US 11,799,255 B2
Receptacle socket assembly for lighting equipment
Marcel Thijs, Hoeselt (BE); and Laurent Etorre, Schaerbeek (BE)
Assigned to Schreder S.A., Brussels (BE)
Filed by Schreder S.A., Brussels (BE)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/971,911.
Application 17/971,911 is a continuation of application No. 17/289,034, granted, now 11,482,821, issued on Oct. 25, 2022, previously published as PCT/EP2019/081006, filed on Nov. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2021976 (NL), filed on Nov. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0041929 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01R 33/74 (2006.01); F21V 23/06 (2006.01); H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 13/506 (2006.01); H01R 24/38 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 33/74 (2013.01) [F21V 23/06 (2013.01); H01R 13/113 (2013.01); H01R 13/506 (2013.01); H01R 24/38 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A receptacle socket assembly for lighting equipment, said receptacle socket assembly comprising:
a front side being configured for receiving contacts of a control module for controlling the lighting equipment, and a rear side; and
a plurality of contacts, a contact of said plurality of contacts being provided, at a front end, with a front contact portion located at said front side and configured for being electrically connected with a contact of a control module; and
a contact of said plurality of contacts being provided at a rear end, with a wire receiving contact portion located at said rear side and configured for receiving and fixing a wire end of a wire of the lighting equipment, wherein the plurality of contacts comprises a plurality of first receptacle contacts and one or more second receptacle contacts, said first and second receptacle contacts having front contact portions at said front side, wherein seen in a radial direction around a central axis of the receptacle socket assembly, the plurality of first receptacle contacts is positioned further away from the central axis than the one or more second receptacle contacts.