ILLUMINATED BUS

• US 3,612,855 A
• Filed: 10/17/1969
• Issued: 10/12/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Paul B. Juhnke
• Original Assignee: Paul B. Juhnke
• Inventors: Juhnke, Paul B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Queisser, Richard C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Whalen, John
• Application Number:
  US04/867,284
• Time in Patent Office: 725 Days
• Field of Search: 240/52,78LD,52.1 339/18,18P,147 340/381 315/184,212,314,73LD
• US Class Current: 362/235
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/20 with light sources held by or within elongate supports
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/002 making direct electrical contact, e.g. by piercing F21V21/35 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/08 Devices for easy attachment to any desired place, e.g. clip, clamp, magnet
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/00 Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses with refracting properties F21V5/00; with reflecting properties F21V7/00; characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/506
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources

Abstract

An insulating base has a plurality of conductors on one side. A plurality of mounting prongs extend through the base and project from the other side. These prongs have bent-over ends connected to the conductors. A number of small lamps are connected to the conductors. A translucent cover is seated on the base and houses the lamps. This cover has portions overlying and engaging the bent-over ends of the prongs so that pressure needed to install the unit on a panel of a dispatching board is transmitted directly to the mounting prongs. The bent-over ends also prevent the prongs from becoming detached when the unit is removed from the panel.

Claims

1. An illuminated bus comprising:

an elongated insulating base having a plurality of separate spaced conductors extending longitudinally on a side thereof;

a plurality of mounting prongs extending through said base and having deformations on the inner ends thereof seated on and secured to said conductors;

several small lamps on said side of said base and connected to selected conductors; and

a translucent cover seated on said base and housing said lamps, said cover having portions overlying said deformations for directly transmitting force to the inner ends of said prongs along the axis thereof.

2. An illuminated bus as set forth in claim 1 in which:

said conductors have terminals through which said prongs extend; and

said deformations are bent-over ends on the inner ends of said prongs.

3. An illuminated bus as set forth in claim 2 in which:

said portions on said cover are the bottoms of notches in internal ridges, said notches being aligned with said bent-over ends.

4. An illuminated bus as set forth in claim 3 in which:

said lamps have two lead wires, one of which is connected to a single conductor and the other of which is connected to one of the other conductors.

5. An illuminated bus as set forth in claim 4 in which:

said spaced conductors are substantially parallel and extend longitudinally of said base.

6. An illuminated bus as set forth in claim 5 in which:

each conductor has a terminal only on one end thereof, the terminal on one conductor being adjacent the end of an adjacent conductor which has no terminal.