Patent ID: 7387544
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A lamp socket adapter, comprising: an adapter body having a first side formed with a protruding mounting portion; a threaded sleeve mounted on the mounting portion of the adapter body and having an outer wall formed with an outer thread; a slot type socket mounted on a second side of the adapter body and formed with two slots; two locking bars each mounted between the adapter body and the slot type socket and each having a first end mounted on the slot type socket and a second end which protrudes outwardly from the mounting portion of the adapter body and has a first side formed with an arc-shaped guide face and a second side formed with a flattened locking face located opposite to the arc-shaped guide face; two elastic members each biased between the slot type socket and a respective locking bar to push the respective locking bar toward the adapter body and to push the second end of the respective locking bar outwardly from the mounting portion of the adapter body.