Illumination – Sound equipment illuminator
Patent
1996-04-22
1998-03-03
Dority, Carroll B.
Illumination
Sound equipment illuminator
362802, 200 6152, 200 6183, B60Q 100
Patent
active
057227594
ABSTRACT:
A lamp assembly having a gravity-actuated switch which is adapted to be mounted to the underside of a hinged cover member of a vehicle to illuminate a compartment of the vehicle when the hinged member is opened to a predetermined extent. The lamp assembly has a housing, a lamp disposed in the housing, first conductor means for electrically interconnecting a first electrical terminal with one terminal of the lamp, second conductor means for electrically interconnecting a second electrical terminal with a first contact point, and third conductor means for electrically interconnecting the other terminal of the lamp with a second contact point. The assembly has a switch for automatically turning on the lamp when the housing is moved to a first angular orientation and turning off the lamp when the housing is moved to a second angular orientation. The switch has a slidable member with a conductive portion, the slidable member being movable between a first position in which the conductive portion of the slidable member electrically interconnects the first and second contact points and a second position in which the first and second contact points are electrically isolated. The assembly may have an inverted pivot member, movable under the influence of gravity, for causing the slidable member to occupy the first position when the housing is in the first angular orientation and for causing the slidable member to occupy the second position when the housing is in the second angular orientation.
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Brown William M.
Eklov Kenneth A.
Jorgensen James N.
Dority Carroll B.
Micro Craft, Inc.
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