Patent ID: 7448911
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: F21V,H01R

Abstract:
1. A lamp socket, comprising: a top cover; a mounting plate secured on the top cover; a housing detachably mounted on the mounting plate; a base secured in the housing; a circuit board mounted in the housing and supported by the base; wherein: the top cover has a hollow inside formed with two opposite slots; the lamp socket further comprises two electrically conducting plates each inserted into the respective slot of the top cover; the mounting plate has two radially opposite guide slots each having a first end aligning with the respective electrically conducting plate and a second end formed with a circular hole; the housing has a top face provided with two radially opposite metallic conducting rods each detachably locked in the respective guide slot of the mounting plate and each urged on the respective electrically conducting plate; the circuit board is provided with two electric wires each electrically connected to the respective conducting rod and has a periphery formed with a plurality of locking holes; the base has a top face formed with a plurality of receiving chambers and a bottom face having a central portion formed with a slot and a periphery formed with a plurality of insertion holes each connected to the respective receiving chamber; the lamp socket further comprises a tube clip mounted in the slot of the base, and a plurality of conducting clips each mounted in the respective receiving chamber of the base and each having an upper end provided with a conducting plate locked in and connected to the respective locking hole of the circuit board and a lower end facing the respective insertion hole of the base.