Lampsocket with non-deforming terminal
US6050846A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 12, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R4/2406
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A lamp socket, which includes a socket body, a socket cap fastened to the socket body to hold down an electric wire, a first terminal and a second terminal mounted in respective terminal mounting slots in the socket body and pierced through the insulator of the electric wire into contact with a respective conductor in the electric wire, wherein the first terminal has a first vertical section positioned in one terminal mounting slot at the socket body and terminating in a pointed tip for contacting with one conductor in the electric wire, a second vertical section positioned in a locating blind hole inside the socket body, and a horizontal section connected between the first vertical section and the second vertical section and attached to the inside wall of the socket body.
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