SOCKET WITH PROPER LAMP INSERTION FEATURE AND DUAL FUNCTION BUSHING

摘要

A lamp holder having oval contact openings to enable an installer to quickly and easily align and insert the contact pins of a G8.5 lamp into the oval contact openings. To further facilitate the insertion of the round contact pins of the lamp into the lamp holder, the oval contact openings have ends which are chamfered. To further facilitate the alignment and insertion of the pins into the contact openings, the long axes of the oval openings are aligned and lie on a common axis. In addition, the lamp holder supports at least two bushings which holds the front and back portions of the lamp holder together and can be used to facilitate the mounting of the lamp holder to a luminaire .