Patent ID: 6913491

Claim:
A socket for a screw base lamp comprising: a body of insulating material having a screw shell to receive and make electrical contact with the screw base of a bulb and a center contact to make contact with a base mounted center contact of the bulb; where the screw shell is coupled to the body of insulating material with fasteners such as eyelets, rivets, screws, etc. which terminate in a bottom of the body; and a spring located under the center contact of the socket to urge the center contact toward the center contact of the bulb; wherein the body of insulating material comprises: an upper cylindrical tubular member coupled to a rectangular base member wherein an upper surface of the rectangular base member forms a floor for the cylindrical tubular member; an openings located in the floor which extend through to the bottom surface of the rectangular base member for receiving fasteners; a channel located in the floor for receiving the center contact; a depression centrally located in the floor for receiving a spring; an openings located at opposite corners of the rectangular base member for receiving socket mounting fasteners; an opening located at other opposite corners of the rectangular base member for receiving phase and neutral conductors; a plurality of channels located in a bottom surface of the base member for receiving the phase and neutral conductors and locating them below the bottom surface of the rectangular base member; and a depression in the bottom surface of the base member for receiving a spacer.