Patent ID: 6162096
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: F21S,F21V

Abstract:
A ceiling mounted lighting fixture which accepts a PL-type fluorescent bulb, the PL bulb including a base, at least two pins extending from one side of the bulb base, and a gas tube extending from another side of the bulb base; the lighting fixture including a socket assembly which is recessed in a ceiling and a reflector mounted to the socket assembly;the socket assembly comprising a base and a cover which cooperate to define a chamber having a bottom surface; an electronic power supply for the PL-lamp in the chamber; a receptacle on a lower surface of the base bottom surface; the receptacle being accessible through the reflector and adapted to removably receive the PL-type bulb, the receptacle including a receptacle chamber sized and shaped to receive the bulb base, and at least two pin holes sized and shaped to receive the bulb pins; the pin holes extending through the receptacle and socket base bottom surface and being sized, such that when the bulb is inserted in the socket, the bulb pins will be in electrical contact with the power supply.