Lamp socket

Abstract

Abstract A LAMP SOCKET STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO LOCKABLY RECEIVE WIRE HARNESS TERMINAL PLUGS THEREIN AND MAINTAIN SUCH TERMINALS IN POSITIVE WIRE HARNESS STRAIN-FREE CONTACT WITH BULB CONTACT ELEMENTS POSITIONED WITHIN THE LAMP SOCKET STRUCTURE. ANNULAR FLANGE, A COMPRESSION RING AND ANNULAR SHOULDERS PROVIDE ON THE LAMP SOCKET BODY HOUSING COOPERATE TO PROVIDE FOOL-PROOF HOUSING PANEL ORIENTATION DURING INSTALLATION AND POSITIVE PRESSURE INTERLOCK WITH THE PANEL HOUSING REGARDLESS OF HOUSING PANEL THICKNESS OR MATERIAL. THE LAMP SOCKET STRUCTURE HAS A BUILT-IN FIBRE OPTIC CHANNEL WHICH PROVIDES ONE STANDARD FERRULE POSITION FOR ALL FOCAL LENGTHS AND PROVIDES FOR QUICK INSERTION, PRECISE AIMING AND POSITIVE LOCKING OF THE FIBRE OPTIC WIRE. THE RELATIVE AXIAL POSITIONING OF THE ANNULAR FLANGE, COMPRESSION RING AND ANNULAR SHOULDERS ON THE LAMP SOCKET BODY HOUSING CAN BE CHANGED SO THAT THE LAMP SOCKET STRUCTURE IS AXIALLY ADJUSTED RELATIVE TO THE HOUSING PANEL, THUS PROVIDING FOR A VARIETY OF FOCAL RANGES WHILE MAINTAINING THE SAME BASIC INTERNAL STRUCTURAL FEATURES AND COMPONENT INTERRELATIONSHIP WITHIN THE LAMP SOCKET STRUCTURE. A UNIQUE BOOT SEAL COOPERATES WITH SOCKET EXTENSION TOWERS ON THE LAMP SOCKET STRUCTURE TO PROVIDE FOR POSITIVE INDIVIDUAL WIRE LEAD SEALING.

Inventors

• 👤 J Burgess
• 👤 M Polkinghorn

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