Lamp socket and panel assembly

Abstract

Abstract IN A PREFERRED FORM, THIS DISCLOSURE RELATES TO A LAMP SOCKET AND PANEL ASSEMBLY. THE PANEL HAS AN OPENING WHOSE OUTER PERIPHERAL SURFACE IS DEFINED BY ALTERNATELY SPACED LANDS AND RECESSES AND THE LAMP SOCKET IS PROVIDED WITH A RADIALLY EXTENDING FLANGE INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS AND CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED, RADIALLY EXTENDING LANDS ON ITS FORWARD END AND WITH THE REAR FACES OF THE LANDS BEING AXIALLY SPACED FROM THE FLANGE A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE PANEL. THE LAMP SOCKET IS CONNECTED TO THE PANEL BY ALIGNING THE LANDS THEREON WITH THE RECESSES IN THE PANEL, INSERTING THE SOCKET THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE PANEL UNTIL THE FLANGE ENGAGES THE PANEL AND THEN ROTATING THE SOCKET TO POSITION THE LANDS THEREON BEHIND THE LANDS ON THE PANEL, THE FLANGE SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE ADJACENT SIDE OF THE PANEL WHEN THE SOCKET IS CONNECTED THERETO. THE SOCKET INCLUDES AXIALLY EXTENDING RIBS BETWEEN THE REAR FACES OF SOME OF ITS LANDS AND THE SEALING FLANGE WHICH COOPERATE WITH THE BOTTOMS OF THE RECESSES TO LOCK THE SOCKET IN PLACE ON THE PANEL UNLESS MANUALLY GRASPED AND ROTATED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND WHICH ENGAGE A LAND ON THE PANEL TO STOP FURTHER ROTATION TO PROPERLY POSITION THE LANDS ON THE SOCKET BEHIND THE LANDS ON THE PANEL.

Inventors

• 👤 Warren Pearce Jr

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