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The first shell 10 has an inside formed with a receiving chamber 11 having an open bottom to receive the electronic unit 60. The first shell 10 has a peripheral wall formed with a plurality of heat dissipation holes 13 and 14. The first shell 10 has a top face formed with a slot 18 and has a first side formed with a passage 17 connected to the slot 18. The first side of the first shell 10 has a central portion formed with a positioning hole 19 and has a bottom formed with an opening 12. The first shell 10 has a second side formed with a cutout 15 having an inside formed with a fixing bore 151 extended to the bottom of the first shell 10. The first shell 10 has a rim formed with two fixing holes 16.
The electronic unit 60 includes a circuit board 61 mounted in the receiving chamber 11 of the first shell 10 and having a side formed with a first hole 611 and a second hole 612 exposed from the opening 12 of the first shell 10 as shown in
The second shell 20 has a first side formed with a first receiving recess 21 and a second receiving recess 22 connected to the first receiving recess 21 and a second side formed with a through hole 211 connected to the first receiving recess 21. The first receiving recess 21 of the second shell 20 has a peripheral wall formed with two first positioning blocks 212 and a second positioning block 213 having a height greater than that of each of the first positioning blocks 212. The second receiving recess 22 of the second shell 20 has a wall formed with a plurality of positioning grooves 23 and has a side provided with a protruding block 241 which is formed with a substantially L-shaped clamping slot 24. The second shell 20 has a top face formed with a slot 28 and has an inside formed with a receiving channel 27 having a first end connected to the slot 28 and a second end connected to the bottom of the second shell 20. The slot 28 of the second shell 20 has a side formed with an elongated slit 271. The second shell 20 has a second side formed with a cutout 25 having an inside formed with a fixing bore 251 extended to the bottom of the second shell 20. The second shell 20 has a rim formed with two fixing holes 26 connected to the fixing holes 16 of the first shell 10 by two connecting members 161 to combine the first shell 10 and the second shell 20.
The lamp socket 1 further comprises an electrically connecting member 29 mounted in the receiving channel 27 of the second shell 20 and having an upper end provided with an electrically connecting plate 291 having an electrically connecting terminal 2911 aligning with the slot 28 of the second shell 20 and a lower end provided with a clamping plate 293 protruding from the bottom of the second shell 20 to define a gap āSā between the clamping plate 293 and the bottom of the second shell 20. The clamping plate 293 of the electrically connecting member 29 has a through hole 2931. The electrically connecting member 29 has a side formed with a limit plate 292 limited in the elongated slit 271 of the second shell 20 to guide movement of the electrically connecting member 29.
The light-regulating unit 70 is mounted in the first receiving recess 21 and the second receiving recess 22 of the second shell 20 and includes an electrically connecting body 71, a regulating module 74, a first connecting member 75, a second connecting member 76, a pivot arm 72, a torsion spring 73, a rotation member 77, a rotation knob 772, and an electric brush 78.
The electrically connecting body 71 is mounted in the second receiving recess 22 of the second shell 20 and has a side provided with a first locking hook 712 and a second locking hook 713, and has a top provided with an electrically connecting plate 714 extended through the passage 17 of the first shell 10 and having an electrically connecting terminal 7141 aligning with the slot 18 of the first shell 10. The electrically connecting body 71 is provided with a plurality of positioning plates 711 inserted into the positioning grooves 23 of the second shell 20.
The regulating module 74 is mounted in the first receiving recess 21 of the second shell 20 and has a periphery formed with two first positioning grooves 741 to position the first positioning blocks 212 of the second shell 20 and a second positioning groove 742 to position the second positioning block 213 of the second shell 20 so that the regulating module 74 is not rotatable relative to the second shell 20. The regulating module 74 has a face provided with an inner conducting ring 743 and an outer conducting ring 7430. The outer conducting ring 7430 of the regulating module 74 is provided with a carbon resistor 7431. The regulating module 74 has a central portion formed with a through hole 744 aligning with the through hole 211 of the second shell 20 and has a side formed with two locking grooves 745.
The first connecting member 75 is mounted in the first receiving recess 21 of the second shell 20 and has a first side formed with a conducting end 754 extended through the opening 12 of the first shell 10 and the first hole 611 of the circuit board 61 and electrically connected to the circuit board 61 and a second side formed with a conducting plate 753 electrically connected to the inner conducting ring 743 of the regulating module 74 and an insert 752 inserted into one of the locking grooves 745 of the regulating module 74. The conducting plate 753 of the first connecting member 75 is formed with a lug 7531 inserted into a through hole 746 of the inner conducting ring 743. The first connecting member 75 has a face formed with a substantially L-shaped contact arm 751 mounted in and partially protruded from the clamping slot 24 of the second shell 20.
The second connecting member 76 is mounted in the first receiving recess 21 of the second shell 20 and has a first side formed with a conducting end 764 extended through the opening 12 of the first shell 10 and the second hole 612 of the circuit board 61 and electrically connected to the circuit board 61 and a second side formed with a conducting plate 763 electrically connected to the outer conducting ring 7430 of the regulating module 74 and an insert 762 inserted into the other one of the locking grooves 745 of the regulating module 74. The conducting plate 763 of the second connecting member 76 is formed with a lug 7631 inserted into a through hole 7460 of the outer conducting ring 7430.
The pivot arm 72 has a first end formed with a pivot hole 721 pivotally mounted on the first locking hook 712 of the electrically connecting body 71, a mediate portion provided with a resting rod 722 and a second end provided with a contact end 723 that is movable to contact the contact arm 751 of the first connecting member 75 to electrically connect the electrically connecting body 71 with the first connecting member 75.
The torsion spring 73 is mounted on the first locking hook 712 of the electrically connecting body 71 and has a first end locked on the second locking hook 713 of the electrically connecting body 71 and rested on the resting rod 722 of the pivot arm 72 to pivot the pivot arm 72 downward about the first locking hook 712 of the electrically connecting body 71 to move the contact end 723 of the pivot arm 72 toward the contact arm 751 of the first connecting member 75.
The rotation member 77 is rotatably mounted in the first receiving recess 21 of the second shell 20 and has a first side provided with a rotation shaft 771 extended through the through hole 744 of the regulating module 74 and the through hole 211 of the second shell 20 and a second side provided with a push plate 776 rested on a bottom of the pivot arm 72 to pivot the pivot arm 72 upward about the first locking hook 712 of the electrically connecting body 71 to detach the contact end 723 of the pivot arm 72 from the contact arm 751 of the first connecting member 75. The first side of the rotation member 77 is provided with two positioning bosses 773. The rotation member 77 has a periphery provided with a plurality of protruding blocks 774 directed toward a wall of the first receiving recess 21 of the second shell 20 and a radially outwardly extending limit block 775 that is movable to abut the second positioning block 213 of the second shell 20. The push plate 776 has a side provided with a positioning stub 777 secured in the positioning hole 19 of the first shell 10.
The rotation knob 772 is rotatably mounted in the cutout 25 of the second shell 20 and secured to a distal end of the rotation shaft 771 to rotate the rotation member 77.
The electric brush 78 is secured on the rotation member 77 to rotate therewith and has two tail ends 781 electrically connected to the inner conducting ring 743 and the outer conducting ring 7430 of the regulating module 74 respectively. One of the tail ends 781 of the electric brush 78 is movable on the carbon resistor 7431 of the outer conducting ring 7430 to change the resistance. The electric brush 78 has two positioning holes 783 mounted on the positioning bosses 773 of the rotation member 77.
The separation plate 30 is received in the gap āSā between the clamping plate 293 and the bottom of the second shell 20 and clamped by the clamping plate 293. The separation plate 30 has a periphery formed with a clamping slit 32 clamped on the electrically connecting member 29. The separation plate 30 has a passage 31 to allow passage of the conducting plate 65 of the electronic unit 60 and has two fixing bores 33 connected to the fixing bore 151 of the first shell 10 and the fixing bore 251 of the second shell 20 respectively by two connecting members 44 to combine the separation plate 30 with the first shell 10 and the second shell 20. The through hole 2931 of the clamping plate 293 of the electrically connecting member 29 aligns with one of the fixing bores 33 of the separation plate 30 to allow passage of one of the connecting members 44.
The base 40 is secured to a bottom face of the separation plate 30 and electrically connected to the clamping plate 293 of the electrically connecting member 29. The base 40 has a top formed with an opening 42 to allow passage of the conducting plate 65 of the electronic unit 60 and a peripheral wall formed with a threaded portion 41 screwed onto the screw portion (not shown) of an electric bulb (not shown) when the electric bulb is screwed into the base 40. The electric bulb has a head portion (not shown) electrically connected to the conducting plate 65 of the electronic unit 60. The base 40 has two fixing bores 43 to allow passage of the connecting members 44.
In operation, referring to
On the other hand, the electrically connecting body 71 is electrically conducted by the respective electric wire to conduct the pivot arm 72.
When the push plate 776 is rotated with the rotation member 77 (which is rotated by the rotation knob 772) to rest on the bottom of the pivot arm 72 as shown in
Alternatively, when the push plate 776 is rotated with the rotation member 77 (which is rotated by the rotation knob 772) to detach from the bottom of the pivot arm 72 as shown in
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At the same time, one of the tail ends 781 of the electric brush 78 is detached from the carbon resistor 7431 of the outer conducting ring 7430 as shown in
Accordingly, the electronic unit 60 is used to provide a current to light the electric bulb, and the light-regulating unit 70 is used to regulate the current value of the electric bulb, so that the lamp socket has a light-regulating function. In addition, the current value of the electric bulb is regulated successively by rotation of the rotation member 77, so that the lamp socket has a stageless light-regulating function. Further, the heat dissipation holes 13 and 14 and the radiating plate 64 are used to provide a heat radiating effect to the electronic parts of the electronic unit 60, so that the electronic parts are operated smoothly and stably. Further, the heat sensitive resistor 66 of the electronic unit 60 has a resistance (about 100K to 200K) that is increased with rise of the temperature to reduce the lightness and temperature of the electric bulb and is decreased with drop of the temperature to increase the lightness and temperature of the electric bulb so as to control the temperature and to regulate the lightness of the electric bulb automatically.
Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment(s) as mentioned above, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claim or claims will cover such modifications and variations that fall within the true scope of the invention.