Lamp socket assembly for use with a backplate assembly and method of making same
US5536174A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R33/09
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A lamp socket assembly including a housing and a body. The housing includes a cavity into which one end of the body is received. A second end of the body extends out of the cavity. The body retains a plurality of contacts. The body further includes a passage for receiving a lamp base and fingers for cooperating with and retaining the lamp base. A plurality of contacts are provided, each contact having a first end for contacting a lamp terminal and a second end which extends out of the housing cavity, substantially parallel to the body.
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