Adjustable beam lamp
View Patent ↗A LED swivel reading lamp having an easily user adjustable sized light beam for use in vehicles such as automobiles, aircraft, and the like.
1. An adjustable beam lamp assembly for use in passenger compartments comprising in cooperative combination:
a lamp housing insert, a bezel front and bezel back, dome shaped eyeball housing, a lead frame, an LED mounted on a LED board, a LED retainer socket front and LED retainer socket back, a ball post, a light tube, a push/push switch, and a push/push button;
wherein said dome shaped eyeball housing comprises an dome shaped eyeball having a collar surrounding a light passage bore, said collar extending through said eyeball and said collar further comprising a plurality grooves having groove stops located at a first end of said collar located on the convex side of said dome shaped eyeball;
said light tube moveable within said dome shaped eyeball collar and having a first end having located thereon a plurality of retaining snaps mountable within said complimentary plurality of collar grooves, having a second end a flanged top, and a mid wall located within said light tube wherein said mid wall has a light clipping bore therethrough;
wherein the LED/LED board is fixedly mounted within the assembled LED retainer socket, said LED retainer socket fixedly mounted to said dome shaped eyeball housing with the LED facing said light passage bore of said dome shaped eyeball housing;
thereby allowing the size of the light beam emitted by said adjustable beam lamp assembly to be changed by moving said light tube containing said light clipping bore within said dome shaped eyeball collar.
2. The adjustable beam lamp assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said lead frame provides the electrical connections necessary to power the lamp from a vehicle power system.
3. The adjustable beam lamp assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said assembly components other than said lead frame are composed of plastic.
4. The adjustable beam lamp assembly as claimed in claim 3 wherein, said plastic is selected from the group consisting of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), nylon, glass-filled nylon, polypropylene, and acetyl.
5. The adjustable beam lamp assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said light tube has a range of movement from about 8 to about 10 mm.
6. The adjustable beam lamp assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said light tube provides a light emitting angle of from about 15 to about 50 degrees.
7. The adjustable beam lamp assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said eyeball shaped dome has a range of radial movement of from about 0 to about 30 degrees.
8. The adjustable beam lamp assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said LED emits white light.
9. The adjustable beam lamp assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said LED emits colored light other than white light.
10. The adjustable beam lamp assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said flexible connecting wire is flat wire.