Patent ID: 9512966
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: F21K,F21S,F21V,F21Y,H01R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A lamp socket including socket contacts for electrically contacting lamp holder contacts, the lamp socket comprising: a mounting dome that is insertable into a lamp holder and includes a support pin that is linked in a spring elastic manner so that the support pin mechanically anchors the lamp socket in the lamp holder, wherein the mounting dome includes support surfaces which define a movement path along which the support pin is moveable, wherein the movement path displaces the support pin from an idle position in a first direction through a displacement section of the movement path while building up a spring load during a relative movement of the lamp socket and the lamp holder, wherein the movement path returns the support pin through a return section of the movement path towards an idle position of the support pin partially reducing the spring load during a relative movement of the lamp socket and the lamp holder, and wherein the movement path maintains the support pin in an arresting position which forms a portion of the return section of the movement path while maintaining a residual spring load during a relative movement of the lamp socket and the lamp holder.