Patent ID: 6045387
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A socket for a two-pin lamp, the socket comprising a housing defining chambers for receiving resilient contacts for lamp pins, the lamp pins having ends, the housing having insertion openings for the lamp pins, wherein the ends of the pins have heads for engaging in resilient contact with the resilient contacts in the chambers when the pins are inserted in the insertion openings and project into the chambers, the insertion openings extending arc-shaped on the housing, wherein a first portion of each insertion opening has a width which is greater than a width of the pin head, and a second portion of each insertion opening has a width which is smaller than the width of the pin head but greater than a width of the pin, the housing having a support surface, the lamp having a lamp surface supporting the pins, wherein each resilient contact is configured such that, with a pin head being inserted head-first in the housing, said resilient contact engages the pin head from behind with the effect that, as the lamp is turned in the insertion openings, a surface of the lamp is pulled against the support surface of the housing.