Socket

Claim 2

In a socket, a socket body in which a lamp bulb is supported, a pair of conducting elements each having a rectangular body portion, an S-shaped terminal portion extending from a position adjacent to one side edge of said rectangular body portion, and struck-out tongues located adjacent to the side opposite to that from which said terminal portion extends, said socket body having two passageways therethrough, each having a sTop block by which the terminal portions pass when the pair of conducting elements are inserted from either end of the socket body to a position where the tongues engage opposite sides of the stop blocks said terminal portion and said struck-out tongues of each conducting element being laterally offset relative to each other when viewed in a direction parallel to the axis of said socket body.

Claim 3

A socket as recited in claim 1 including a cylindrical sleeve of insulating material having a central partition and with slots therein for the acceptance of the edges of the rectangular body portion, said socket having a central aperture in which said sleeve is supported.

Claim 4

A socket as recited in claim 2, wherein said stop blocks are truncated and provided on each side of the partition to be engaged by the tongues when one of the tongues is advanced therebeyond.

Claim 5

A socket as recited in claim 3, wherein said S-shaped terminal slides by the end of the stop blocks when the conducting elements are inserted in said passageways.

Claim 6

A socket as recited in claim 2, wherein a slot is provided on the outside of the sleeve and wherein a projection is provided within the bore of the socket for orienting the sleeve when mounted therewithin.

Claim 7

A socket as recited in claim 5, wherein oppositely disposed J-slots are provided in the socket for locking the lamp bulb within the end with its contacts engaged with the contact ends of said S-shaped terminal portions.

Claim 8

In a socket for a light bulb, a socket body of substantially any desired configuration having a central smooth bore with a projection extending therewithin, a sleeve having a longitudinally disposed slot in the outer wall which slides over said projection when being inserted within the bore for orienting the sleeve relative thereto, an offset partition in the center of said sleeve forming offset passageways having slots aligned with slots in the inner wall of said sleeve, said partition further having a pair of stop blocks on opposite sides thereof, a pair of terminal units each having a rectangular body portion slidable in said slots, a tongue adjacent to one side edge of said rectangular body portion and extending therefrom for engagement with one of said stop blocks, and a terminal portion extending from one end of the rectangular body portion, said terminal portion joining said rectangular body portion adjacent to the side edge thereof opposite to that having said tongue, said terminal units being secured within the passageway such that the terminal portion and tongue of each unit are laterally offset relative to each other when viewed in a direction parallel to the axis of said socket body.

Claim 9

In a socket for a light bulb, a socket body of substantially any desired configuration having a central smooth bore with a projection extending therewithin, a sleeve having a longitudinally disposed slot in the outer wall which slides over said projection when being inserted within the bore for orienting the sleeve relative thereto, an offset partition in the center of said sleeve forming offset passageways having slots aligned with slots in the inner wall of said sleeve, said partition further having a pair of stop blocks on opposite sides thereof, a pair of terminal units each having a rectangular body portion slidable in said slots, a tongue adjacent to one side edge of said rectangular body portion and extending therefrom for engagement with one of said stop blocks, and a terminal portion extending from one end of the rectangular body portion, said terminal portion joining said rectangular body portion adjacent to the side edge thereof opposite to that having said tongue, said terminal units being secured within the passageway such that the terminal portion and tongue of each unit are laterally offset relative to each other when viewed in a direction parallel to the axis of said socket body.

Claim 10

In a socket as recited in claim 7, wherein conducting means complete a circuit to the end of the rectangular body portion opposite to that from which the terminal extends.