Patent ID: 7717746
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A bulb socket structure for an onboard interior lighting system, comprising: a resin-made housing constituting the onboard interior lighting system; a bulb attachment hole formed in the housing, the bulb attachment hole being attachable with a wedge base bulb; power supply terminals configured to contact with and conduct electricity to terminals provided at a base of the wedge base bulb when the base is inserted into the bulb attachment hole, the base being located at a lower portion of the wedge base bulb the power supply terminals being provided inside the bulb attachment hole; and a spacer configured to be attached to the bulb attachment hole, the spacer being a single integral component, the spacer including a supporting cylindrical part capable of supporting the bulb part of the wedge base bulb from its outer periphery, and the spacer being capable of causing the terminals of the base of the wedge base bulb to contact the respective power supply terminals while protecting the power supply terminals.