Patent ID: 7338302

Claim:
A lamp socket ( 1 ) for a light means, particularly for fluorescent lamps, comprising a socket housing ( 2 ) including a stationary first housing part ( 12 ) and a second housing part ( 13 ) which may be screwed together with the first housing part ( 12 ); the first and second housing parts ( 12 , 13 ) enclose an inner space ( 4 ) in which a connecting device ( 5 ) is accommodated and a throughout one-piece, flexible sealing sleeve ( 20 ), the sleeve ( 20 ) has a conical basic shape, the sleeve ( 20 ) has a narrow end and a wider end, the sleeve ( 20 ) has an interior passage ( 21 ) surrounded by an interior frustoconical wall ( 22 ), the sleeve 20 which at the wider end is provided with an axial sealing face ( 26 ) associated with a sealing face ( 17 ) of the socket housing ( 2 ) and which at the narrow end, the frustoconical wall ( 22 ) has a face portion which is provided with a radial sealing face ( 25 ) which is associated with the light means, the sleeve ( 20 ) includes longitudinal elements ( 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ) for stiffening the seal sleeve ( 20 ) in the longitudinal direction, the sealing sleeve ( 20 ) is provided with a projection ( 28 ) at its outer circumference, the projection 28 is associated with the longitudinal elements ( 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ) for stiffening the seal sleeve ( 20 ) in the longitudinal direction; wherein the sealing sleeve is provided at both ends with at least one respective annular rib; wherein the projection is a radial flange; wherein the second housing part includes an inward facing rib which is in engagement with the radial flange.