Patent ID: 6129443
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A lighting fixture including:a strip-mounted luminaire including a ribbon cable having a plurality of conductive members embedded in an insulating cover in such a state that the conductive members are insulated from one another, at least one socket and an illuminant set therein, said socket piercing through the insulating cover of the ribbon cable and connected to the conductive members;a base member which is adapted to be disposed on the ribbon cable of the strip-mounted luminaire and provided with a window so formed as to permit said socket to be inserted therethrough;a back end member adapted to hold said ribbon cable in such manner that the ribbon cable is sandwiched between the base member and the back member;a translucent globe adapted to be fitted around said base member in such a state as to enclose said socket and the illuminant set in the socket;a first sealing member adapted to be arranged on said base member so as to watertightly seal a space around the socket;a second sealing member for sealing a gap between said base member and the translucent globe;whereinthe base member is formed in a generally disk-like shape and has a plurality of catching grooves around an outer edge thereof; andthe translucent globe has a generally hemi-spherical shape and is provided with a circular open end and a plurality of catching ridges, which are formed on an inner edge of the open end and adapted to be engaged in the catching grooves of the base member.