Patent · US Expired

Colorful lamp strip

US6517219B1 · kind B1 · utility

6Cited by
4References
9Claims
0Family size

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateMar 20, 2002
Grant dateFeb 11, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 20, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S362/806
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An lamp strip with a heat shrinkage tube provided with portions of different colors is disclosed. The lamp strip includes an elongate bar defining a plurality of bores spaced along the bar. A groove is defined in an outer surface of the bar and coextensive therewith. A light emitting element is received and retained in each bore. Each light emitting element has first and second wires received in and extending along the groove. The second wire of each bulb is jointed to the first wire of an adjacent bulb. The joint can be formed by simply twisting the wires together or by means of a connection element. The jointed portion of the wires is received in the corresponding cavity. The heat shrinkage tube having colorful patterns thereon or constituted by sections of different colors is fit over and encompassing the elongate bar. A light-transmitting outer tube made of plastics is then fit over the heat shrinkage tube. By means of the colorful portions of the heat shrinkage tube, the light emitted from the light emitting element is colored and display colorful light patterns to an observer.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.