US 9,310,058 B2Granted

Lamp connector

AssigneeLighting Science Group Corporation

InventorsRicardo Romeu, Mark Penley Boomgaarden, Eric Holland

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Abstract

A lamp connector may include a base member, a top member and connector members that connect the base member to the top member. The base member may include arcuate passageways in a bottom portion and a first and second pair of opposing sidewall members that extend upwardly from the bottom portion. The top portion of each of the first pair and second pair of opposing sidewall members may have a cutaway portion having a radius. The radius of the cutaway portion of the first pair of opposing sidewalls may be different from the radius of the second pair of opposing sidewalls. The cutaway portion may be formed to fit a lamp connecting member. The base member may be selectively rotatable with respect to the top member so as to enable engagement between one of the first pair of sidewalls and the second pair of sidewalls with the lamp connecting member.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A lamp connector comprising:

a base member;
a top member;
and
connector members having portions connected to each of the base member and the top member to connect the base member and the top member to one another;
wherein the base member comprises:
a bottom portion having arcuate passageways formed therein,
a first pair of opposing sidewall members that extend upwardly from the bottom portion, and
a second pair of opposing sidewall members that extend upwardly from the bottom portion,
wherein a top portion of each of the first pair of opposing sidewall members has a first cutaway portion having a first radius,
wherein a top portion of each of the second pair of opposing sidewall members has a second cutaway portion having a second radius,
wherein the first radius and the second radius are different,
wherein the cutaway portion of each of the first pair and the second pair of opposing sidewalls is formed to fit the diameter of a lamp connecting member;
and
wherein the base member is selectively rotatable with respect to the top member so as to enable engagement between one of the first pair of sidewalls and the second pair of sidewalls with the lamp connecting member.

11 more elements

A lamp connector comprising:

a base member;
a top member;
and
connector members having portions connected to each of the base member and the top member to connect the base member and the top member to one another;
wherein the base member comprises
a bottom portion having arcuate passageways formed therein,
a first pair of opposing sidewall members that extend upwardly from the bottom portion, and
a second pair of opposing sidewall members that extend upwardly from the bottom portion,
wherein a top portion of each of the first pair of opposing sidewall members has a first cutaway portion having a first radius,
wherein a top portion of each of the second pair of opposing sidewall members has a second cutaway portion having a second radius,
wherein the first radius and the second radius are different;
wherein the cutaway portion of each of the first pair and the second pair of opposing sidewalls is formed to fit the diameter of a lamp connecting member;
wherein the base member is selectively rotatable with respect to the top member so as to enable engagement between one of the first pair of sidewalls and the second pair of sidewalls with the lamp connecting member;
wherein the arcuate passageways are formed therein to receive the connector members;
wherein the connector members are a pair of connector members;
wherein the arcuate passageways are a pair of arcuate passageways;
and
wherein the pair of connector members engages the pair of arcuate passageways to secure the lamp connecting member between the base member and the top member.

15 more elements

A lamp connector comprising:

a base member;
a top member;
and
a pair of connector members each having portions connected to each of the base member and the top member to connect the base member and the top member to one another;
wherein the base member comprises
a bottom portion having a pair of symmetrically formed arcuate passageways formed therein,
a first pair of opposing sidewall members that extend upwardly from the bottom portion, and
a second pair of opposing sidewall members that extend upwardly from the bottom portion,
wherein a top portion of each of the first pair of opposing sidewall members has a cutaway portion having a first radius,
wherein a top portion of each of the second pair of opposing sidewall members has a cutaway portion having a second radius,
wherein the first radius and the second radius are different,
wherein the cutaway portion of each of the first pair and the second pair of opposing sidewalls is formed to fit the diameter of a lamp connecting member,
wherein the base member and the first and second pair of opposing sidewalls are integrally formed as a monolithic unit;
and
wherein the base member is selectively rotatable with respect to the top member so as to enable engagement between one of the first pair of sidewalls and the second pair of sidewalls with the lamp connecting member;
wherein the pair of connector members engages the pair of arcuate passageways to secure the base member to the top member;
wherein the top member includes passageways formed therein to receive the connector members;
wherein the top member connects to a lamp;
and
wherein the lamp further comprises a light source that is a light-emitting diode.

17 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/176,542Filed 10 Feb 2014
Published: US 2015/0226410 A113 Aug 2015
Granted: 12 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

F21V 21/116
Pendants, arms, or standards; Fixing lighting devices to pendants, arms, or standards: fixing lighting devices to arms or standards
F21S 8/085
With a standard: of high-built type, e.g. street light
F21W 2131/103
Outdoor lighting: of streets or roads
F21Y 2115/10
Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources: light-emitting diodes [LED]