Patent ID: 7097489

Claim:
A lamp socket, which connects a lamp having a pair of blocks with an electrical device, comprising; an insulative housing having a receiving cavity for the lamp to be assembled therein; a plurality of first electrical terminals received in the housing, the first electrical terminals including: a high-voltage terminal and a low-voltage terminal for electrically connecting the lamp; and at least one switch terminal, the at least one switch terminal comprising a securing portion, a cantilever extending transversely and slantwise from an upper end of the securing portion and a contacting portion connecting to the cantilever; and a plurality of second electrical terminals for connecting a plurality of wires extending from the electrical device to the first electiical terminal; wherein with the rotatablely assembling of the lamp to the lamp socket, the cantilever of the switch contact is pressed down, and the contacting portion electrically contacts with the low-voltage terminal when the lamp is substantially received in the lamp socket.