Patent ID: 7189095

Claim:
A lamp socket comprising: a socket having a bottom and an outer wall and an inner wall extending from the bottom, a first space defined between the outer and inner walls, a second space defined by the inner wall, two positioning devices connected to an inner periphery of the outer wall and located diametrically opposite to each other, two first slots defined through the bottom and located corresponding to the two positioning devices, a through hole defined through the bottom and communicating with the second space; a base received in the second space and having a first contact point and a second contact point, the first contact point located corresponding to the through holes and the second contact point located at an inner periphery of the inner wall; two flexible contact pieces located in the first space and each having a first end and a second end, the first end of each contact piece being fixed by the positioning device corresponding thereto and each second end of each contact piece having a curved portion, the first and second contact points being electrically connected with the two contact pieces respectively, and a cover engaged with the socket and having a circular hole and two second slots defined therethrough, the circular hole is located corresponding to the base in the second space, the two second slots located corresponding to the two contact pieces.