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Wedge-base LED bulb housing

  • US 5,160,200 A
  • Filed: 03/06/1991
  • Issued: 11/03/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A wedge-base housing for substituting an LED structure for an incandescent wedge-base lamp comprising:

  • a hollow plastic body extending along a central axis between a closed end and an opposite open end, the open end being adapted to receive and retain an LED structure;

    a plastic base integral with the hollow plastic body and extending outward axially from the hollow plastic body closed end, the plastic base having a central axial leg and two arms extending radially in opposite directions from the central axial leg, each arm having an axial end remote from the hollow plastic body; and

    a bore through the hollow plastic body closed end proximate each arm for allowing electrical leads extending from the LED structure to pass through the hollow plastic body closed end for electrical connection outside the hollow plastic body, wherein the wedge-base housing further comprises a groove in each arm extending axially from a location proximate the bore and around the axial end of each arm for receiving an LED electrical lead.

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