Experts in the Base/Socket Design and Patenting Process

Along with all of the other benefits of partnering with LightSources and LightTech, we are also experts at designing proprietary base designs as well as helping our customers apply for patents and trademarks.  With the help of our sister company Cerlux, a specialty manufacturer of custom ceramic components, we have the expertise and resources to easily fabricate exclusive proprietary and custom ceramic base and socket components for OEMs. 

LightSources and LightTech offer a broad range of colors so you can create products that reflect your corporate identity or help to set your systems apart from your competitors.  You will find a choice of all standard pantone colors, or if you desire, we also have a selection of premium colors available.  In addition all of our germicidal lamp bases and sockets can be customized with your company’s logo decal or other details.  For our tanning and specialty lamps, unique identifiers are etched right on the glass.

Furthermore, services such as rapid prototyping provide clients with either bases/sockets or color decals within one week or less (3D model file .stp).  This is important as your prototype will play a significant role in the preliminary system design as well as be used to determine dimensional compatibility between our lamps and your system needs.

The entire procedure for creating a base/socket design and then bringing it to the patenting process does not require as much time as you may have imagined and generally only takes a couple of months.  Keep in mind we offer the option of designing your proprietary lamp base with help from our team or you can have our experienced engineers design it entirely for you.  To give you an ideal of the process we encourage you to take a look at a sample project plan.

LightSources and its affiliated companies – LCD Lighting, Voltarc, LightTech, and Cerlux represent the leading high-tech designers and manufacturers in the lamp industry today.  Our products are used world-wide in a multitude of applications and industries such as our avionic display backlighting that is part of the National Defense and US Space Program.