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Fluorescent bulb connector assembly

  • US 5,904,415 A
  • Filed: 06/25/1996
  • Issued: 05/18/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A connector for connecting a fluorescent light bulb into a lighting fixture housing, said bulb having a given length and further having first and second end members each having electrically positive and negative bulb pins spaced apart from one another a given bulb pin distance for engagement of said light bulb into said connector, said lighting fixture having first and second bulb-receiving members, each of said first and second bulb-receiving members having means for receipt of pins, the means for receipt of pins in each of the bulb-receiving members being spaced apart a receiving distance larger than the given bulb pin distance, the distance between said bulb-receiving members being longer than the given length of the fluorescent light bulb, said connector comprising:

  • (a) a housing having distal and dorsal ends;

    (b) an elongated shield secured by and extending distally away from said housing;

    said shield including an opening for receipt of one of the ends of the bulb, and further including first and second bulb pin contacts; and

    (c) positive and negative connector pins extending dorsally away from said housing and said bulb, said connector pins being selectively engageable within one of the first and second bulb-receiving members of said lighting fixture;

    the length of the connector housing, and the length of the bulb being substantially equal to the distance between the lighting fixture bulb-receiving members, the distance between the connector pins and the distance between the means for receipt of pins being substantially equal and larger than the distance between the bulb pins.

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