Patent ID: 9054475
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A pair of electrical engagement brackets for an elongated multiple pin fluorescent bulb having first and second pairs of terminal pins on opposite ends thereof with a first bracket comprising two horizontal apertures on an inside face of the bracket, each bracket being dimensionally sized and spaced from the other to permit insertion engagement and holding of two end pins of one end of the fluorescent bulb, the horizontal apertures are each sized to permit the other end of the bulb with two other end pins in a horizontal position relative to each other to be vertically moved for engagement of the two other end pins with an opposite facing bracket end, with the opposite facing bracket having one of a slot wide enough to accommodate insertion therethrough of the horizontally positioned pins and two vertical slots with a lower end open access, wherein the vertical slots are positioned and sized to permit the two other horizontally positioned end pins of the fluorescent bulb to be inserted therein by an upward vertical movement, with electrically conductive spring like metal members extending into a path of the wide slot and vertical slots such that the electrically conductive spring like metal members holdingly and electrically engage the opposite end pins of the fluorescent bulb whereby the bulb extends along an axis parallel to the fixture base of the brackets.