Patent ID: 8668363

Claim:
A lamp socket for supporting a light source provided with a LED, the lamp socket comprising: a cooling element; a socket housing which includes socket contacts for electrically connecting a light source; and a lamp base which supports a LED connected to a heat conducting element and is insertable in the socket housing and includes base contacts which are connectable with the socket contacts through a contact force for providing power to the LED, wherein the cooling element on a socket side is connected with the heat conducting element on a base side through a contact pressure that promotes heat transfer, wherein the contact pressure is provided through a pressing force generated by preloading the socket contacts in order for the cooling element to absorb heat generated by the LED during operation, wherein the electrical connection between the socket contacts and the base contacts is provided through a contact configuration or a contact support that does not provide forces opposite to the pressing force, wherein contact fields are configured at the socket or at the base, wherein the base contacts or the socket contacts contact the contact fields, and wherein the contact forces are oriented in a direction that is transversal to the effective direction of the pressing force, wherein the electrical connection between the socket contacts and the base contacts is provided in a manner that increases the pressing force.