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US 8,783,897 B2Granted
Lamp module with electronic connector adapter
AssigneeT1 Lighting Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorCheng-Hung Shih
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Abstract
A lamp module includes an external elongated housing made of at least one of a transparent and a translucent material; a lamp terminal with lamp pins at each end of the elongated housing, at least one cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) disposed in the external elongated housing a reflective layer disposed in the external lamp elongated housing, and an electronic connector adapter having a plurality of contact pins at one end and a plurality of connecting jacks at an opposite end for receiving the lamp pins of one of the lamp terminals.
Claims8
An illumination device comprising:
- a lamp module comprising:
- an external elongated housing made of at least one of a transparent and a translucent material;
- two lamp terminals located at opposite ends of the elongated housing, each lamp terminal having a plurality of lamp pins;
- at least one cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) disposed in the external elongated housing;
- and
- a lamp cartridge adapter comprising:
- an electronic adapter housing having two terminals, one terminal including an AC power input terminal, and another terminal including a pair of jacks electrically connected to the lamp pins, the two terminals located at opposite ends of the electronic adapter housing;
- a pair of contact pins having first ends connected to the AC power input terminals of the electronic adapter housing, and second ends projecting from the electronic adapter housing;
- and
- wherein a combined length of the lamp module and the lamp cartridge adapter is the same as a standard fluorescent lamp tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.