Patent ID: 6551133
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A bulb socket comprising a socket body made from a synthetic resin and a contact member made from a conductive metal material and installed in said socket body, wherein said socket body is integrally formed of:a socket main portion comprised of a substantially cylindrical bulb fitting section and a power connecting section which are continuously formed in an axial direction thereof, a flange portion radially extending from an outer surface of said socket main portion, and engaging blocks that cooperating wit said flange portion, sandwich an edge portion of a socket mounting hole; and said socket body further comprises: arc-shaped slits formed at a plurality of positions in said flange portion so as to extend along an outer peripheral surface of said bulb fitting section; arc-shaped resilient contact strips respectively formed in said flange portion so as to be spacedly located from said socket body with said arc-shaped slits in between; first contact protrusions respectively formed on said arc-shaped resilient contact strips so as to face said engaging blocks; and wherein each one of said first contact protrusions is formed substantially at a circumferential center of each one of said arc-shaped resilient contact strips.