Patent ID: 6448819
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A bulb and bulb socket arrangement, comprising:a bulb having transparent bulbous portion and a plurality of spaced apart catches on the bulbous portion and a neck attached to a base of the bulbous portion; and a bulb socket having a leading-in socket disposed at a lower end thereof, and having a jacket disposed at an upper end thereof, said jacket defining an opening for receiving a base of said bulbous portion and said neck, said bulb socket further having a plurality of elongated, spaced-apart ridges, each ridge being disposed on an inside wall of said jacket and projecting into the opening, and said ridges having a length extending in a direction from the upper end toward the lower end of said bulb socket, wherein when said bulb is received within the opening, each said catch is disposed in a space between two respective adjacent ones of said ridges, thereby securing said bulb to said bulb socket.