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US3208032A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Sockets for electric bulbs

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-09-10
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Granted: 1965-09-21
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Expires: 1983-09-10
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Tilesi Silvano

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 12:49
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R33/00; H01R33/05; H01R33/06; H01R33/09

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 289 words
A LAMP SOCKET OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, COMPRISING: A UNITARY ELONGATED BODY INTEGRALLY FORMED OF INSULATING MATERIAL, SAID BODY HAVING A CYLINDRICAL RECESS FORMED THEREIN, SAID RECESS BEING OPEN TOWARD ONE END OF SAID BODY, SAID RECESS BEING DIMENSIONED TO RECEIVE A HOLLOW CYLINDRICA SPIGOT PORTION OF A LAMP FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH THE LAMP ENVELOPE AND WHICH PROJECTS OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE LAMP COAXIALLY THEREWITH, SAID SPIGOT PORTION HAVING TERMINAL WIRES FOR ENERGIZING THE LAMP EXTENDING AXIALLY ALONG ITS OUTER SURFACE AT DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED LATERAL PORTIONS THEREOF, SAID BODY HAVING TWO AXIALLY ELONGATED DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED SLOTS FORMED THEREIN WHICH EXTEND PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID RECESS AND WHICH COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH SAID RECESS ALONG DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED PORTIONS THEREOF TO DEFINE CONFRONTING ELONGATED WINDOWS HAVING SPACED SIDES WHICH ARE PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID RECESS, TWO INSULATED LEAD WIRES EACH COMPRISING A PORTION INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID BODY TO AN INTERNAL POSITION NEAR ONE END OF ONE OF SAID SLOTS, EACH OF SAID LEAD WIRES BEING FIXEDLY SECURED BY DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID INSULATING MATERIAL CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EXTERNAL SURFACE OF SAID PORTION THEREOF WHICH EXTENDS FROM SAID EXTERIOR OF SAID BODY TO SAID INTERNAL POSITION, EACH LEAD WIRE HAVING A BARE END PORTION WHICH EXTENDS FROM SAID INTERNAL POSITION LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN ONE OF SAID SLOTS, AND TWO ELONGATED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE STRIPS EACH POSITIONED IN ONE OF SAID SLOTS BETWEEN THE WINDOW THEREOF AND THE BARE END PORTIN OF THE WIRE WHICH IS LOCATED THEREIN, SAID STRIP ENGAGING SAID BARE END PORTIN WHEREBY, WHEN SAID LAMP IS INSERTED IN SAID SOCKET, EACH OF SAID TERMINAL WIRES WILL ENGAGE ONE OF SAID STRIPS THEREBY BECOMING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID LEAD WIRES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 289 words
A LAMP SOCKET OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, COMPRISING: A UNITARY ELONGATED BODY INTEGRALLY FORMED OF INSULATING MATERIAL, SAID BODY HAVING A CYLINDRICAL RECESS FORMED THEREIN, SAID RECESS BEING OPEN TOWARD ONE END OF SAID BODY, SAID RECESS BEING DIMENSIONED TO RECEIVE A HOLLOW CYLINDRICA SPIGOT PORTION OF A LAMP FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH THE LAMP ENVELOPE AND WHICH PROJECTS OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE LAMP COAXIALLY THEREWITH, SAID SPIGOT PORTION HAVING TERMINAL WIRES FOR ENERGIZING THE LAMP EXTENDING AXIALLY ALONG ITS OUTER SURFACE AT DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED LATERAL PORTIONS THEREOF, SAID BODY HAVING TWO AXIALLY ELONGATED DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED SLOTS FORMED THEREIN WHICH EXTEND PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID RECESS AND WHICH COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH SAID RECESS ALONG DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED PORTIONS THEREOF TO DEFINE CONFRONTING ELONGATED WINDOWS HAVING SPACED SIDES WHICH ARE PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID RECESS, TWO INSULATED LEAD WIRES EACH COMPRISING A PORTION INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID BODY TO AN INTERNAL POSITION NEAR ONE END OF ONE OF SAID SLOTS, EACH OF SAID LEAD WIRES BEING FIXEDLY SECURED BY DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID INSULATING MATERIAL CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EXTERNAL SURFACE OF SAID PORTION THEREOF WHICH EXTENDS FROM SAID EXTERIOR OF SAID BODY TO SAID INTERNAL POSITION, EACH LEAD WIRE HAVING A BARE END PORTION WHICH EXTENDS FROM SAID INTERNAL POSITION LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN ONE OF SAID SLOTS, AND TWO ELONGATED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE STRIPS EACH POSITIONED IN ONE OF SAID SLOTS BETWEEN THE WINDOW THEREOF AND THE BARE END PORTIN OF THE WIRE WHICH IS LOCATED THEREIN, SAID STRIP ENGAGING SAID BARE END PORTIN WHEREBY, WHEN SAID LAMP IS INSERTED IN SAID SOCKET, EACH OF SAID TERMINAL WIRES WILL ENGAGE ONE OF SAID STRIPS THEREBY BECOMING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID LEAD WIRES.

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