Information
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Patent Grant
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6802730
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Patent Number
6,802,730
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Date Filed
Tuesday, August 13, 200222 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, October 12, 200420 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 439 236
- 439 306
- 439 308
- 439 309
- 439 333
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A separation device of an electronic ballast body and a fixing seat includes a body, an electronic ballast, a socket, a fixing seat, and two safety locking members. The body has an inner wall formed with a receiving chamber for receiving the electronic ballast and the socket which is rested on the electronic ballast. The fixing seat has one end locked on a closed end of the body. Each of the two safety locking members is mounted and locked between the body and the fixing seat, so that the body and the fixing seat may be locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the body with the fixing seat. Thus, the separation device may be assembled and disassembled easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating replacement and maintenance of the separation device of the present invention.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat, and more particularly to a separation device that may be assembled and disassembled easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating replacement and maintenance of the separation device of the present invention.
2. Description of the Related Art
A conventional lamp having an electronic stabilizer in accordance with the prior art shown in
FIG. 8
comprises a shade seat
91
, a shade
93
mounted on the bottom of the shade seat
91
, a fixing device
92
mounted in the shade seat
91
, a lamp rack
90
mounted on the shade seat
91
and having a distal end connected to the fixing device
92
, and a lamp body
94
mounted in the shade
93
and connected to the fixing device
92
. The fixing device
92
contains an electronic stabilizer therein. the fixing device
92
is connected with an electric wire
920
which is connected to a junction box
95
of the ceiling fan through the lamp rack
90
.
However, the conventional lamp having an electronic stabilizer in accordance with the prior art has the following disadvantages.
1. The electronic stabilizer mounted in the fixing device
92
that is hidden in the shade
93
is easily worn out. Thus, when the electronic stabilizer is worn out, the user has to detach the lamp body
94
, then detach the shade
93
from the shade seat
91
, thereby exposing the fixing device
92
, and then detach and replace the entire fixing device
92
. Then, the user has to mount a new fixing device
92
in the shade seat
91
, then mount the shade
93
in the shade seat
91
, and then mount the lamp body
94
. Thus, it takes a long time and much manual work to replace the fixing device
92
, thereby greatly increasing inconvenience and difficulty in maintenance of the fixing device
92
.
2. The fixing device
92
is connected to the electric wire
920
. Thus, when the electronic stabilizer in the fixing device
92
is worn out, the user has to detach the shade seat
91
and the shade
93
, and to detach the fixing device
92
from the electric wire
920
for replacing the fixing device
92
and the electronic stabilizer in the fixing device
92
, thereby easily causing danger in maintenance of the fixing device
92
.
3. The user has to replace the entire fixing device
92
when the electronic stabilizer or other parts contained in the fixing device
92
is worn out, thereby causing improper consumption of material and increasing the cost, and thereby easily causing an environmental pollution.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the disadvantage of the conventional lamp.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat, wherein the separation device may be assembled and disassembled easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating replacement and maintenance of the separation device of the present invention.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat, comprising a body, an electronic stabilizer, a socket, a fixing seat, and two safety locking members, wherein:
the body has an inner wall formed with a receiving chamber;
the electronic stabilizer is received in the receiving chamber of the body;
the socket is received in the receiving chamber of the body, and is rested on the electronic stabilizer;
the fixing seat has one end locked on a closed end of the body; and
each of the two safety locking members is mounted and locked between the body and the fixing seat, so that the body and the fixing seat may be locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the body with the fixing seat.
Further benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of a separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2
is a partially exploded perspective view of the separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3
is an exploded perspective view of the separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4
is a side plan cross-sectional assembly view of the separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat as shown in
FIG. 3
;
FIG. 5
is a top plan cross-sectional assembly view of the separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat as shown in
FIG. 3
;
FIG. 6
is a another top plan cross-sectional assembly view of the separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat as shown in
FIG. 3
;
FIG. 7
is an exploded perspective view of a separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 8
is a perspective view of a conventional lamp in accordance with the prior art.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Referring to the drawings and initially to
FIGS. 1-5
, a separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention is mounted in a lamp.
As shown in
FIG. 1
, the lamp includes a shade seat
91
A, a shade
93
A mounted on the bottom of the shade seat
91
A, a fixing device
92
A mounted in the shade seat
91
A, and a lamp body
94
A mounted in the shade
93
A. The separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with the present invention is mounted between the lamp body
94
A and the shade seat
91
A, and may be detached and replaced.
Referring to
FIGS. 2-5
, the separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention comprises a body
10
, an electronic stabilizer
20
, a socket
30
, a fixing seat
40
, a cover plate
50
, a fixing bracket
70
, and two safety locking members
80
.
The body
10
has an inner wall formed with a receiving chamber
11
for receiving the electronic stabilizer
20
and the socket
30
. The inner wall of the body
10
is provided with multiple protruding urging portions
12
for urging an end portion of the socket
30
.
The electronic stabilizer
20
is received in the receiving chamber
11
of the body
10
, and is provided with multiple electrodes
21
. The electronic stabilizer
20
is provided with two connecting wires
22
. The receiving chamber
11
of the body
10
has a closed end provided with two metallic conductive members
14
each connected to one of the two connecting wires
22
of the electronic stabilizer
20
and each connected to one of two conductive elastic plates
61
in the fixing seat
40
.
The socket
30
is received in the receiving chamber
11
of the body
10
, and is rested on the electronic stabilizer
20
. The socket
30
may be connected to the fixing device
92
A of the lamp as shown in FIG.
1
. The inner wall of the body
10
is provided with multiple recessed locking portions
13
. The socket
30
has a periphery provided with multiple elastic hook-shaped locking portions
31
each elastically locked in one of the multiple recessed locking portions
13
of the body
10
, so that the socket
30
may be secured in the receiving chamber
11
of the body
10
exactly. The socket
30
has a back face closely rested on the electrodes
21
of the electronic stabilizer
20
to connect the electric power.
The fixing seat
40
has a first end locked on a closed end of the body
10
. The closed end of the body
10
is provided with a protruding guide column
15
which is provided with two radially opposite locking portions
150
. The first end of the fixing seat
40
has a center formed with a guide hole
41
for receiving the guide column
15
of the body
10
. The guide hole
41
of the fixing seat
40
has a wall formed with two radially opposite recessed limit portions
410
for retaining each of the two locking portions
150
of the guide column
15
of the body
10
. Thus, when the guide column
15
of the body
10
is inserted into the guide hole
41
of the fixing seat
40
, the body
10
may be rotated relative to the fixing seat
40
, thereby inserting and locking each of the two locking portions
150
of the guide column
15
of the body
10
into one of the respective limit portions
410
the guide hole
41
of the fixing seat
40
, so that the body
10
may be integrally combined with the fixing seat
40
.
The first end of the fixing seat
40
has a periphery formed with two opposite passage holes
42
for passage of two electric wires
60
, and formed with two opposite receiving recesses
43
(see
FIG. 5
) each located beside one of the two opposite passage holes
42
. Each of the two opposite receiving recesses
43
is provided with a limit post
44
. Each of the two conductive elastic plates
61
is mounted on the limit post
44
of one of the two opposite receiving recesses
43
of the fixing seat
40
.
Each of the two conductive elastic plates
61
has a first end provided with a ring-shaped connecting portion
610
connected to one of the two electric wires
60
, and a second end provided with an elastic locking portion
611
connected to one of the two metallic conductive members
14
of the body
10
.
The cover plate
50
is mounted on the first end of the fixing seat
40
, thereby preventing the conductive elastic plates
61
of the electric wires
60
from being exposed outward. The cover plate
50
is formed with a passage slot
52
for passage of the guide column
15
of the body
10
, and has a periphery provided with multiple protruding positioning portions
51
positioned in the fixing seat
40
, so that the cover plate
50
may be integrally combined with the fixing seat
40
.
The fixing bracket
70
is secured on a second end of the fixing seat
40
. The fixing bracket
70
has two ends each formed with a screw bore
71
, so that each of two fixing bolts
710
is in turn extended through the fixing seat
40
and is screwed into the screw bore
71
of the fixing bracket
70
, thereby fixing the fixing bracket
70
on the fixing seat
40
. The fixing bracket
70
has a center formed with a threaded passage hole
72
for passage of the electric wires
60
. The fixing bracket
70
may be combined with other part by the threaded passage hole
72
.
Each of the two safety locking members
80
is mounted between the body
10
and the fixing seat
40
, so that the body
10
and the fixing seat
40
may be locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the body
10
with the fixing seat
40
.
The body
10
has an outer wall formed with two radially opposite dovetail-shaped guide locking channels
16
. The cover plate
50
has an outer wall formed with two radially opposite dovetail-shaped guide locking grooves
53
. The fixing seat
40
is formed with two radially opposite dovetail-shaped recessed guide locking portions
45
. Each of the two safety locking members
80
has a dovetail-shaped cross-section, and is locked in one of the two dovetail-shaped guide locking channels
16
of the body
10
, one of the two dovetail-shaped guide locking grooves
53
of the cover plate
50
, and one of the two dovetail-shaped guide locking portions
45
of the fixing seat
40
. Each of the two safety locking members
80
has two sides each formed with an oblique locking portion
81
.
Each of the two guide locking channels
16
of the body
10
has a wall formed with a limit slot
160
. Each of the two safety locking members
80
is provided with an elastic limit portion
82
that may be elastically locked in the limit slot
160
of one of the two guide locking channels
16
of the body
10
, so that each of the two, safety locking members
80
may be locked in one of the two guide locking channels
16
of the body
10
. Each of the two safety locking members
80
has a surface provided with a serrated push portion
83
, thereby facilitating movement of each of the two safety locking members
80
.
In assembly, when each of the two guide locking channels
16
of the body
10
is aligned with the respective guide locking portion
45
of the fixing seat
40
, each of the two safety locking members
80
may be moved in the respective guide locking channel
16
of the body
10
until the elastic limit portion
82
of each of the two safety locking members
80
is locked in the limit slot
160
of the respective guide locking channel
16
of the body
10
, so that each of the two safety locking members
80
may be locked in the respective guide locking channel
16
of the body
10
, and may be locked in the respective guide locking portion
45
of the fixing seat
40
.
In such a manner, each of the two safety locking members
80
is fully hidden into the respective guide locking channel
16
of the body
10
and the respective guide locking portion
45
of the fixing seat
40
, so that each of the two safety locking members
80
will not protrude from the socket
30
, thereby facilitating the socket
30
combining with the fixing device
92
A (see FIG.
1
). If each of the two safety locking members
80
is not exactly inserted into the respective guide locking portion
45
of the fixing seat
40
, each of the two safety locking members
80
will protrude from the socket
30
, so that the socket
30
cannot combine with the fixing device
92
A.
Referring to
FIG. 6
, the socket
30
is formed with multiple insertion holes
32
, so that the socket
30
may be available for different kinds of lamps or appliances, thereby enhancing the versatility of the present invention.
Referring to
FIG. 7
, the separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention is shown.
Accordingly, the separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with the present invention has the following advantages.
1. The body
10
may be rotated relative to the fixing seat
40
, thereby inserting and locking each of the two locking portions
150
of the guide column
15
of the body
10
into the respective limit portion
410
the guide hole
41
of the fixing seat
40
, so that the body
10
may be integrally combined with the fixing seat
40
, so that the separation device of the present invention may be assembled and disassembled easily and conveniently.
2. Each of the two safety locking members
80
may be exactly locked on the body
10
and the fixing seat
40
when the body
10
is aligned with the fixing seat
40
, so that the separation device of the present invention may be assembled and disassembled easily and conveniently.
3. The main electronic parts are mounted in the body
10
, thereby facilitating replacement and maintenance of the separation device of the present invention.
4. The body
10
and the fixing seat
40
may be assembled and disassembled easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating replacement and maintenance of the separation device of the present invention.
5. The fixing device
92
A of the lamp may be mounted on the socket
30
only when each of the two safety locking members
80
is fully hidden into the body
10
and the fixing seat
40
, thereby ensuring the stability and rigidity of the separation device of the present invention.
While the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in the embodiment without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Such modifications are all within the scope of the present invention.
Claims
- 1. A separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat, comprising a body, an electronic stabilizer, a socket, a fixing seat, and two safety locking members, wherein:the body has an inner wall formed with a receiving chamber; the electronic stabilizer is received in the receiving chamber of the body; the socket is received in the receiving chamber of the body, and is rested on the electronic stabilizer; the fixing seat has one end locked on a closed end of the body for mounting to a lighting fixture; and each of the two safety locking members is mounted and locked between the body and the fixing seat in displaceable manner, so that the body and the fixing seat may be locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the body with the fixing seat.
- 2. A separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat, comprising a body, an electronic stabilizer, a socket, a fixing seat, and two safety locking members, wherein:the body has an inner wall formed with a receiving chamber; the electronic stabilizer is received in the receiving chamber of the body; the socket is received in the receiving chamber of the body, and is rested on the electronic stabilizer; the fixing seat has one end locked on a closed end of the body; and each of the two safety locking members is mounted and locked between the body and the fixing seat, so that the body and the fixing seat may be locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the body with the fixing seat; wherein the inner wall of the body is provided with multiple protruding urging portions for urging an end portion of the socket.
- 3. A separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat, comprising a body, an electronic stabilizer, a socket, a fixing seat, and two safety locking members, wherein:the body has an inner wall formed with a receiving chamber; the electronic stabilizer is received in the receiving chamber of the body; the socket is received in the receiving chamber of the body, and is rested on the electronic stabilizer; the fixing seat has one end locked on a closed end of the body; and each of the two safety locking members is mounted and locked between the body and the fixing seat, so that the body and the fixing seat may be locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the body with the fixing seat; wherein the electronic stabilizer is provided with multiple electrodes, and two connecting wires, and the socket has a back face closely rested on the electrodes of the electronic stabilizer to connect to electric power.
- 4. The separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 3, wherein the receiving chamber of the body has a closed end provided with two metallic conductive members each connected to one of the two connecting wires of the electronic stabilizer and each connected to one of two conductive elastic plates in the fixing seat.
- 5. A separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat, comprising a body, an electronic stabilizer, a socket, a fixing seat, and two safety locking members, wherein:the body has an inner wall formed with a receiving chamber; the electronic stabilizer is received in the receiving chamber of the body; the socket is received in the receiving chamber of the body, and is rested on the electronic stabilizer; the fixing seat has one end locked on a closed end of the body; and each of the two safety locking members is mounted and locked between the body and the fixing seat, so that the body and the fixing seat may be locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the body with the fixing seat; wherein the inner wall of the body is provided with multiple recessed locking portions, and the socket has a periphery provided with multiple elastic hook-shaped locking portions each elastically locked in one of the multiple recessed locking portions of the body, so that the socket may be secured in the receiving chamber of the body exactly.
- 6. A separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat, comprising a body, an electronic stabilizer, a socket, a fixing seat, and two safety locking members, wherein:the body has an inner wall formed with a receiving chamber; the electronic stabilizer is received in the receiving chamber of the body; the socket is received in the receiving chamber of the body, and is rested on the electronic stabilizer; the fixing seat has one end locked on a closed end of the body; and each of the two safety locking members is mounted and locked between the body and the fixing seat, so that the body and the fixing seat may be locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the body with the fixing seat; wherein the closed end of the body is provided with a protruding guide column which is provided with two radially opposite locking portions, the fixing seat has a center formed with a guide hole for receiving the guide column of the body, and the guide hole of the fixing seat has a wall formed with two radially opposite recessed limit portions for retaining each of the two locking portions of the guide column of the body.
- 7. A separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat, comprising a body, an electronic stabilizer, a socket, a fixing seat, and two safety locking members, wherein:the body has an inner wall formed with a receiving chamber; the electronic stabilizer is received in the receiving chamber of the body; the socket is received in the receiving chamber of the body, and is rested on the electronic stabilizer; the fixing seat has one end locked on a closed end of the body; and each of the two safety locking members is mounted and locked between the body and the fixing seat, so that the body and the fixing seat may be locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the body with the fixing seat; wherein the fixing seat has a periphery formed with two opposite passage holes for passage of two electric wires, and formed with two opposite receiving recesses each located beside one of the two opposite passage holes, each of the two opposite receiving recesses is provided with a limit post, each of the two conductive elastic plates is mounted on the limit post of one of the two opposite receiving recesses of the fixing seat, and each of the two conductive elastic plates has a first end provided with a ring-shaped connecting portion connected to one of the two electric wires, and a second end provided with an elastic locking portion connected to one of the two metallic conductive members of the body.
- 8. The separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 6, further comprising a cover plate mounted on the fixing seat, thereby preventing the conductive elastic plates of the electric wires from being exposed outward, wherein the cover plate is formed with a passage slot for passage of the guide column of the body and has a periphery provided with multiple protruding positioning portions positioned in the fixing seat, so that the cover plate may be integrally combined with the fixing seat.
- 9. A separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat, comprising a body, an electronic stabilizer, a socket, a fixing seat, and two safety locking members, wherein:the body has an inner wall formed with a receiving chamber; the electronic stabilizer is received in the receiving chamber of the body; the socket is received in the receiving chamber of the body, and is rested on the electronic stabilizer; the fixing seat has one end locked on a closed end of the body; each of the two safety locking members is mounted and locked between the body and the fixing seat, so that the body and the fixing seat may be locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the body with the fixing seat: and, a fixing bracket secured on a second end of the fixing seat, wherein the fixing bracket has two ends each formed with a screw bore, so that each of the two fixing bolts is in turn extended through the fixing seat and is screwed into the screw bore at the fixing bracket, thereby fixing the fixing bracket on the fixing seat.
- 10. The separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 9, wherein the fixing bracket has a center formed with a threaded passage hole for passage of electric wires.
- 11. A separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat, comprising a body, an electronic stabilizer, a socket, a fixing seat, and two safety locking members, wherein:the body has an inner wall formed with a receiving chamber; the electronic stabilizer is received in the receiving chamber of the body; the socket is received in the receiving chamber of the body, and is rested on the electronic stabilizer; the fixing seat has one end locked on a closed end of the body; and each of the two safety locking members is mounted and locked between the body and the fixing seat, so that the body and the fixing seat may be locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the body with the fixing seat; wherein the body has an outer wall formed with two radially opposite dovetail-shaped guide locking channels, the fixing seat is formed with two radially opposite dovetail-shaped recessed guide locking portions, and each of the two safety locking members has a dovetail-shaped cross-section, and is locked in one of the two dovetail-shaped guide locking channels of the body, and one of the two dovetail-shaped guide locking portions of the fixing seat.
- 12. The separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat iii accordance with claim 11, wherein each of the two guide locking channels of the body has a wall formed with a limit slot, and each of the two safety locking members is provided with an elastic limit portion that may be elastically locked in the limit slot of one of the two guide locking channels of the body, so that each of the two safety locking members may be locked in one of the two guide locking channels of the body.
- 13. The separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the two safety locking members has two sides each formed with an oblique locking portion.
- 14. The separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the two safety locking members has a surface provided with a serrated push portion, thereby facilitating movement of each of the two safety locking members.
- 15. The separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 8, wherein the cover plate has an outer wall formed with two radially opposite dovetail-shaped guide locking grooves.
- 16. The separation device of an electronic stabilizer body and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein the socket is formed with multiple insertion holes.
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