Patent · US Expired

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 dateSep 29, 1994
Grant dateJul 16, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 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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