US 11,808,413 B2
Lamp base with integrated light source driver and corresponding lamp
Peter Hollaender, Friedberg (DE); Max Zimmermann, Augsburg (DE); and Ulrich Biebel, Rennertshofen (DE)
Assigned to LEDVANCE GMBH, Garching Bei Munchen (DE)
Filed by LEDVANCE GmbH, Garching bei Munich (DE)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/709,879.
Application 17/709,879 is a continuation of application No. 16/046,031, filed on Jul. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,300,251.
Claims priority of application No. 102017116949.0 (DE), filed on Jul. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0268405 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F21K 9/278 (2016.01); F21K 9/238 (2016.01); F21V 19/00 (2006.01); F21Y 107/90 (2016.01); F21Y 105/16 (2016.01); F21Y 103/10 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01); F21Y 107/50 (2016.01)
CPC F21K 9/278 (2016.08) [F21K 9/238 (2016.08); F21V 19/0045 (2013.01); F21Y 2103/10 (2016.08); F21Y 2105/16 (2016.08); F21Y 2107/50 (2016.08); F21Y 2107/90 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lamp base comprising:
a housing of tubular shape having a first open end and a second open end situated opposite the first open end, the housing comprising:
an interior driver receptacle configured for at least partial accommodation of a driver within the housing; and
first and second interior guide rails accessible through the first open end and situated opposite one another;
wherein the housing is configured such that:
a carrier of a light source inserted through the first open end into the first and second interior guide rails is received in a form-fitted manner by at least one electrical contact clip native to the driver to form an electrical connection therebetween, wherein interior carrier receiving spaces of the at least one electrical contact clip and at least one of the first and second interior guide rails are in linear alignment with one another;
the first open end is configured to interface with a light-transmissive cover, into which cover the carrier of the light source extends; and
the second open end is configured to receive a socket in a form-fitted manner.