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US 9,780,509 B2Granted
Lamp socket
OwnerKenneth S. Chininventor
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Abstract
A lamp socket includes a first socket portion, a second socket portion, and a neck portion joining the first and the second socket portions. The first socket portion defines a first cylindrical volume proximate to an open end of the lamp socket. The second socket portion is concentric with the first socket portion and defines a second cylindrical volume distal from the open end of the lamp socket. The second socket portion has a smaller diameter than the first socket portion.
Claims10
A lamp socket, comprising:
- a socket base;
- a first socket portion on the socket base, the first socket portion defining a first cylindrical volume proximate to an open end of the lamp socket, the first cylindrical volume having a first diameter of a standard Edison screw base;
- a second socket portion on the socket base, the second socket portion being concentric with the first socket portion and defining a second cylindrical volume distal from the open end of the lamp socket, the second cylindrical volume having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter.
A light bulb, comprising:
- a screw base, comprising:
- a first screw base portion comprising an outer threaded portion having a first diameter of a standard Edison screw base;
- and
- a second screw base portion being concentric with the first screw base portion and having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter.
1 more element
A lamp socket, comprising:
- an annular top comprising external threads;
- and
- a housing joined to the annular top, the housing defining a cavity with internal threads.
A light bulb, comprising:
- an annular housing, comprising at least a first internally threaded portion;
- a screw base joined to the annular housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.