Push rod shunt for light string sockets
    1.
    发明授权
    Push rod shunt for light string sockets 失效
    用于灯串插座的推杆分流器

    公开(公告)号:US07633024B1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-15

    申请号:US12417721

    申请日:2009-04-03

    IPC分类号: H01R33/96

    摘要: A shunt for use in a socket of a string of lights resides in an otherwise typical lamp of a string of lights. The present shunt is a conductive spring held in position by a shunt housing between the two conductive terminals so that both of its curved lateral ends contact the terminals when the bulb holder is removed. When the bulb holder is inserted, a pushrod on the flat central portion of the conductive spring presses the spring down into a well in the shunt housing so that the curved lateral ends of the conductive spring are drawn away from the electrical terminals, thereby allowing current to flow through the Dumet wires to the filament.

    摘要翻译: 用于灯串的插座中的分流器驻留在一串灯的典型灯中。 本分路是通过两个导电端子之间的分流壳体保持在适当位置的导电弹簧,使得当灯泡保持器被移除时,其两个弯曲的侧向端接触端子。 当插入灯泡保持器时,导电弹簧的平坦中心部分上的推杆将弹簧向下压入分流壳体中的井中,使得导电弹簧的弯曲侧向端部从电气端子拉出,从而允许电流 通过Dumet电线流向灯丝。

    Asymmetric spring coil shunt for light string socket
    2.
    发明授权
    Asymmetric spring coil shunt for light string socket 失效
    用于灯串插座的不对称弹簧线圈分流器

    公开(公告)号:US07629544B1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-08

    申请号:US12421151

    申请日:2009-04-09

    IPC分类号: H01R33/96

    摘要: A mechanical shunt for use in a socket of a string of lights resides in an otherwise typical lamp of a string of lights. The present shunt is a coiled spring shunt inserted in part into a hole formed in one of the electrical terminals in the socket so that it is cantilevered toward the opposing electrical terminal. The bulb holder carries a projection or a “tooth” on its bottom corner that is interposed between the first, cantilevered end of the spring terminal and the first electrical terminal when the holder is inserted into the socket. When the bulb and holder are removed, the spring shunt resiliently returns to engagement with the first electrical terminal.

    摘要翻译: 用于一串灯的插座中的机械分流器驻留在一串灯的典型灯中。 本分路是一个螺旋弹簧分流器,其部分地插入形成在插座中的一个电端子中的孔中,使得其朝向相对的电端子悬臂。 当保持器插入插座时,灯泡保持器在其底部拐角处承载有插入在弹簧端子的第一悬臂端和第一电端子之间的突起或“齿”。 当灯泡和保持器被移除时,弹簧分流器弹性地返回以与第一电气端子接合。

    Lens system for enhancing LED light output
    3.
    发明授权
    Lens system for enhancing LED light output 失效
    用于增强LED光输出的镜头系统

    公开(公告)号:US06361192B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-03-26

    申请号:US09426310

    申请日:1999-10-25

    IPC分类号: F21V504

    摘要: A light source enhancing lens assembly 10 has a carrier 20, a light source 30 carried by the carrier 20, a first lens 40 which refracts and diffuses light emitted from the light source 30 and a second lens 70 to defocus and further distribute the light emitting from the first lens 40. The light source 30 is inserted into the first lens 40, so that light from the LED is refracted within a first bore 48 and diffused by a frosted first outer surface 60 of the first lens 40. The first lens 40 inserts into a second bore 40 of the second lens 70. Light from the first lens 40 is further defocused by a series of parallel, spaced apart lens sections 82 located on the second outer surface 78 of the second lens 70.

    摘要翻译: 光源增强透镜组件10具有载体20,由载体20承载的光源30,折射和扩散从光源30发射的光的第一透镜40和第二透镜70以散焦并进一步分布发光 光源30被插入到第一透镜40中,使得来自LED的光在第一孔48内折射并由第一透镜40的磨砂的第一外表面60扩散。第一透镜40 插入到第二透镜70的第二孔40中。来自第一透镜40的光由位于第二透镜70的第二外表面78上的一系列平行的间隔开的透镜部分82进一步散焦。

    Electrical light socket
    4.
    发明授权
    Electrical light socket 有权
    电灯座

    公开(公告)号:US6157139A

    公开(公告)日:2000-12-05

    申请号:US378783

    申请日:1999-08-23

    摘要: A light socket is disclosed that has a built-in integrated circuit for rectifying the alternating current received from an electrical outlet and limiting the direct current produced. The light socket is specifically suited for low-current, low-voltage applications such as supplying DC to a string of ornamental lights. The integrated circuit has a diode with a modified cathode that acts as a fuse as it is rectifying the alternating current. The cathode is formed of a plurality of electrically parallel conductors. Excessive current blows out at least some of these conductors in the same way a conventional fuse blows. Various embodiments add other current-limiting elements, elements for producing full wave or near will wave rectification, and for opening the circuit when they detect extraneous currents.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种灯插座,其具有内置的集成电路,用于整流从电源插座接收的交流电流并限制所产生的直流电流。 光插座特别适用于低电流,低电压应用,例如向一串装饰灯提供直流电。 该集成电路具有二极管,其具有修正的阴极,其在整流交流电时用作熔丝。 阴极由多个电平行导体形成。 过多的电流以与常规保险丝相同的方式吹出至少一些这些导体。 各种实施例增加了其他限流元件,用于产生全波或近波整流的元件,以及当它们检测到外部电流时打开电路。

    Method for Securing a Minature Blub in a Holder
    5.
    发明申请
    Method for Securing a Minature Blub in a Holder 失效
    确保持有人的最小蓝宝石的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100029165A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-04

    申请号:US12534349

    申请日:2009-08-03

    IPC分类号: H01J9/24

    CPC分类号: H01K1/46 F21V19/0005 H01J5/52

    摘要: Miniature bulbs are secured in their holders against twisting by first forming holders with tapered cavities smaller at their bottoms than the bulb, then heating the holders to soften them prior to insertion of the bulb. When the bulb is fully seated and the holder has cooled and firmed up, the holder will conform to the exterior shape of the bulb including the irregularities in its surface caused by the bulb formation process. The snug fit of the holder to the irregularities in the bulb resist the twisting of the bulb.

    摘要翻译: 微型灯泡固定在其支架上以防止扭曲,首先形成具有比灯泡更小的锥形空腔的保持器,然后在插入灯泡之前加热支架以软化它们。 当灯泡完全就位并且保持器已经冷却和稳定时,保持器将符合灯泡的外部形状,包括由灯泡形成过程引起的其表面的不规则性。 保持器对灯泡不规则的紧贴配合抵抗灯泡的扭曲。

    LED Light String with Split Bridge Rectifier and Thermistor Fuse
    6.
    发明申请
    LED Light String with Split Bridge Rectifier and Thermistor Fuse 有权
    LED灯串与分流桥式整流器和热敏电阻保险丝

    公开(公告)号:US20090206762A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-20

    申请号:US12362665

    申请日:2009-01-30

    申请人: James W. Gibboney

    发明人: James W. Gibboney

    IPC分类号: H05B41/16 H05B41/00

    摘要: A string of lights has an electrical plug at one end and a receptacle at the other end and plural light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in series with a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor. The device also includes a bridge rectifier providing direct current to the LEDs and the thermistor but split between the plug and receptacle of the light string so that alternating current from the plug is delivered to the receptacle but direct current flow through the LEDs. Light string fuses protect the string but the NTC fuses protect the LEDs at a lower current rating. The LEDs can be arranged in a simple electrical series, or, in an alternative embodiment, an electrical series of groups of plural LEDs each of which is arranged electrically in parallel with other LEDs of the same group. The use of the lower-current-rating NTC thermistor allows the LEDs in one light string to fail without necessarily jeopardizing the current flow to subsequent light strings unless the current is high enough to blow the light string fuses in the plug.

    摘要翻译: 一串灯在一端具有电插塞,在另一端具有插座,以及与负温度系数(NTC)热敏电阻串联的多个发光二极管(LED)。 该装置还包括桥式整流器,其向LED和热敏电阻提供直流电流,但是在灯串的插头和插座之间分开,使得来自插头的交流电被输送到插座,但直流电流流过LED。 灯串保险丝保护串,但NTC保险丝以较低的额定电流保护LED。 LED可以以简单的电气系列布置,或者在替代实施例中,电连续的多个LED组中的每一个电排列与同一组的其它LED并联布置。 使用低电流额定值NTC热敏电阻器允许一个灯串中的LED发生故障,而不必危及到随后的灯串的电流流动,除非电流足够高以将灯串熔丝吹入插头中。

    Light string socket with mechanical shunt
    7.
    发明授权
    Light string socket with mechanical shunt 失效
    灯串插座,机械分流

    公开(公告)号:US07253556B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-07

    申请号:US11687024

    申请日:2007-03-16

    申请人: James W. Gibboney

    发明人: James W. Gibboney

    IPC分类号: H01J5/50 H01R33/06 F21V21/00

    CPC分类号: H01R33/09 F21S4/10 H01J5/56

    摘要: A lamp for a light string has a mechanical shunt to allow current to pass to the next light in the event of a missing bulb. A resilient shunt is held in a generally lateral orientation by a shunt holder within the socket. When the hollow base with its bottom opening is inserted into the socket, the walls of the base cam the ends of the shunt away from the electrical contacts on the walls of the socket. Likewise, when the base is removed, the resilient lateral ends of the shunt return to engage the electrical contacts. The timing of the contact by the shunt with the electrical contacts avoids arcing. Additionally, slits formed in the wall of the base allows the Dumet wires to exit the sides of the base in the correct location for engaging the electrical contacts, thus reducing the instances of misaligned Dumet wires.

    摘要翻译: 用于灯串的灯具有机械分流器,以在发生灯泡缺失的情况下允许电流传递到下一个灯。 弹性分流器由插座内的分流支架保持在大致横向的方向。 当具有底部开口的中空基座插入插座时,基座的壁将分流器的端部远离插座壁上的电触头。 类似地,当基座被移除时,分流器的弹性侧端部返回以接合电触头。 分流器与电触点接触的时序避免了电弧。 此外,形成在基座的壁中的狭缝允许Dumet线在正确的位置离开基座的侧面,以接合电触点,从而减少未对准的Dumet线的情况。

    Safety light socket
    8.
    发明授权
    Safety light socket 有权
    安全灯插座

    公开(公告)号:US06783383B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-08-31

    申请号:US10374144

    申请日:2003-02-25

    申请人: James W. Gibboney

    发明人: James W. Gibboney

    IPC分类号: H01R1364

    摘要: A light socket with a terminal cover and lamp lock is disclosed. This single, molded piece is resiliently attached to the top lip of the socket and is held, cantilevered, over the central terminal. Screwing the lamp into the socket, displaces the cover and lock into a gap formed in the socket threads. Pressure of the resilient lock laterally against the lamp base helps to hold the lamp in place. Contacts that electrically connect the central terminal and line wire conductor and the lamp base and the neutral wire are both formed with lower portions shaped like inverted “Vs” that slice perpendicularly into the insulation to capture their respective conductors in the crotch of the V to assure good contact regardless of whether the conductors are centered in their insulation.

    摘要翻译: 公开了具有端子盖和灯锁的灯座。 这个单一的模制件弹性地附接到插座的顶部唇缘上,并被悬挂在中心端子上。 将灯泡拧入插座,将盖子移开并锁定到形成在插座螺纹中的间隙中。 横向抵靠灯座的弹性锁的压力有助于将灯保持在适当的位置。 电连接中心端子和线路导体与灯座和中性线的触点都形成为垂直于隔离层切割成倒立的“Vs”的下部,以在V的裆部中捕获它们各自的导体,以确保 无论导体是否以其绝缘为中心,接触良好。

    Multiple, sequential filament lamp
    9.
    发明授权
    Multiple, sequential filament lamp 失效
    多个顺序的白炽灯

    公开(公告)号:US06583536B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-06-24

    申请号:US09504215

    申请日:2000-02-15

    IPC分类号: H01K170

    CPC分类号: H01K9/06

    摘要: An improvement to the current-carrying components of a lamp includes two filaments connected to two different electrodes and one common electrode, and a switch for directing current through the secondary filament upon the failure of the primary filament. Normally, the current flows through the primary filament. The switch in one embodiment is a wire that does not conduct when the primary filament is operational but conducts on the failure of the primary filament to shunt the current to the secondary filament. The wire is an oxide metal wrapped around two of the three electrodes inside the glass envelop of the lamp. When the primary filament fails, the open circuit voltage breaks across the oxide layer to weld the wire to the electrodes and bypass the primary filament.

    摘要翻译: 对灯的载流部件的改进包括连接到两个不同电极和一个公共电极的两个灯丝,以及用于在初级灯丝故障时引导电流通过次级灯丝的开关。 通常,电流流经初级灯丝。 一个实施例中的开关是当初级灯丝可操作时不会导通的导线,而是在初级灯丝故障时将电流分流到次级灯丝。 导线是围绕灯的玻璃封套内的三个电极中的两个缠绕的氧化物金属。 当初级灯丝发生故障时,开路电压会穿过氧化层,将电线焊接到电极并绕过初级灯丝。