Patent ID: 6971917
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A socket for an electrically operated device, comprising: a housing, including at least a first housing part and a second housing part, which together enclose an interior, the first housing part having first fastening portions and the second housing part having second fastening portions, which rest on the first fastening portions of the first housing part; at least one contact disposed in said interior; and at least one clamping spring having a first portion for snap-in fastening of the electrically operated device and a second portion that clamps and retains together the first and second housing parts, wherein the second portion of the clamping spring has a leg, which rests on one of the fastening portions of the second housing part, the leg having a fastening opening, which matches a fastening opening embodied in the housing parts.