This application is a filing under 37 CFR 1.114 of application Ser. No. 11/583,444, filed Oct. 19, 2006 and priority is claimed from the filing date of the parent application.
This invention relates to lamps sand more particularly to lamps that can load from a front or rear loading position.
Lamp fixture manufacturers design fixtures for high power lamps to accept lamps from either a front or rear position. Such designs require a number of different lamps and a number of different sockets. Naturally, this requires manufacturers to keep an inventory of multiple lamps and sockets; an expensive and cumbersome approach to fixture design. It would, therefore, be an advance in the art if a lamp having multiple configurations could be provided that could load from either a forward loading or rear loading fixture.
It is, therefore, an object of the invention to obviate the disadvantages of the prior art.
It is another object of the invention to enhance lamp sockets.
Yet another object of the invention is the provision of a lamp socket that can accept multiple lamps from a variety of positions.
These object are accomplished, in one aspect of the invention, by a lamp comprising: a light-emitting lamp capsule arrayed about a longitudinal axis; a base 162 supporting said lamp capsule, said base including a peripheral flange extending normal to said longitudinal axis, and electrical contacts attached to said peripheral flange for providing power to said light-emitting lamp capsule, said electrical contacts extending from said peripheral flange in a direction parallel to said longitudinal axis.
For a better understanding of the present invention, together with other and further objects, advantages and capabilities thereof, reference is made to the following disclosure and appended claims taken in conjunction with the above-described drawings.
Referring now to the drawings with greater particularity, there is shown in
A rear-loading fixture 200 is depicted in
Referring to
The lamps 160, shown in
The lamp 160, shown in
Electrical connection from the lamp lead-ins can be provided via trenches 171 set into the flange 163, one of which is illustrated in
While there have been shown what are at present considered to be the preferred embodiments of the invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made herein without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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20080094856 A1 | Apr 2008 | US |