Patent ID: 6083050
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: F21S,H01R

Abstract:
A lamp socket adaptor for converting a wedge-base bulb used in a first automotive application to an insulated base lamp used in a second automotive application, said adapter comprising:a casing having a chamber formed therein for receiving a glass base portion of the wedge-base bulb, said chamber being formed between a pair of parallel side walls and parallel end walls of said casing, each of said pair of side walls having a plurality of first retaining blocks extending into said chamber for matingly engaging corresponding second retaining blocks formed on opposing sides of the glass base portion of the wedge-base bulb, said chamber having a bottom wall with two pairs of openings formed therethrough, each pair of said opening being located adjacent a respective one of said pair of side walls for passage therethrough of respective lead-out wires of the wedge-base bulb, said casing having a pair of coupling grooves respectively formed in an outer surface of said pair of side walls for coupling with respective protruding plates of an automotive lamp socket for the second automotive application, each of said end walls having a locating block formed on an outer surface thereof for insert into respective locating grooves of the automotive lamp socket for the second automotive application; and,a plug plate extending from an outer surface of said bottom wall and being located between said two pairs of openings, said plug plate having two pairs of locating notches formed adjacent a distal end thereof, said two pairs of locating notches being respectively formed in opposing side faces of said plug plate in respective aligned relationship with said two pairs of openings for receiving corresponding distal ends of the lead-out wires therein, each of said locating notches is inwardly inclined and having a width dimension at an inner side thereof greater than a width dimension at an outer side of said locating notch for retaining the distal end of a respective lead-out wire in an inwardly inclined contour therein.