Patent ID: 8651899

Claim:
A lamp socket assembly comprising: a housing having a bulb holding portion and a connector receiving portion, an opening extending through a wall of the housing to a terminal receiving cavity; a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal having a first lamp contact portion and a first contact mating portion, the second terminal having a second lamp contact portion and a second contact mating portion, the first contact mating portion of the first terminal having a first mounting member and the second contact mating section of the second terminal having a second mounting member, the first mounting member of the first contact mating portion cooperates with a first projection of a first contact mating portion receiving passage of the housing to retain the first contact mating portion in position relative to the first contact mating portion receiving passage, the second mounting member of the second contact mating portion cooperates with a second projection of a second contact mating portion receiving passage of the housing to retain the second contact mating portion in position relative to the second contact mating portion receiving passage; a cover positioned over the opening, the cover cooperates with the housing to isolate the first and second terminals from the environmental conditions to which the lamp socket assembly is exposed; whereby the opening is dimensioned to allow the first and second terminals to be inserted therethrough.