Patent ID: 7850361
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: F21K,F21Y,H01R

Abstract:
1. An LED lamp assembly for releasably attaching an LED lamp to a power connection comprising: an LED lamp comprising: a base comprising a lower body connected to said cylindrical lamp base, said lower body having a first opening formed in said lower body through which said anode pin protrudes and wraps around a first surface of said lower body, and a second opening formed in said lower body through which cathode pin protrudes and wraps around a second surface of said lower body; a socket comprising a socket body base formed to provide a socket body opening with two semicircular grooves formed in a first wall of said socket body opening, and one semicircular groove formed in a second wall, a first set of slots disposed adjacent to said first wall of said socket body opening that extend a portion of a length of said socket body base, and a second set of slots disposed adjacent to said second wall of said socket body opening that extend a portion of a length of said socket body base; an anode terminal plate disposed in said first set of slots that contacts said anode pin that is sandwiched between said anode terminal plate and said first surface of said lower body, so that an electrical contact is formed between said anode terminal plate and said anode pin without soldering said anode pin to said anode terminal plate; a cathode terminal plate disposed in said second set of slots that contacts said cathode pin that is sandwiched between said cathode terminal plate and said second surface of said lower body, so that an electrical contact is formed between said cathode terminal plate and said cathode pin without attaching said cathode pin to said terminal plate; a first pair of wires sandwiched between said two semicircular grooves formed in said first wall and said anode terminal plate, said wires having a size that is sufficient to create a force on said anode terminal plate towards said anode pin, and said anode pin and said lower body having a size sufficient to create a force on said anode terminal plate towards said wires so that said pair of wires and said anode pin are forced in substantially opposite directions against said anode terminal plate to create a solid electrical connection of said first pair of wires and said anode pin to said anode plate without soldering said wires and said anode pin to said anode plate, while allowing said lower body portion to be removed from said socket; a third wire sandwiched between said semicircular groove formed in said second wall and said cathode terminal plate, said third wire having a size that is sufficiently large to create a force on said cathode terminal plate towards said cathode pin, and said cathode pin and said lower body having a size sufficient to create a force on said cathode terminal plate towards said third wire so that said third wire and said cathode are pin forced in substantially opposite directions against said cathode terminal plate to create a solid electrical connection of said third wire and said cathode pin to said cathode plate without soldering said third wire and said cathode pin to said cathode plate, while allowing said lower body portion to be removed from said socket; a wedge plug having two semicircular grooves formed in a first wall of said wedge plug and one semicircular groove formed in a second wall of said wedge plug so that when said wedge plug is inserted in said socket body base, said two semicircular grooves formed in said wedge plug are aligned with said two semicircular grooves formed in said socket body base to form two circular openings, and said one semicircular groove formed in said wedge plug is aligned with said one semicircular groove formed in said socket body base to form one circular opening, said two circular openings having a size that locks and seals said first pair of wires in said socket body base, and said one circular opening having a size that locks and seals said third wire in said socket body base.