摘要 |
A socket assembly for an incandescent lamp having a glass wedge base comprises a housing having a bulb-receiving face, a rear face, a bulb-receiving cavity extending into the bulb-receiving face, and a pair of passageways extending into the rear face and communicating with the bulb-receiving cavity. A stamped and formed contact terminal is inserted in each of the cavities, each terminal having a socket portion disposed in the bulb-receiving cavity and a wire-contacting portion proximate to the rear face. The wire contacting portion has a wire-receiving slot therein and an integral retaining finger extending from the rear face across the entrance to the wire-receiving slot of each terminal. In use, the housing is mounted on a panel having a hole therein which receives a bulb. Wires are connected to the terminals by first flexing the retaining fingers and placing the wires in the entrance portions of the wire-receiving slots of the terminals. Thereafter, the wires are pushed into the wire-contacting portions of the slots to connect the wires to the terminals. The bulb can be inserted through the panel opening and into the terminals in the housing.
|