Patent ID: 7261458
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A shunt device for use in a light socket in a light string having at least two said light sockets connected in series, wherein each said socket receives a light bulb, wherein said socket includes a housing having a pair of conductive terminals to operatively connect and receive part of a light bulb in an upper portion of the housing and leaving a lower portion of said housing unoccupied by the light bulb, and each terminal is operatively connected to a wire leading outside the housing, which includes: a first semiconductor chip; a first container having a receiving surface for receiving said first semiconductor chip therein and having an open surface through which said first semiconductor chip is exposed; and a first conductive member includes a spring having a first end connected to said first semiconductor chip through said open surface and a second end connected to a first terminal and wherein said first container, said first semiconductor chip and said member are operatively interposed in a self retained manner between the terminals in the lower portion of the housing.