Patent ID: 7163333

Claim:
A connector assembly for a lamp on a pendent lamp comprising: a holder being tubular and having a diameter; a central chamber with an inner open end and an outer open end; and two notches radially defined respectively at opposite ends of the diameter of the holder, communicating with the central chamber and each having two sides and a groove defined in one of the sides; a socket detachably attached to the inner open end to electrically connect to a power source; a plug corresponding to and selectively inserted into the socket to electrically connect to the socket and to electrically connect to the lamp of the pendent lamp; a connecting tube securely attached to the plug and having a diameter and multiple teeth formed respectively at opposite ends of the diameter of the connecting tube and corresponding respectively to the notches in the holder; a holding element being U-shaped, attached to the holder, engaging with the teeth on the connecting tube and the grooves in the holder and having a middle segment with two ends; and two tabs extending perpendicularly from the ends of the middle segment, extending respectively into the notches in the holder and each having two edges engaging respectively with the groove in the side of a corresponding notch of the holder and one of the teeth on the connecting tube.