PLUG AND SOCKET HOLDER FOR REPLACEABLY HOLDING DIODE-BASED LIGHT SOURCES AND OTHER RADIATION SOURCES AND RECEIVERS
First Claim
1. A holder (100), comprising a plug (10) and socket (11), wherein the socket (11) includes a diode (301301′
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301″
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) able to serve as a source or receiver of visible or invisible radiation, wherein the socket (11) has an elongated longitudinally extending cavity formed therein as the inner surface of a shell (32) and includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced mutually insulated first contact elements (41) disposed within said cavity, wherein the plug (10) slidably registers with said cavity between advanced and retracted positions and has a leading end directed toward the base of said cavity, wherein the plug (10) includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced, mutually insulated second contact elements (20 21 83) disposed along said plug (10), and wherein the holder (100) includes means (18 19 34 36) maintaining a predetermined angular orientation between said plug (10) and socket (11) during relative sliding thereof and permitting relative rotation thereof at said plug advanced position, said first contact elements (41) and second contact elements (20 21 83) being out of engagement at said predetermined angular orientation and in engagement upon rotation in a single predetermined sense from said predetermined angular orientation to a closed contact position.
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Abstract
A holder (100) for holding typically a plurality of diodes (301 301′ 301″ 301′″) each able to serve as a source or receiver of visible or invisible radiation, the holder (100) including a plug (10) and socket (11), with the socket (11) bearing the diodes (301 301′ 301″ 301′″) and formed so as to have an elongated longitudinally extending cavity therein and so as to include a plurality of longitudinally spaced mutually insulated first contact elements (41) disposed within the cavity, and with the plug (10) slidably registering with the cavity between advanced and retracted positions and including a plurality of longitudinally spaced, mutually insulated second contact elements (20 21 83) disposed along its length and which are in engagement with the first contact elements (41) only when the plug (10) is in its advanced position and rotated relative to the socket (11).
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20 Claims
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1. A holder (100), comprising a plug (10) and socket (11), wherein the socket (11) includes a diode (301301′
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301″
301′
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) able to serve as a source or receiver of visible or invisible radiation, wherein the socket (11) has an elongated longitudinally extending cavity formed therein as the inner surface of a shell (32) and includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced mutually insulated first contact elements (41) disposed within said cavity, wherein the plug (10) slidably registers with said cavity between advanced and retracted positions and has a leading end directed toward the base of said cavity, wherein the plug (10) includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced, mutually insulated second contact elements (20 21 83) disposed along said plug (10), and wherein the holder (100) includes means (18 19 34 36) maintaining a predetermined angular orientation between said plug (10) and socket (11) during relative sliding thereof and permitting relative rotation thereof at said plug advanced position, said first contact elements (41) and second contact elements (20 21 83) being out of engagement at said predetermined angular orientation and in engagement upon rotation in a single predetermined sense from said predetermined angular orientation to a closed contact position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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301″
Specification