Patent ID: 8602802

Claim:
A light bulb socket configured to secure a light bulb for electrical connection to a power supply, the light bulb socket, comprising: an electrically conductive sleeve configured to clasp a threaded end of the light bulb, the sleeve comprising two arms and a foot and at least one protuberance configured to slide into a thread recess and click secure the bulb in the sleeve, the foot defining a rivet hole for a connection with a first wire; a first disk riveted to the sleeve through the rivet hole in the foot thereof, the first disk also riveted to a metallic ribbon radially cantilevered over an axial side of the disk, the riveted end of the ribbon defining a second rivet hole configured for an electrical connection with a second wire; a second disk defining two holes aligned with the rivet holes in the first disk to receive a respective wire there through, each hole having an elliptical recess configured to channel and secure the first and second wires between the disks when the second disk is axially rotated adjacent the first disk; a cylindrical socket configured to receive the sleeve and the disks via a first open end and to receive a light bulb in a second open end, the first end defining a rib stop for the first disk and a post-slot lock for the second disk adjacent the first disk and a bayonet coupling on an outside wall thereof; and a cap component configured to bayonet couple onto the outside wall of the first end of the socket, the cap defining an opening for a power supply cord of at least two insulated wires therein.