Patent ID: 6616474
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A bulb socket for retaining a bulb, said bulb comprising a glass bulb that encloses a filament therein and a flat sealing element continuous to one end of said glass bulb, a lead wire led out from an end of said flat sealing element being disposed on a flat surface of said sealing element, wherein said bulb socket comprises:a cylindrical bulb retention portion and a conducting terminal provided inside said bulb retention portion, said conducting terminal for retaining said flat sealing element of said bulb and being in contact with said lead wire, and wherein said conducting terminal is formed with an engagement piece that is engaged with an engagement step formed in said bulb retention portion, thus allowing said conducting terminal to be kept inside said bulb retention portion; and a pull-out hole that allows a die for molding said engagement step which extends substantially perpendicular to a direction in which said bulb is inserted is provided so as to penetrate an outer wall of said bulb retention portion.