Fixtures, apparatuses, and related methods for providing load bearing connections for lighting devices
View Patent ↗Fixtures, apparatuses, and related methods are provided that provide for a non-Edison connection for receiving a lamp housing of a lighting device having a non-Edison connector. The fixture can include a fixture housing and a non-Edison socket securable to the fixture housing. The fixture can also include an engagement device for engaging a lamp housing of a lighting device that has a non-Edison connector upon insertion of the lamp housing into the fixture housing and engaging the non-Edison socket.
1. A fixture providing a non-Edison socket, the fixture comprising:
a fixture housing; and
a locking device securable within the fixture housing;
wherein a portion of the locking device is slidable over a lamp housing of a lighting device, and wherein the locking device is adapted to physically and electrically connect a non-Edison socket and the lamp housing.
2. The fixture according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of an outer wall of the lamp housing inversely matches a portion of an inner wall of the locking device.
3. The fixture according to claim 1 , wherein the locking device comprises a socket receiver and one or more arms.
4. The fixture according to claim 3 , wherein the one or more arms are resilient and adapted to bend outwards with respect to the lamp housing.
5. The fixture according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more arms are disposed between the socket receiver and a base portion.
6. The fixture according to claim 5 , wherein a protrusion is disposed on the base portion.
7. The fixture according to claim 1 , wherein the locking device comprises an engagement device.
8. The fixture according to claim 7 , wherein the engagement device is securable to one or more interior walls of the fixture housing.
9. The fixture according to claim 7 , wherein the engagement device is securable to one or more exterior walls of the lamp housing.
10. The fixture according to claim 7 , wherein a portion of the engagement device is convex.
11. The fixture according to claim 7 , wherein the engagement device is securable to one or more fastening receivers of the lamp housing.
12. A lamp housing of a lighting device having a non-Edison connector, the lamp housing comprising:
a top wall from which at least one non-Edison connector extends; and
an outer wall extending from the top wall, the outer wall comprising an aperture adapted to receive an engagement device of a portion of a fixture housing to hold the lighting device in the fixture housing.
13. The lamp housing according to claim 12 , further comprising a channel in which aperture of the lamp housing resides, the channel configured to receive a portion of the engagement device.
14. The lamp housing according to claim 12 , wherein a portion of the outerwall inversely matches a portion of the engagement device.
15. A method for assembling a lighting device having a non-Edison connector, the method comprising:
providing a fixture housing;
providing a locking device;
securing the locking device within the fixture housing; and
sliding a lamp housing of a lighting device within a portion of the locking device such that a portion of the lamp housing physically connects to a non-Edison socket secured within the locking device.
16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein a portion of an outer wall of the lamp housing inversely matches a portion of an inner wall of the locking device.
17. The method according to claim 15 , wherein providing the locking device comprises providing one or more protrusions on a portion of the locking device.
18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein securing the locking device within the fixture housing comprises engaging the protrusions, by one or more interior walls of the fixture housing.
19. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the one or more protrusions are disposed on a base portion of the locking device.