Patent ID: 7344296
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: F21K,F21V,F21Y,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A card-type LED light source socket to be fixed to a heat sink and with a removable card-type LED module held therein and having a light source unit on a main surface of the LED module thereof, the light source unit being formed by integrated LED elements, the LED light source socket comprising: a frame structure for holding the LED module in a state where the light source unit is exposed through an opening in the frame structure; a plurality of socket feeding terminals that abut a feed pattern of the LED module to supply power thereto by pressing the feed pattern in a direction such that a back surface of the LED module is pressed directly against a surface of the heat sink; and a pressing unit that has elasticity, is at such a position facing the LED module on a surface of the frame structure, and presses a peripheral part of the LED module in the direction.