IP Library Granted Patent US 8,128,255
Granted Patent B2
US 8,128,255 · App. 12/485,104 · Granted Mar 6, 2012

Structure for securing conductive strip of flashlight

Assignee: Day Sun Industrial Corp.
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Patent No.
US 8,128,255
App. No.
12/485,104
Granted
Mar 6, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A structure for securing a conductive strip of a flashlight includes a flashlight main body formed therein with a receiving space for receiving batteries. The receiving space has a lateral surface formed with a groove whose cross-section tapers toward the center of the receiving space and is configured for receiving the conductive strip coupled to a switch assembly, along with an insulating element corresponding in width to the conductive strip and having a predetermined length. Once installed in the flashlight main body, the conductive strip is separated from the batteries in the receiving space, thereby preventing the batteries from overheating, which might otherwise result from direct contact with the conductive strip. The main body further has a rear end coupled with a pressing portion formed of a pliable material such that a switch of the switch assembly is switched on or off by pressing the pressing portion.

Claims (6)

1. A flashlight structure comprising:

a conductive strip;

a flashlight main body formed therein with a receiving space for receiving one or more batteries, wherein the receiving space of the flashlight main body has a lateral surface formed with a groove whose cross-section tapers toward a center of the receiving space and is configured for receiving the conductive strip;

a switch assembly near an inward end of the flashlight main body; and

an insulating element corresponding in width to the conductive strip, having a predetermined length and received in the groove of the flashlight main body, with the conductive strip, when installed in the groove of the flashlight main body, separated from each said battery received in the receiving space by the insulating element, with the conductive strip being secured in position to the groove by the insulating element, whereby when the flashlight is turned on for a long time, the one or more batteries are prevented from the danger of overheating, which might otherwise result from direct contact with the conductive strip.

2. The flashlight structure of claim 1 , wherein the flashlight main body has a rear end coupled with a pressing portion formed of a pliable material, with a switch of the switch assembly installed inside the flashlight main body and corresponding in position to the pressing portion being switched on or off by pressing the pressing portion.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2013
From: DAY SUN INDUSTRIAL CORP.
To: WANG, SHIH-HAO
Reel/Frame 029692/0026 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2009
From: YEH, HSUEH-CHU
To: DAY SUN INDUSTRIAL CORP.
Reel/Frame 022829/0370 →
Continuity (1)
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