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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith D Wheeler, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert Sehmer, Grafton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Square D Company, Palatine, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362249 ; 362226 ; 362457 ; 362800 ; 439356 ; 439611 ;
Abstract
A push-in bulb base for use in a bayonet-type bulb socket. The push-in base does not require turning of the bulb base to engage the retaining bayonets of the bulb base in the L-shaped retaining slot of the bulb socket. The push-in bulb base has integrally formed flexible retainers which flex inward during installation and then flex back to their normal position to engage the L-shaped retaining slots of the bulb socket. An integrally formed alignment rib prevents the bulb base from being inserted into the bulb socket in a position that would prohibit the engagement of the retainer with the L-shaped retaining slot.