Lamp socket

Claim 1

A LAMP ASSEMBLY FOR MOUNTING ENDWISE IN A CIRCULAR APERTURE OF AN EDGE-LIGHTED PANEL FOR ILLUMINATION THEREOF, WHEREIN THE PANEL HAS TWO CIRCUIT CONDUTORS BONDED THERETO ADJACENT ONE FACE THEREOF, SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A BLOCK OF NON-CONDUCTING LIGHT-TRANSMITTING MATERIAL OF CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION OF A DIAMETER OF FIT SNUGLY IN SAID APERTURE, SAID BLACK BEING HOLLOW WITH A RELATIVELY THICK CYLINDRICAL WALL AND BEING OPEN AT AT LEAST ONE END TO PROVIDE A CAVITY THEREIN; A LAMP BULB EXTENDING INTO SAID CAVITY AT SAID ONE END OF THE BLOCK, SAID LAMP BULB HAVING AN END CONTACT AND A FERRULE CONTACT, SAID FERRULE CONTACT FORMING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL SHOULDER; A FIRST CONDUCTIVE MEANS AT LEAST PARTIALLY EMBEDDED IN SAID BLOCK; A RING-SHAPED FIRST PORTION OF SAID CONDUCTIVE MEANS BEING EXPOSED AT THE INNER CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID BLOCK AT SAID ONE END THEREOF AND SEATING SAID CIRCUMFERENTIAL SHOULDER OF THE FERRULE CONTACT, A SECOND PORTION OF SAID CONDUCTIVE MEANS BEING EXPOSED ON THE OTHER END OF SAID BLOCK FOR CONNECTION TO ONE OF SAID TWO CIRCUIT CONDUCTORS, A THIRD PORTION OF SAID CONDUCTIVE MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH THE MATERIAL OF THE BLOCK AND INTERCONNECTING THE FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS; A CYLINDRICAL MEMBER OF CONDUCTING MATERIAL BONDED TO SAID BLOCK AND EXTENDING FROM SAID ONE END THEREOF; A THREADED CAP OF CONDUCTING MATERIAL IN SCREW-THREADED ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER FOR ENCLOSING THE LAMP BULB AND IN ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION WITH SAID END CONTACT OF THE LAMP BULB; AND A SECOND CONDUCTIVE MEANS AT LEAST PARTIALLY EMBEDDED IN SAID BLOCK, A FIRST PORTION OF SAID CONDUCTIVE MEANS EXTENDING FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER TO SAID OTHER END OF THE BLOCK, A SECOND PORTION OF SAID SECOND CONDUCTIVE MEANS BEING EXPOSED AT SAID OTHER END OF THE BLOCK FOR CONNECTION TO THE OTHER OF THE TWO CIRCUIT CONDUCTORS.