Socket for light emitting diode

Claim 1

A detachable socket for a two-lead electrical device having a pair of leads, comprising: an insulating case consisting of a socket body with an insertion portion having a smaller circumference and a terminal opening on its side extending in its axial direction, and a cover portion attached to a top of said socket body and having a recess for receiving said two-lead electrical device; a first lead terminal provided in said socket body and having a resistor contact and a first lead contact for contact with one of said leads; a second lead terminal provided in said socket body and having a first contact portion extending downwardly along said insertion portion and exposed from said terminal opening on said insertion portion for contact with a first contact element of a mating socket; a contact terminal mounted on an outside of said insertion portion and having a second contact portion extending downwardly along said insertion portion for contact with a second contact element of said mating socket and a second resistor contact extending laterally from a top portion thereof into said insertion portion; and a resistor provided within said socket body so that said resistor is held between said first and second resistor contacts.