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(12) Brevet: (11) CA 2623604
(54) Titre français: DOUILLE POUR GUIRLANDE LUMINEUSE
(54) Titre anglais: SOCKET FOR FAIRY LIGHT
Statut: Réputé périmé
Données bibliographiques
(51) Classification internationale des brevets (CIB):
  • H01R 33/06 (2006.01)
  • F21K 9/00 (2016.01)
  • F21S 4/10 (2016.01)
  • F21V 19/00 (2006.01)
(72) Inventeurs :
  • TSENG, WEI-JEN (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
(73) Titulaires :
  • TSENG, WEI-JEN (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
(71) Demandeurs :
  • TSENG, WEI-JEN (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
(74) Agent: ADE & COMPANY INC.
(74) Co-agent:
(45) Délivré: 2010-05-18
(22) Date de dépôt: 2008-02-21
(41) Mise à la disponibilité du public: 2009-08-21
Requête d'examen: 2008-02-21
Licence disponible: S.O.
(25) Langue des documents déposés: Anglais

Traité de coopération en matière de brevets (PCT): Non

(30) Données de priorité de la demande: S.O.

Abrégés

Abrégé français

Une douille pour une guirlande lumineuse est munie d'un logement pour diode électroluminescente {DEL} (11) formé à une extrémité extérieure de la douille et une cloison (30A, 30B) formée au bas du logement pour diode électroluminescente {DEL}(11). Toute DEL (60) peut être montée sur la cloison (30A, 30B) et faire saillie de la douille. Ainsi, le logement pour diode électroluminescente {DEL} (11) ne limite pas la plage de luminosité de la DEL (60), et la guirlande lumineuse munie de petites DEL (60) procure des économies quant à l'énergie et les coûts de fabrication.


Abrégé anglais

A socket for a fairy light has a light-emitting diode (LED) recess (11) being formed in an outer end of the socket and a partition (30A, 30B) being formed on a bottom of the LED recess (11). Any LED (60) can be mounted on the partition (30A, 30B) and protrude out of the socket. Therefore, the LED recess (11) will not limit a lighting range of the LED (60), and the fairy light with small LEDs (60) saves manufacturing costs and energy.

Revendications

Note : Les revendications sont présentées dans la langue officielle dans laquelle elles ont été soumises.




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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:


1. A socket for a fairy light comprising

a light-emitting diode (LED) seat having
an outer end;

a bottom;

an outer wall; and

an LED recess being formed in the outer end of the LED seat and
having

a top edge; and
a bottom;

a terminal mount being formed on and protruding from the bottom of the
LED seat and having

two opposite surfaces;

two terminal protrusions being formed respectively on the
surfaces of the terminal mount adjacent to the bottom of the LED seat;

two through holes being formed respectively through the terminal
mount and between the terminal protrusions and communicating with the LED
recess of the LED seat; and

a first axis being extended through the through holes of the
terminal mount; and

a partition being formed on and protruding from the bottom of the LED
recess of the LED seat and between the through holes of the terminal mount and

having a second axis being extended through the partition.

2. The socket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the socket further



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comprises a holder being formed on the bottom of the LED recess of the LED
seat and around the partition and the through holes.

3. The socket as claimed in claim 2, wherein the holder is multiple arced
walls.

4. The socket as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the partition
comprises a wall.

5. The socket as claimed in claim 4, wherein the partition comprises
multiple posts.

6. The socket as claimed in claim 5, wherein the second axis is extended
through the wall and is perpendicular to the first axis of the terminal mount.

7. The socket as claimed in claim 6, wherein the second axis is extended
through the posts and is perpendicular to the first axis of the terminal
mount.

8. The socket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the LED seat is keyed and
has a latch bar being bendable and being formed on the outer wall of the LED
seat near the outer end.

9. The socket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the LED seat further has an
annular protrusion being formed around the top edge of the LED recess.

10. The socket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminal protrusions of
the terminal mount comprise a first terminal protrusion and a second terminal
protrusion.

Description

Note : Les descriptions sont présentées dans la langue officielle dans laquelle elles ont été soumises.



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I SOCKET FOR FAIRY LIGHT
2 BACIKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

3 1. Field of the Invention

4 The present invention relates to a socket, especially to a socket for a
fairy light that has a light-emitting diode (LED) being mounted in the socket.
6 2. Description of Related Art

7 A fairy light has a light source and a lens and is generally connected in
8 series to form a fairy light assembly. The conventional light source of the
fairy
9 light is an incandescent bulb. The lens covers the incandescent bulb and may
be
colored for aesthetic effects. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have advantages
over
11 incandescent bulbs including improved electrical efficiency and being more

12 reliable than the incandescent bulb and are replacing incandescent bulbs in
many
13 applications. However, with progressing manufacturing skills, LED sizes are

14 getting smaller. A new, small LED has the same brightness as a
conventional, big
LED and saves manufacturing costs and energy but is smaller than the

16 conventional LED.

17 With reference to Figs. 8and 9, a conventional fairy light (80) has a

18 casing (82), a socket (83) and an LED (81A, 81B). The casing (82) is
tubular and
19 has a distal end and a light mount. The light mount is formed in the distal
end of
the casing (82). The socket (83) corresponds to and is mounted in the light
mount
21 of the casing (82) and has an outer end and an LED recess (831). The LED
recess
22 (831) is formed in the outer end of the socket (83). The LED (81 A, 81 B)
is

23 mounted in the LED recess (831) of the socket (83). The LED (81A, 81B) may
24 be a small LED (81B) being fully mounted in the recess (831), or a
conventional


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1 LED (81A) protruding from the recess (831).

2 Although the small LED (81 B) may be mounted in the LED recess (831)
3 of the socket (83), the LED recess (831) was originally designed for the

4 conventional LED (81A). Therefore, the LED recess (831) may limit lighting
range of the small LED (81B). However, since many pre-existing technologies
6 are designed around conventional LEDs (81A) and these technologies have

7 manufacturing plants and tools equipped for their production, have passed

8 various safety inspections and have attained safety standards, appearance
and
9 sizes of the socket (83) are very expensive to redesign for small LEDs
(81B).
To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention provides a socket
11 for a fairy to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.

12 SUMMARY OF THE RNENTION

13 The main objective of the present invention is to provide a socket for a
14 fairy light that reduces manufacturing costs and energy usage. The socket
in

accordance with the present invention has a light-emitting diode (LED) recess
16 being formed in an outer end of the socket and a partition being formed on
a

17 bottom of the LED recess. A small LED being smaller than conventional LEDs
18 can be mounted on the partition and protrude out of the socket. Therefore,
the
19 LED recess will not limit a lighting range of the LED, and the fairy light
with
small LEDs saves manufacturing costs and energy.

21 Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will
22 become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in
23 conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

24 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWTN


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I. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a socket for a fairy
2 light in accordance with the present invention;

3 Fig. 2 is a top view of the socket in Fig. 1;

4 Fig. 3 is an operational perspective view of the socket in Fig. 1, shown
with a light-emitting diode (LED) mounted therein and shown in phantom lines
6 and the socket being mounted in a casing having a lens;

7 Fig. 4 is an operational side view in partial section of the socket in Fig.
3;
8 Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a socket for a

9 fairy light in accordance with the present invention;
Fig. 6 is a top view of the socket in Fig. 5;

11 Fig. 7 is an operational cross-sectional side view of the socket in Fig. 5,
12 shown with an LED mounted therein and shown in phantom lines and the socket
13 being mounted in a casing having a lens;

14 Fig. 8 is an operational side view in partial section of a socket for a
fairy
light in accordance with the prior art shown with a conventional LED being

16 mounted in the socket; and

17 Fig. 9 is an operational side view in partial section of the socket in Fig.
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18 shown with a small LED being mounted in the socket.

19 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference to Figs. 3, 4 and 7, a fairy light comprises a casing (50), a
21 light-emitting diode (LED) (60) and a lens (70). The casing (50) is tubular
and
22 has a distal end, an outer surface, a light mount and a latch (52). The
light mount
23 is formed in the distal end of the casing (50) and maybe keyed. The latch
(52) is
24 formed on the outer surface of the casing (50) adjacent to the light mount.
The


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1 LED (60) has two terminals (61, 62). The terminals (61, 62) may comprise a
first
2 terminal (61) and a second terminal (62). The lens (70) has a mounting tube
(71)
3 and an annular recess (72). The mounting tube (71) protrudes from and

4 communicates with the lens (70) and has and outer surface and a proximal
end.
The annular recess (72) is formed around the outer surface of the mounting
tube
6 (71) adjacent to the proximal end.

7 With further reference to Figs. 1 and 5, a socket for a fairy light in.

8 accordance with the present invention corresponds to and is mounted in the
light
9 mount of the casing (50) and comprises an LED seat (10), a terminal mount
(20),
a partition (30A, 30B) and an optional holder (40).

11 The LED seat (10) may be keyed to hold the socket securely in the

12 casing (50) and prevent rotation and has an outer end, a bottom, an outer
wall and
13 an LED recess (11) and may have an annular protrusion (12) and a latch bar
(14).
14 The LED recess (11) is formed in the outer end of the LED seat (10) and
has a top edge and a bottom.

16 With further reference to Figs. 4 and 7, the annular protrusion (12) is
17 formed around the top edge of the LED recess (11) and engages the annular
18 recess (72) of the lens (70) to hold the mounting tube (71) of the lens
(70)

19 securely in the LED seat (10).

The latch bar (14) is bendable, is formed on the outer wall of the LED
21 seat (10) near the outer end and corresponds to and selectively engages the
latch
22 (52) of the casing (50) to ensure the socket is held securely in the casing
(50).
23 With further reference to Figs. 2 and 6, the terminal mount (20) is

24 formed on and protrudes from the bottom of the LED seat (10) and has two


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1 opposite surfaces, two terminal protrusions (21, 22), two through holes (23)
and
2 a first axis (24).

3 The terminal protrusions (21, 22) are formed respectively on the

4 surfaces of the terminal mount (20) adjacent to the bottom of the LED seat
(10)
and may comprise a first terminal protrusion (21) and a second terminal

6 protrusion (22).

7 The through holes (23) are formed respectively through the terminal

8 mount (20) and between the terminal protrusions (21, 22) and communicate
with
9 the LED recess (11) of the LED seat (10).

The first axis (24) is extended through the through holes (23) of the
11 terminal mount (20).

12 The partition (30A, 30B) is formed on and protrudes from the bottom of
13 the LED recess (11) of the LED seat (10) and between the through holes (23)
of
14 the terminal mount (20), has a second axis (31A, 31B) and may comprise a
wall
(30A) or multiple posts (30B).

16 The second axis (31A, 31B) is extended through the partition (30A,

17 30B). The second axis (31A) may be extended through the wall (30A) and may
18 be perpendicular to the first axis (24) of the terminal mount (20). The
second axis
19 (31B) may be extended through the posts (30B) and may be perpendicular to
the
first axis (24) of the terminal mount (20).

21 The holder (40) is formed on the bottom of the LED recess (11) of the
22 LED seat (10) and around the partition (30A) and the through holes (23) and
may
23 be multiple arced walls.

24 The socket for the fairy light as described has the following advantages.


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1 The terminals (61, 62) of the LED (60) are mounted respectively through the
2 through holes (23) of the terminal mount (20) and are bent to allow the
first

3 terminal (61) to abut the first terminal protrusion (21) and the second
terminal
4 (62) to abut the second terminal protrusion (22). The LED (60) can be
mounted
on the partition (30A, 30B) and protrude out of the outer end of the LED seat

6 (10). Therefore, a lighting range of the LED (50) will not be limited by the
LED
7 recess (11).

8 Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present

9 invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with
details
of the structure and features of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative
only.
11 Changes may be made in the details, especially in matters of shape, size,
and
12 arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full
extent

13 indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended
14 claims are expressed.

Dessin représentatif
Une figure unique qui représente un dessin illustrant l'invention.
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États administratifs

Titre Date
Date de délivrance prévu 2010-05-18
(22) Dépôt 2008-02-21
Requête d'examen 2008-02-21
(41) Mise à la disponibilité du public 2009-08-21
(45) Délivré 2010-05-18
Réputé périmé 2018-02-21

Historique d'abandonnement

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Historique des paiements

Type de taxes Anniversaire Échéance Montant payé Date payée
Requête d'examen 400,00 $ 2008-02-21
Le dépôt d'une demande de brevet 200,00 $ 2008-02-21
Taxe de maintien en état - Demande - nouvelle loi 2 2010-02-22 50,00 $ 2010-02-10
Taxe finale 150,00 $ 2010-02-25
Taxe de maintien en état - brevet - nouvelle loi 3 2011-02-21 50,00 $ 2011-02-03
Taxe de maintien en état - brevet - nouvelle loi 4 2012-02-21 50,00 $ 2012-02-15
Taxe de maintien en état - brevet - nouvelle loi 5 2013-02-21 100,00 $ 2013-02-13
Taxe de maintien en état - brevet - nouvelle loi 6 2014-02-21 100,00 $ 2014-02-11
Taxe de maintien en état - brevet - nouvelle loi 7 2015-02-23 100,00 $ 2015-02-19
Taxe de maintien en état - brevet - nouvelle loi 8 2016-02-22 100,00 $ 2015-11-25
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Abrégé 2008-02-21 1 13
Description 2008-02-21 6 223
Revendications 2008-02-21 2 55
Dessins 2008-02-21 9 103
Dessins représentatifs 2009-07-25 1 7
Page couverture 2009-08-14 2 34
Page couverture 2010-04-22 1 32
Correspondance 2009-09-18 1 73
Correspondance 2008-04-10 1 56
Correspondance 2008-04-10 1 82
Cession 2008-02-21 5 123
Correspondance 2009-10-22 1 38
Correspondance 2010-02-25 2 60