Socket for wedge-base lamp

Claim 1

A socket for a wedge-base lamp, comprising: a generally cylindrical lamp socket body formed of an insulating material; first and second conductive terminal members positioned within said socket body for sandwiching a base portion of a lamp and making contact with terminals of said lamp, each of said terminal members comprising first and second contacting and sandwiching members opposed to each other; a pair of first vertical walls opposed to each other and defining a lamp insertion channel, one of said first vertical walls being positioned between said first contracting and sandwiching members and the other of said first vertical walls being positioned between said second contacting and sandwiching member; four second vertical walls, a first pair of said second vertical walls being disposed on opposite sides of one of said first vertical walls, a second pair of said second vertical walls being disposed on opposite sides of the other of said first vertical walls, each of said second vertical walls being located behind a respective one of said contacting and sandwiching members, and a top end portion of each of said contacting and sandwiching members extending above and being bent over a top end of the respective one of said second vertical walls; and a plurality of third vertical walls, a respective one of said third vertical walls being located behind each juncture between one of said first vertical walls and a respective one of said second vertical walls, said third vertical walls extending above said top end portions of said contacting and sandwiching members by a height such that a base portion of a slantingly inserted lamp abuts against inside corner portions of said third vertical walls above said first vertical walls and is prevented from interfering with said top end portions of said contacting and sandwiching members.