Patent ID: 8221145

Claim:
A lamp socket comprising: a socket body with a wiring through-hole that is disposed at a middle part of the socket body in a first direction of the socket body, the wiring through-hole communicating an upper side of the socket body with a lower side of the socket body; first and second lamp support components disposed at end parts of the socket body in the first direction of the socket body, respectively, the first and second lamp support components extending in a second direction of the socket body, the second direction of the socket body being perpendicular to the first direction of the socket body; and first and second wire support components disposed between the first and second lamp support components, the first wire support component having a first upper face that longitudinally extends between the first lamp support component and the wiring through-hole, the second wire support component having a second upper face that longitudinally extends between the second lamp support component and the wiring through-hole, the first and second lamp support components having first and second hollow portions that extend in the second direction of the socket body, the first and second hollow portions being arranged such that center axes of the first and second hollow portions are located closer to the lower side of the socket body in a third direction of the socket body than uppermost portions of the first and second upper faces of the first and second wire support components, respectively, the third direction of the socket body being perpendicular to the first and second directions of the socket body.