Lamp socket and connector for edge-lighted panel

Claim 1

A MINIATURIZED LAMP SOCKET FOR MOUNTING IN AN APERTURE OF AN EDGE-LIGHTED PANEL HAVING SPACED CIRCUITS ON ONE SIDE THEREOF, SAID LAMP SOCKET COMPRISING: A FIRST CONDUCTIVE GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL MEMBER HAVING A FIRST PAIR OF SPACED LEGS WITH PORTIONS DESIGNED TO EXTEND THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND CONTACT ONE OF SAID CIRCUITS; A PLASTIC SHELL DESIGNED TO BE SECURED WITHIN SAID APERTURE, SAID LEGS OF SAID FIRST MEMBER BEING MOLDED INTO SAID PLASTIC SHELL; A SECOND CONDUCTIVE MEMBER RADIALLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID SHELL HAVING A SECOND PAIR OF LEGS WITH PORTIONS THEREOF DESIGNED TO EXTEND THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND CONTACT THE OTHER OF SAID CIRCUITS, SAID LEGS OF SAID SECOND MEMBER BEING MOLDED WITHIN SAID PLASTIC SHELL; A METALLIC CAP MEMBER CONTACT TO SAID FIRST MEMBER; A LAMP DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CAMP MEMBER, SAID LAMP HAIVNG AN ANGULATED ANNULAR TERMINAL FLANGE ADJACENT THE BULB PORTION THEREOF; LAMP-RETAINING MEANS WITHIN SAID CAP FOR RETAINING SAID LAMP WITHIN SAID CAP; SPRING MEANS AXIALLY INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE PIN TERMINAL FLANGE ADJALAMP AND SAID CAP TO FORM AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION THEREBETWEEN; AND AN ANNULAR PORTION FORMED ON SAID SECOND MEMBER FOR CONTACTING SAID ANNULAR TERMINAL OF SAID LAMP, SAID SPRING MEANS ALSO SERVING TO AXIALLY URGE SAID ANGULATED ANNULAR TERMINAL OF SAID LAMP AGAINST SAID ANNULAR PORTION OF SAID SECOND MEMBER TO FORM THE OTHER ELECTRICAL CONNECTION.