Patent ID: 8004169

Claim:
A lamp assembly, comprising: a base defining a socket, with a pair of cable retainers arranged in the socket; a pair of cables respectively extending into the pair of cable retainers and secured in the cable retainers, each cable having at least a conductor enveloped with jacket; a lamp bulb having a body partially received in the socket of the base, with a pair of legs thereof respectively penetrating into corresponding cables to contact the conductors; wherein the lamp base includes a peripheral wall and a rear wall connecting to the peripheral wall to enclose the socket with a front opening, wherein the pair of cable retainers are integrated with the rear wall wherein a lamp holder having a body portion enclosing a hollow portion to partially retain the lamp bulb therein wherein the body portion of the lamp holder defines a number of lengthwise slots; wherein a post is arranged in the socket of the lamp base, with a neck portion attached to the peripheral portion of the lamp base, wherein the neck portion is received in one of the lengthwise slots.