公开(公告)号：US06583536B1

公开(公告)日：2003-06-24

申请号：US09504215

申请日：2000-02-15

Applicant: James W Gibboney, Jr.

Inventor： James W Gibboney, Jr.

IPC: H01K170

CPC classification number: H01K9/06

Abstract: 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.

Abstract translation: 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。

公开(公告)号：USD432258S

公开(公告)日：2000-10-17

申请号：US114317

申请日：1999-11-22

Applicant: David A Fussell ,  James W Gibboney, Jr.

Designer： David A Fussell ,  James W Gibboney, Jr.

公开(公告)号：US06774546B2

公开(公告)日：2004-08-10

申请号：US10146271

申请日：2002-05-15

Applicant: James W Gibboney, Jr.

Inventor： James W Gibboney, Jr.

IPC: H01J188

CPC classification number: H01K1/70 ,  H01K1/14 ,  H01K1/16 ,  H01K1/18 ,  H01K1/64

Abstract: An improvement to the usable lifetime of a lamp includes the use of a primary filament, a backup filament, and a means to switch portions of the backup filament into the current flow path after a portion of the primary filament open circuits. Using bypass shunts, which do not become electrically conductive until a portion of the primary filament open circuits, an open circuited portion of the primary filament can be electrically replaced with an associated backup filament portion to keep the lamp lit. The shunts in one embodiment are made of oxidized wire and are wrapped around the primary and backup filaments, in a spaced-apart relation, forming filament pairs consisting of a primary filament segment and its associated backup filament segment. In another embodiment, support brackets are used to not only support the primary and backup filaments, but are also used to provide the bypass shunt function as well.

Abstract translation: 对灯的使用寿命的改进包括使用初级灯丝，备用灯丝，以及在一次灯丝开路之后将备用灯丝的一部分转换成电流路径的装置。 使用旁路分流器，其在初级灯丝开路的一部分之前不变得导电，可以将主丝的开路部分用相关联的备用灯丝部分电替换以保持灯点亮。 在一个实施例中，分流器由氧化线制成，并以间隔开的关系围绕初级和后备细丝缠绕，形成由初级细丝部分及其相关联的备用细丝部分组成的灯丝对。 在另一个实施例中，支撑支架不仅用于支撑主丝和支撑丝，而且还用于提供旁路分流功能。

公开(公告)号：US06561674B2

公开(公告)日：2003-05-13

申请号：US09853143

申请日：2001-05-10

Applicant: James W Gibboney, Jr.

Inventor： James W Gibboney, Jr.

IPC: F21V3300

CPC classification number: F21S4/20 ,  F21W2121/04

Abstract: Through the use of a variety of reinforcing structures, a ribbon light string is described that can be shaped in decorative ways, and it is made of a material that, due to its coloring and/or texture, can become camouflaged into its environment, or of a material that is preferably reflective and compliments the light from the lamp bulbs of the light string. Essentially, the ribbon light string is a reinforced ribbon having a passage therethrough for carrying substantially all, of the non-illuminating portion, of a light string while allowing the illuminating portion to be exposed. To facilitate the shaping of the ribbon, several embodiments are described including the use of pliable ribbon material; the use of at least one reinforcing wire running through the longitudinal extent of the passage; or the use of a “ribbon wire” type conductor for the light string. Also described are the use of novel hole and flap arrangements and lamp bulb/lamp base configurations.

Abstract translation: 通过使用各种增强结构，描述了可以以装饰方式成形的带状灯串，并且由其着色和/或质地可以伪装成其环境的材料制成，或 优选地反射并补充来自灯串的灯泡的光的材料。 本质上，带状灯串是具有穿过其中的通道的增强带，其用于承载光线的基本上所有的非照明部分，同时允许照射部分被暴露。 为了便于带的成形，描述了包括使用柔性带状材料的几个实施例; 使用至少一根穿过通道的纵向延伸的加强丝; 或者使用用于灯串的“带状导线”型导体。 还描述了使用新颖的孔和翼片装置以及灯泡/灯座配置。

公开(公告)号：US06257740B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-10

申请号：US09502909

申请日：2000-02-11

Applicant: James W Gibboney, Jr.

Inventor： James W Gibboney, Jr.

IPC: F21V900

CPC classification number: F21V23/04 ,  F21S4/10 ,  F21V19/0005 ,  H01R33/09

Abstract: A lamp having a light bulb connected to a base insertable into a light socket in such a way that insertion breaks an electrical circuit between two spring terminals inside the socket and reestablishes it through the lead wires on the light bulb. The light bulb has a filament and two lean wires connected to the filaments. The filaments extend from the bottom of the base and are bent outwardly and upwardly around the base. The bulb with its base are insertable into the light socket. Wires from a source of electricity enter the socket and form electrical terminals, one on either side of the socket. Two spring terminals within the socket are biased toward each other and will conduct when supplied with an electrical potential unless separated. A protrusion on the base of the light bulb separates the spring terminals. Thus, in a light string where the lights are electrically in series, removal of a light bulb of the present invention will not cause the string to go out.

Abstract translation: 一种具有连接到可插入光插座中的基座的灯泡的灯，使得该插入件破坏插座内部的两个弹簧端子之间的电路并将其重新建立在灯泡上的引线上。 灯泡具有长丝和两根连接到细丝的细线。 细丝从基部的底部延伸并且围绕基部向外且向上弯曲。 其底座的灯泡可插入灯座。 来自电源的电线进入插座并形成电气端子，一个位于插座的两侧。 插座内的两个弹簧端子朝向彼此偏置，并且在提供电位时将导通，除非分开。 灯泡底部的突起分开弹簧端子。 因此，在灯串串联的灯串中，本发明的灯泡的去除不会导致灯串熄灭。

公开(公告)号：US06646537B1

公开(公告)日：2003-11-11

申请号：US09093248

申请日：1998-06-08

Applicant: James W Gibboney, Jr.

Inventor： James W Gibboney, Jr.

IPC: H01H8504

CPC classification number: H01R13/6675 ,  F21S4/10 ,  H01R24/28 ,  H01R2103/00 ,  H02H3/32 ,  H02H9/02 ,  H02H9/04 ,  H05B39/02

Abstract: A single circuit element, referred to as a solid state rectifying fuse (SSRF), rectifies an incoming AC signal and opens the circuit if a programmed maximum current level is reached. The anode or cathode depending upon the particular application is designed with a plurality of conductors strips in electrical contact with the P or N region, respectively. Conductor strips are composed of a material that melts open if the current limit is exceeded. Conductor strips are designed to have a lower total current handling capacity than that of the PN junction so that the current is reduced or terminated before the PN junction can “short.” Depending on the desired maximum current of the SSRF, the current limit can be adjusted downward by burning out or severing some of the conductors. In this sense, it is a programmable diode.

Abstract translation: 称为固态整流熔丝（SSRF）的单个电路元件对输入的交流信号进行整流，如果达到编程的最大电流电平，则打开电路。 根据具体应用的阳极或阴极设计成分别与P或N区电接触的多个导体条。 如果超过电流限制，导体条由一种熔化的材料组成。 导体条被设计为具有比PN结更低的总电流处理能力，使得在PN结“短路”之前电流减小或终止。 根据SSRF的期望最大电流，可以通过烧掉或切断一些导体来向下调整电流限制。 在这个意义上，它是一个可编程二极管。

公开(公告)号：US06367952B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-09

申请号：US09640487

申请日：2000-08-16

Applicant: James W Gibboney, Jr.

Inventor： James W Gibboney, Jr.

IPC: F21V2100

CPC classification number: H05B37/038 ,  F21S4/10 ,  F21V19/0005 ,  F21V21/002 ,  F21V23/0407 ,  F21W2121/04 ,  H01R4/2404 ,  H01R33/09 ,  H05B37/029 ,  H05B39/105

Abstract: A light for use in a string of lights has a lamp and a light socket that may include a parallel group device that may perform a variety of functions. One of those functions is to serve as a resistive element to regulate voltage and current to keep other lights in a group of lights arranged to be electrically in parallel lighted to the same intensity in the event one of the lights burns out or is removed. Another function of the parallel group device is to control the lamp in the socket so that it lights and goes out on command. The socket is designed to be closed against moisture and to be easily manufactured by hand or by machine. It includes piercing terminals that, when pressed into the electrical wires that run from light to light in the string, allow electrical connection with the lamp leads and the parallel group device leads.

Abstract translation: 用于一串灯的灯具有灯和灯座，其可以包括可以执行各种功能的并联组装置。 这些功能之一是用作调节电压和电流的电阻元件，以便将一组灯中的其他光排列成电平行地照射到相同强度的其他灯熄灭或被去除的情况下。 并联组设备的另一个功能是控制插座中的灯泡，使其点亮并熄灭。 插座设计为防止潮湿，并易于手动或机器制造。 它包括穿刺端子，当被压入从灯串中的光线延伸的电线时，允许与灯引线和并联组装置引线电连接。

公开(公告)号：US06224415B1

公开(公告)日：2001-05-01

申请号：US09502911

申请日：2000-02-11

Applicant: James W Gibboney, Jr.

Inventor： James W Gibboney, Jr.

IPC: H01R13627

CPC classification number: H01R33/09 ,  H01R33/97 ,  Y10S439/923

Abstract: An improved friction-fitted light and light socket where the base of the light has a resilient, beveled flange that deforms on insertion of the base into the light socket, thus resisting removal. To facilitate removal, the wall of the socket has a cutout portion dimensioned to receive a small tool, such as the end of the flathead screw driver, and thereby provide access to the base just below the flange so that the light can be pried free of the light socket.

Abstract translation: 一种改进的摩擦配合的灯和光插座，其中光的基部具有弹性的斜面法兰，其在将基座插入灯座中时变形，从而抵抗移除。 为了便于移除，插座的壁具有切口部分，该切口部分的尺寸适于接纳诸如平头螺钉驱动器的端部的小工具，从而提供了刚好在凸缘正下方的基座的通路，使得光可以免于 灯座。