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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Antonius Petrus Marinus Dingemans, Tilburg, NL;
Allart Van Den Berg, Duiven, NL;
Pieter Joseph Clara Van Der Wel, Heerlen, NL;
Assignee:
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 33/00 (2006.01); F21V 25/04 (2006.01); F21V 23/06 (2006.01); F21Y 103/00 (2016.01); F21Y 101/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 25/04 (2013.01); F21K 9/27 (2016.08); F21V 23/06 (2013.01); F21Y 2101/00 (2013.01); F21Y 2103/00 (2013.01); F21Y 2103/10 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract
An electric lamp comprises a lighting module, a pin comprising an electric contact for powering the lighting module, and an insulating sleeve surrounding the pin and movable along the pin between a covering position and an uncovering position. Further, the sleeve covers the electric contact of the pin when in the covering position, and is retractable against the action of a biasing means to the uncovering position, in which the sleeve uncovers at least a portion of said electric contact of the pin.