Patent ID: 7192315

Claim:
A terminal for a bulb socket assembly having at least one receiver slot, a bulb accepting body portion and a terminal accepting body portion including a sealing material that at least partially covers the terminal, the terminal comprising: a lamp bulb connecting blade including a pair of terminal surfaces, each of the terminal surfaces having a prong that at least partially extends into the bulb accepting body portion; a side wall having a portion extending between the pair of terminal surfaces, the side wall including a latch; a terminal lead; and a cover plate connected to at least one of the terminal surfaces, the side wall and the terminal lead, wherein the cover plate is generally perpendicular to the side wall and the terminal surfaces, is sized to substantially cover the at least one receiver slot, and positioned in the bulb socket assembly to inhibit passage of the sealing material into the bulb accepting body portion through the at least one receiver slot.