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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Renaud Richard, Manchester, NH (US);
Louie Veiga, Nashua, NH (US);
Randall Brown, Barrington, NH (US);
Harold L. Rothwell, Jr., Hopkinton, NH (US);
Renaud Richard, Manchester, NH (US);
Louie Veiga, Nashua, NH (US);
Randall Brown, Barrington, NH (US);
Harold L. Rothwell, Jr., Hopkinton, NH (US);
Other;
Abstract
An integrally ballasted lamp assembly () including a spacer disk () disposed in a lamp receptacle cavity () between a lamp () and the bottom () of the lamp receptacle (). The disk () may be configured to contact connector clips () coupled to the bottom () of the lamp receptacle to positively align the clips () for connection to a ballast circuit disposed on a PCB (). The disk () may also, or alternatively, at least partially occlude connector clip openings () in the bottom () of the lamp receptacle () for hindering the flow of uncured cement () through the openings (), and may also, or alternatively, provide a thermal barrier between the lamp () and the lamp receptacle ().