Illumination – Quick disconnect-type light unit – Particular engagement
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-15
2006-08-15
Alavi, Ali (Department: 2875)
Illumination
Quick disconnect-type light unit
Particular engagement
C362S378000, C362S377000, C362S353000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07090390
ABSTRACT:
A removable incandescent light bulb socket having: (a) a housing having at least first and second ends and an axis, having at least one opening at the first end, and the housing made at least in part of a heat-resistant material resistant to a temperature of about 90° C.; (b) threads within the opening for accepting and electrically connecting to a screw thread contact of an Edison base incandescent light bulb; (c) a central contact within the opening for electrically connecting to an electrical foot contact of the Edison base incandescent light bulb; and (d) first and second electrical contacts extending from the second end of the housing substantially parallel to the housing axis for mechanical and electrical connection to the electrical lighting base; and wherein the first and second electrical contacts have central axes and are positioned so that their central axes are approximately parallel; and further wherein the first and second electrical contacts each have a narrower proximal portion and a wider distal portion, the wider distal portion being configured to be accepted by the wider portion of the openings of the electrical lighting base and retained in the narrower portion of the openings of the electrical lighting base.
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Alavi Ali
Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP
The L.D. Kichler Co.
Truong B Q
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