Patent ID: 7887229
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: F21K,F21V,F21Y,H01R

Abstract:
1. A waterproof module for a LED lamp, comprising: a LED lamp, having a lamp body with two electrode terminals extending therefrom; a socket, having a cup for housing the lamp, and two power metals on an inner wall of the cup for coupling with the electrode terminals, respectively, said cup having an open end through which the lamp body is removably insertable, in an axial direction of the cup, into the cup; and a matching pair of (a) a ditch recessed, in a radial direction of the cup, in the inner wall of the cup, and (b) a flange on the lamp body, wherein said flange and ditch are structurally engageable, with the flange being received in the ditch and completely within the cup, for watertight coupling of said LED lamp and said socket when the lamp is inserted into the socket.