Patent ID: 7322828

Claim:
An LED socket comprising: a body having a front surface, said front surface having a center, a central area, and an outer area; a rear surface; and a connector being formed on and protruding longitudinally from the front surface around the central area and having an inner surface; a connecting hole being formed in the center of the front surface; a lead connecting assembly being mounted in the connecting hole and electrically communicating with contacts of the body; and two locking protrusions being formed on and protruding transversely from the connector between the contacts, and each locking protrusion having an outer surface, and a locking groove being formed in the outer surface in a converse direction relative to the locking groove of the other locking protrusion; wherein the body further has two contacts being formed opposite to each other on the front surface in the outer area, the lead connecting assembly has multiple lead clamps being mounted in the connecting hole, and each lead clamp comprising two resilient metal strips parallel and opposite to each other and pressing against each other, and each resilient metal strip electrically connecting to one of the contacts of the body and having a distal end extending into the connecting hole and pressing against the distal end of the adjacent resilient metal strip, the lead connecting assembly further has multiple sockets being separately formed on the connecting hole, and each socket having a top, and an inserting hole having a slightly tapered inner surface formed longitudinally in the top, the connector further has multiple guide grooves being formed longitudinally in the inner surface of the connector and each two being diametrically opposite to each other, a knob being formed on and protruding from the rear surface of the body.