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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2012
Satoshi Fukano, Nara, JP;
Masashi Takeda, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Matsumoto, Gunma, PA (US);
Hirokazu Saegusa, Hyogo, JP;
Satoshi Fukano, Nara, JP;
Masashi Takeda, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Matsumoto, Gunma, PA (US);
Hirokazu Saegusa, Hyogo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A waterproof socket includes a socket body having an insertion hole to which a lamp pin protruding from an end cap of a straight tube lamp is inserted, a first internal sleeve making contact with the socket body, and a second internal sleeve. The socket body includes a body-side rotation restraint portion engaging with a sleeve-side rotation restraint portion formed in the first internal sleeve to restrain the first internal sleeve from rotating about a center axis of the straight tube lamp. The first internal sleeve includes a first position restraint portion and the second internal sleeve includes a second position restraint portion engaging with the first position restraint portion to restrain the second internal sleeve from rotating about the center axis while allowing the second internal sleeve to move in an axial direction of the straight tube lamp.