Patent ID: 7063576

Claim:
A bulb socket, comprising: a socket main body with a bulb accommodating portion having openings aligned for receiving a bulb along a bulb receiving direction, a substantially tubular connector accommodating portion extending in an inserting direction substantially normal to the bulb receiving direction, and an introducing channel extending along the inserting direction and providing communication between the connector accommodating portion and the bulb accommodating portion, the introducing channel having a height along the bulb receiving direction; and two terminals disposed in the socket main body, each of the terminals having a power-supplying tab aligned along the inserting direction, each of the power-supplying tabs having a base end in the introducing channel and a free end projecting into the connector accommodating portion, each of the terminals further having a bulb connecting portion unitary with the power-supplying tab and extending from the base end of the power-supplying tab into the bulb-accommodating portion, the bulb connecting portion having a height along the bulb receiving direction that is no greater than the height of the introducing channel, whereby the bulb connecting portion can be inserted along the inserting direction through the introducing channel and into the bulb accommodating portion.