiation.
Claims17
A connector comprising:
- a first body comprising a first end, a second end, and a first axis extending through said first end and said second end,
- means on said first end adapted for receiving a lamp,
- a first wall on said first body extending axially from said second end along a length of said first body toward said first end,
- a first axial tubular opening having a third end and a fourth end, extending through said first wall,
- a first metal electrical contact strip extending axially along an outer surface of said first wall, a fifth end of said strip extending radially over said first wall at said second end adjacent to said third end of said first axial tubular opening, a sixth end of said strip comprising means for attaching electrical wire from said lamp to said strip, extending radially over said first wall adjacent to said fourth end of said first axial tubular opening,
- a second body comprising a seventh end and an eighth end,
- a cavity extending axially into said second body from an opening in said seventh end, receiving said first wall in said second body,
- an electrically non-conductive rod, extending axially from said eighth end along a length of said second body in said cavity toward said seventh end, in said first axial tubular opening,
- a second metal electrical contact strip extending from said eighth end, axially along a length of said second body in said cavity toward said seventh end, in radially inward contact of said second
- strip with said first metal contact strip.
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A connector comprising:
- a first body comprising a first end, a second end, and a first axis extending through said first end and said second end,
- means on said first end adapted for receiving a lamp,
- a first wall on said first body extending axially from said second end along a length of said first body toward said first end,
- a first axial opening extending into said first wall from said second end,
- a first metal electrical contact strip extending axially along an outer surface of said first wall comprising means for attaching electrical wire from said lamp to said strip,
- a second body comprising a third end and a fourth end,
- a cavity extending axially into said second body from an opening in said third end, receiving said first wall in said second body,
- an electrically non-conductive rod, extending axially from said fourth end along a length of said second body in said cavity toward said third end, in said first axial tubular opening,
- a second metal electrical contact strip extending from said fourth end, axially along a length of said second body in said cavity toward said third end, in radially inward contact of said second strip with said first metal contact strip.
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A connector comprising:
- a first body comprising a first end, a second end, and a first axis extending through said first end and said second end,
- means on said first end adapted for receiving a lamp,
- a first wall on said first body extending axially from said second end along a length of said first body toward said first end,
- a first axial tubular opening having a third end and a fourth end, extending through said first wall,
- a first metal electrical contact strip extending axially along an outer surface of said first wall so that a fifth end of said strip is adjacent to said third end of said first axial tubular opening and a sixth end of said strip comprising means for attaching electrical wire from said lamp to said strip is adjacent to said fourth end of said first axial tubular opening,
- a second body comprising a seventh end and an eighth end,
- a cavity extending axially into said second body from an opening in said seventh end, receiving said first wall in said second body,
- an electrically non-conductive rod, extending axially from said eighth end along a length of said second body in said cavity toward said seventh end, in said first axial tubular opening,
- a second metal electrical contact strip extending from said eighth end, axially along a length of said second body in said cavity toward said seventh end, in radially inward contact of said second strip with said first metal contact strip.
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A connector comprising:
- a first body comprising a first end, a second end, and a first axis extending through said first end and said second end,
- means on said first end adapted for receiving a lamp,
- a first wall on said first body extending axially from said second end along a length of said first body toward said first end,
- a first axial tubular opening having a third end and a fourth end, extending through said first wall,
- a first metal electrical contact strip extending axially along an outer surface of said first wall so that a fifth end of said strip is adjacent to said third end of said first axial tubular opening and a sixth end of said strip comprising means for attaching electrical wire from said lamp to said strip is adjacent to said fourth end of said first axial tubular opening,
- a second body comprising a seventh end and an eighth end,
- a cavity extending axially into said second body from an opening in said seventh end, receiving said first wall in said second body,
- an electrically non-conductive tube having a ninth end open through said eighth end, extending axially along a length of said second body in said cavity toward said seventh end, in said first axial tubular opening,
- a second metal electrical contact strip extending from said eighth end, axially along a length of said second body in said cavity toward said seventh end, in radially inward contact of said second strip with said first metal contact strip,
- a lamp mounted in said first end,
- fluid conduit means connected to the ninth end of said electrically non-conductive tube, and
- a fluid in contact with said lamp, in said conduit means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.