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Locking arrangement for a lamp socket assembly

CA 1283717 C · Owner: General Motors Corporation · Inventors: Reedy, Patrick J.

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Abstract of the Disclosure, A lamp socket and housing combination in which a J-slot bayonet type connection is provided for maintaining the lamp socket within the housing and cooperating lock means are formed on the lamp socket and the housing for preventing the lamp socket from being released from the housing due to reverse rotation of the lamp socket.

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  • Granted April 30, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 30, 2008.
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FiledMay 12, 1988
GrantedApril 30, 1991
Term endedApril 30, 2008
Patent numberCA 1283717 C
Classification (IPC)H01R33/00 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMay 12, 1988Patent grantedApril 30, 1991Term endedApril 30, 2008

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