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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2009
Kentaro Nagai, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yasuo Suzuki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Ryohei Ochiai, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a bulb socket structure for an onboard interior lighting system, in which: a bulb attachment holeto which a wedge base bulbis attached is formed in a resin-made housingconstituting the onboard interior lighting system; and power supply terminalsconfigured to contact, and conduct electricity to, terminals of a basearranged under a bulb partof the wedge base bulb when the base is inserted into the inside of the bulb attachment hole are provided in the inside of the bulb attachment hole. In the bulb socket structure, a spaceris provided to the bulb attachment hole. The spacer is includes a supporting cylindrical partcapable of supporting the bulb partof the wedge base bulb from its outer periphery. The spacer is capable of causing the power supply terminalsto contact the respective terminals of the base part while protecting the power supply terminals. Guiding slopesconfigured to guide the baseto a right position in the inside of the bulb attachment holewhile the base is being inserted to the bulb attachment hole are provided to the inside of the supporting cylindrical part.