Patent 8021189 was granted and assigned to Light Sources Inc. on September, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A lamp base is provided having terminal pins mounted on and extending outwardly along a longitudinal axis of the lamp base. At least one of the pins may be a female pin connector. The female pin connector may be provided within a sheath that extends from an end of the lamp base along a longitudinal axis of the lamp base.