Patent ID: 8562193
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: F21S,H01R

Abstract:
1. A wedge-base bulb socket structured for supporting a light bulb having a glass bulb which ends in a substantially wedge-shaped plug housing the ends of the two rheophores which feed electric current to the filament housed inside the bulb, the wedge-base bulb socket comprising: a supporting base provided with a coupling seat dimensioned to house the wedge-shaped plug of the light bulb; two coupling and connecting members located inside the coupling seat, and structured to separately clasp the wedge-shaped plug of the light bulb fitted into the coupling seat, and to feed electric current to the ends of the rheophores of said light bulb; and electricity supplying means connected to both coupling and connecting members and structured to feed electric current to said coupling and connecting members; wherein the electricity supplying means comprise two electrically conductive elements which extend on the surface of the supporting base up to the edge of the entrance of the coupling seat, on opposite sides of said entrance, and then descend into the coupling seat to reach each a respective coupling and connecting member; and two reciprocally-facing additional supporting jaws which are supported by the two electrically conductive elements so as to be located substantially on opposite sides of the entrance of the coupling seat, and which are structured to clamp the wedge-base light bulb fitted into the socket, to firmly hold said wedge-base light bulb in the wedge-base bulb socket.