Patent ID: 9391415
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: F21K,H01R

Claim Text:
1. A lampholder for a lamp having a ground terminal and at least one power terminal, the lampholder comprising: a housing defining an insertion slot to receive the terminals of the lamp; and a grounding electrical contact and a power providing electrical contract disposed within the housing, wherein the grounding electrical contact is elongated and coaxially aligned within the insertion slot, the power providing electrical contact is electrically isolated from the grounding electrical contact, and the grounding electrical contact is arranged within the housing relative to the power providing electrical contact such that, when the lamp is installed into the lampholder via the insertion slot, at least the ground terminal of the lamp will be electrically coupled to the grounding electrical contact of the lampholder before the at least one power terminal of the lamp is capable of being electrically coupled to the power providing terminal of the lampholder.