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US 7,387,544 B1Granted
Lamp socket adapter to convert a screw type socket into a slot type socket irreversibly
AssigneeDong Guan Bright Yinhuey Lighting Co., Ltd.
InventorKeen Hsu
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Abstract
A lamp socket adapter includes an adapter body, a threaded sleeve, a slot type socket, two locking bars, and two elastic members. Thus, the lamp socket adapter converts a screw type socket into a slot type socket irreversibly. In addition, the arc-shaped guide face of each of the locking bars is directed toward a rotation direction of the outer thread of the threaded sleeve to guide rotation of the outer thread of the threaded sleeve.
Claims18
A lamp socket adapter, comprising:
- an adapter body having a first side formed with a protruding mounting portion;
- a threaded sleeve mounted on the mounting portion of the adapter body and having an outer wall formed with an outer thread;
- a slot type socket mounted on a second side of the adapter body and formed with two slots;
- two locking bars each mounted between the adapter body and the slot type socket and each having a first end mounted on the slot type socket and a second end which protrudes outwardly from the mounting portion of the adapter body and has a first side formed with an arc-shaped guide face and a second side formed with a flattened locking face located opposite to the arc-shaped guide face;
- two elastic members each biased between the slot type socket and a respective locking bar to push the respective locking bar toward the adapter body and to push the second end of the respective locking bar outwardly from the mounting portion of the adapter body.
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