Patent ID: 6808425
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A lamp socket for holding at least one electric light source having a screw-threaded base, comprising a body formed by upper and lower separate moulded plastic hollow parts and defining therein a receptacle for receiving and locating said light source by its base about an axis, at least two separately moulded part-cylindrical socket members in at least one of the upper and lower plastic hollow parts, said socket members each having an inner surface and screw threads on the inner surface for engaging the base of said light source, and a pair of electrical contacts arranged within the receptacle for contact by respective side and end terminals on the base of said light source, wherein the upper part forms at one end with an aperture to define an open end of the receptacle and the lower part forms at the other end with a solid wall to define a closed end of the receptacle.