Baseless incandescent lamp assembly

Claim 2

A baseless incandescent lamp assembly comprising: (a) a baseless incandescent lamp including a flattened seal section and a pair of external lead wires outwardly leading from the flattened seal section; (b) a main socket body including inner surfaces defining a lamp holding chamber to contain the flattened seal section of said baseless incandescent lamp; and (c) a pair of conductive holding members provided in the lamp holding chamber of the main socket body for holding the flattened seal section of the baseless incandescent lamp; and (d) means permitting said external lead wires to be pressingly disposed between the conductive holding members and the inner surfaces of the main socket body for securely holding said external lead wires and for ensuring electrical connection between said lead wires and said conductive holding members, wherein each of said conductive holding members includes an opposing pair of pinch strips and a contact strip coupling said pinch strips, clamping and thus supporting said flattened seal portion of the baseless incandescent lamp therebetween, and wherein said contact strip includes holding means defining a pair of opposing projections extending from both sides of said contact strip for biting into predetermined opposing ones of said inner surfaces of the lamp holding chamber to securely hold said contact strip between said predetermined opposing ones of said inner surfaces.

Claim 3

A baseless incandescent lamp assembly according to claim 1, wherein said means sub (d) permits each of the external lead wires to be pressingly disposed between a respective one of said contact strips and its associated inner surface of the main socket body.

Claim 4

A baseless incandescent lamp assembly according to claim 2, wherein said means sub (d) includes a slit defined in the lower edge of said contact strip through which an external lead wire is extended between the contact strip and the inner surface of the main socket body.

Claim 5

A baseless incandescent lamp assembly according to claim 3, wherein said main socket body includes a flange section at which the lamp holding chamber opens, the upper edge of the contact strip being extended along the flange section.

Claim 6

A baseless incandescent lamp assembly according to claim 4, wherein the contact strip is attached to the flange section of the main socket body.

Claim 7

A baseless incandescent lamp assembly comprising: (a) a baseless incandescent lamp including a flattened seal section and a pair of external lead wires outwardly leading from the flattened seal section; (b) a main socket body including inner surfaces defining a lamp holding chamber to contain the flattened seal section of said baseless incandescent lamp; and (c) a pair of conductive holding members provided in the lamp holding chamber of the main socket body for holding the flattened seal section of the baseless incandescent lamp; and (d) means permitting said external lead wires to pressingly disposed between the conductive holding members and the inner surfaces of the main socket body for securely holding said external lead wires and said conductive holding members, wherein (i) each of said conductive holding members includes an opposing pair of pinch strips and a contact strip coupling said pinch strips, said pinch strips clamping and thus supporting said flattened seal portion of the baseless incandescent lamp therebetween; (ii) said means sub (d) permits each of the external lead wires to be pressingly disposed between a respective one of said contact strips and its associated inner surface of the main socket body; and (iii) said contact strip includes holding means defining a pair of opposing projections extending from both sides of said contact strip for biting into predetermined opposing ones of said inner surfaces of the lamp holding chamber to securely hold said contact strip between said predetermined opposing ones of said inner surfaces.

Claim 8

A baseless incandescent lamp assembly comprising: (a) a baseless incandescent lamp including a flattened seal section and a pair of external lead wires outwardly leading from the flattened seal section; (b) a main socket body including inner surfaces defining a lamp holding chamber to contain the flattened seal section of said baseless incandescent lamp; and (c) a pair of conductive holding members provided in the lamp holding chamber of the main socket body for holding the flattened seal section of the baseless incandescent lamp; and (d) means permitting said external lead wires to pressingly disposed between the conductive holding members and the inner surfaces of the main socket body for securely holding said external lead wires and said conductive holding members, wherein (i) each of said conductive holding members includes an opposing pair of pinch strips and a contact strip coupling said pinch strips, said pinch strips clamping and thus supporting said flattened seal portion of the baseless incandescent lamp therebetween; (ii) said means sub (d) permits each of the external lead wires to be pressingly disposed between a respective one of said contact strips and its associated inner surface of the main socket body; and (iii) said contact strip includes holding means defining a pair of opposing projections extending from both sides of said contact strip for biting into predetermined opposing ones of said inner surfaces of the lamp holding chamber to securely hold said contact strip between said predetermined opposing ones of said inner surfaces.

Claim 9

A baseless incandescent lamp assembly according to claim 6, wherein said means sub (d) includes a slit defined in the lower edge of said contact strip through which an external lead wire is extended between the contact strip and the inner surface of the main socket body.