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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1996
Tadashi Harada, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wedge-base bulb socket which fixedly holds a wedge-base bulb and prevents it from rattling when the bulb is fitted to the wedge-base bulb socket, as well as prevents terminals provided in the socket from rattling. A bulb insertion hole is formed in a bulb socket portion so as to open at one end, and the hole is surrounded by a wall. Terminal strip holding portions are formed along an interior surface of the wall. Socket terminals are formed so as to be integral with terminal strips for establishing electrical connection with a base of a wedge-base bulb as well as fixedly holding the same. Power feeding terminal sections are formed so as to be integral with the terminal strips for electrical connections to the outside. The socket terminals of the terminal stripes are disposed in the bulb insertion hole of the bulb socket portion, and the power feeding terminal sections are disposed in a power feeding connector, whereby part of the socket terminals are sandwiched between the terminal strip holding portions of the bulb socket and the wall.