Patent ID: 7303433

Claim:
A lamp socket for a high wattage lamp having lamp pins, said socket comprising: a substantially solid, parallelepipedonal electrically insulating body having two side walls, two end walls and a top and a bottom with first and second electrical contact receiving sections formed in said top; said insulating body containing means for engaging said socket with a foundation; first and second contact reception area formed in each of said first and second electrical contact receiving sections; an electrical contact positioned in each of said contact reception areas, each of said electrical contacts having a lamp pin receiver with a pair of arms; means comprising a threaded member for constricting said arms to grasp said lamp pins; a wire-receiving aperture formed in one of said arms of each electrical contact; means formed in each of said side walls for receiving a wire; means for securing a wire inserted into said wire receiving aperture formed in said one of said arms; an air gap formed between said first and second electrical contact receiving sections; and an aperture formed in each of said side walls for gaining access to said means for constricting said arms.