SOCKET HOUSING

摘要

The invention relates to a novel configuration for the housing portion of a lamp socket which is insertable through a notched aperture in a panel or the like. The housing has at least one finger which flexes circumferentially thereof when passing through a notch in the wall of the panel aperture. A rigid detent is circumferentially spaced from the flexible finger. After the detent passes beyond the edge of the aperture it is advanced thereover by rotation of the housing in a locking direction produced by the bias of the flexible finger on an edge portion of the aperture to lock the housing within the aperture. Additional notches may be provided for other fingers and detents if a greater bias or locking overlap is necessary. To remove the housing from the panel the housing is rotated in the opposite direction to the locking direction to flex the finger until the detent clears the edge of the notch so that the housing can be pulled outwardly thereof.