US 12,404,992 B2
Threaded insert for an airfield light fixture
Howard Boress, Lake inthe Hills, IL (US); and Thomas Grisaffi, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to GBA COMPONENTS, LLC, Bensenville, IL (US)
Filed by GBA COMPONENTS, LLC, Bensenville, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/423,955.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/441,522, filed on Jan. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0255124 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. F21V 17/12 (2006.01); F21S 8/02 (2006.01); F21V 15/015 (2006.01); F21V 17/06 (2006.01); F21W 111/06 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 17/12 (2013.01) [F21S 8/022 (2013.01); F21V 15/015 (2013.01); F21V 17/06 (2013.01); F21W 2111/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A threaded insert for an airfield light fixture comprising:
a top end and a bottom end;
a cylindrical wall running between the top and bottom ends of the threaded insert;
a lip integral with the cylindrical wall proximate the bottom end of the threaded insert, wherein the lip has a diameter greater than the diameter of the cylindrical wall;
an opening proximate the top end of the threaded insert and extending throughout the cylindrical wall to form a cavity between the interior of the cylindrical wall and the lip;
a plurality of protrusions extending radially from the exterior of the cylindrical wall; and
a tapered portion proximate the end of the cylindrical wall opposite the lip, wherein the cavity extending throughout the cylindrical wall and tapered portion has a substantially uniform radius and the exterior of the tapered portion forms an angle with the plane of the cylindrical wall; and
wherein the interior of the cylindrical wall is threaded.