Wedge base lamp socket

Claim 1

A wedge base lamp assembly comprising: a socket constructed of an electrically insulating material and having a base adapted for being positioned within an aperture within a circuit board and including opposed side walls extending from the base and having facing inner surfaces defining therebetween a lamp-receiving aperture having an upper aperture section of greater diameter than a lower aperture section; and an incandescent lamp having a lower press seal and a pair of lead wires extending from the seal and each of a length greater than the height to be inserted into said lamp-receiving aperture, said socket including opposed front and back walls extending from said socket base and each having a slot therethrough communicating from the lamp-receiving aperture to outside the wall, said front and back wall slots for receiving respective ones of said pair of lead wires, said front and back walls each having a flat-sided lead wire receiving support post extending from the wall and disposed adjacent the wall slot, said lead wires each extending through a respective one of said wall slots and being wrapped about a respective one of said support posts to provide a spring-like electrical connection with a respective circuit path located on said circuit board when said base of said socket is positioned within said aperture of said board.