US 8,123,540 B2 · Lamp socket having a rotor assembly

Abstract

A socket assembly includes a rotor assembly, a housing, and at least one electrical contact. The rotor assembly has an axis of rotation and defines a channel. The rotor assembly is adapted to receive at least one lamp pin within the channel from an edge of the rotor assembly. The housing is adapted to receive the rotor assembly such that the rotor assembly is rotatable along its axis of rotation therein. The housing defines a notch adapted to receive each of the at least one lamp pin when each of the axis of each of the at least one pin is about parallel to the axis of rotation. A least one electrical contact is disposed within the housing and an electrical contact of the at least one electrical contact is adapted for operative engagement with a lamp pin of the at least one lamp pin.

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Dependent claims

A mounting structure for coupling a lampsocket for a fluorescent lamp to a fixture panel, the mounting structure comprising:

at least three snaps extending from a bottom surface of the mounting structure, each of the at least three snaps includes an elongated length having a longitudinal axis and a flange disposed at an end thereof, each flange having a longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal axis of each flange of each of the at least three snaps extends at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the elongated length of its respective snap, wherein all of the at least three snaps are adapted for insertion into a single opening formed in a panel, and wherein one of the plurality of flanges extends towards a rear surface of the mounting structure as compared to at least one other flange of the at least three snaps which extends towards a front surface of the mounting structure.

A socket assembly, comprising:

a mounting structure having first, second, and third snaps extending therefrom, the snaps being adapted to secure the mounting structure to a panel, each of the first, second, and third snaps includes an elongated length having a longitudinal axis and a flange disposed at an end thereof, each flange having a longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal axis of each flange of each of the first, second, and third snaps extends at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the elongated length of its respective snap, and wherein one of the flanges extends towards a rear surface of the mounting structure as compared to at least one other flange which extends towards a front surface of the mounting structure;
and
a lamp socket adapted to receive a lamp, the lamp socket operatively connected to the mounting structure to operatively secure the lamp to the panel, wherein all of the first, second, and third snaps are adapted for insertion into a single opening formed in the panel.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Lamp socket having a rotor assembly

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Lamp socket having a rotor assembly

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