LED socket string
AssigneeTPR Enterprises, Ltd.
InventorsThomas Fay, Jeffrey N. Seward
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Abstract
An LED socket string with multiple LED sockets and corresponding LED lamps that are spaced on the string unevenly or according to a user specification. Each of the LED sockets includes a socket base with grooves for coupling wires, and a socket cover for mating with the socket base. A lamp holder is integrally mounted onto the socket base for detachably retaining the LED lamp. A lamp spacer can be added to the lamp holder to accommodate the LED lamp.
Claims18
An LED socket with an LED lamp having one or more leads, comprising:
- a socket base with one or more grooves for coupling one or more wires, wherein said socket base includes a lamp holder for detachably retaining said LED lamp;
- a socket cover for mating with said socket base, wherein said socket cover includes one or more ribs for facilitating mounting thereof to said socket base, and one or more pinch guides for keeping said wires resistant to axial pull while minimizing force required to mount said socket cover to said socket base with said wires therebetween;
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- a lamp spacer detachably mounted on said lamp holder for extending and retaining said LED lamp, wherein said lamp spacer guides said leads through said lamp spacer and into said LED sockets, thereby allowing electrical contact between said leads and said wires.
An LED socket string with LED lamps and one or more integrally mounted LED sockets, the string comprising a plurality of LED sockets with a adjustable spacing therebetween, each of said LED sockets being comprised of:
- a socket base with one or more grooves for coupling one or more wires, wherein said socket base includes a lamp holder for detachably retaining said LED lamp;
- a socket cover for mating with said socket base, wherein said socket cover includes one or more ribs for facilitating mounting thereof to said socket base, and one or more pinch guides for keeping said wires resistant to axial pull while minimizing force required to mount said socket cover to said socket base with said wires therebetween;
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- a lamp spacer detachably mounted on said lamp holder for extending and retaining said LED lamp, wherein said lamp spacer guides said leads through said lamp spacer and into said LED sockets, thereby allowing electrical contact between said leads and said wires.
A method of assembling a plurality of LED sockets to form an LED socket string comprising:
- assembling a plurality of socket bases to a plurality of socket covers to form said plurality of LED sockets with one or more wires affixed therebetween, wherein said socket cover includes one or more ribs for facilitating mounting thereof to said socket base, and one or more pinch guides for keeping said wires resistant to axial pull while minimizing force required to mount said socket cover to said socket base with said wires therebetween;
- positioning each of said LED sockets on said wires based on an adjustable spacing therebetween;
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- securing a plurality of LED lamps to said plurality of LED sockets, wherein each of said LED sockets includes a lamp holder for detachably retaining an LED lamp and a lamp spacer detachably mounted on said lamp holder for extending and retaining said LED lamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.