Lamp socket with ventilation channel

A G9 lamp socket for a cooking appliance light, the G9 lamp socket comprising:

• a socket body including an upper structure and a lower structure;
• a base receiver configured to receive a lamp base of a G9 lamp, the base receiver including an entry opening formed in the upper structure and extending along a longitudinal axis of the socket body into the lower structure;
• at least two socket contacts arranged opposite to one another wherein the base receiver is arranged between the at least two socket contacts;
• at least two connection contacts connected with the at least two socket contacts and configured to receive voltage from connection conductors;
• two contact cavities arranged in the lower structure of the socket body wherein a respective connection contact of the at least two connection contacts is arranged in each of the two contact cavities and accessible through a respective insertion opening;
• a retaining spring including two spring arms arranged on radially opposite sides of the base receiver and oriented transversal to the at least two socket contacts,
• wherein the socket body includes a ventilation channel that extends through a material of the socket body into the base receiver and facilitates an air exchange between the G9 lamp and ambient, and
• wherein the ventilation channel is configured as a ventilation gap that separates the lower structure of the socket body radially into two studs that are offset from one another by the ventilation gap.