Device for connecting a light-emitting diode to a lampholder provided with resilient contacts

A device for connecting a light-emitting diode to a lampholder provided with resilient contacts and of the type adapted to receive incandescent lamps comprising a glass-bulb and a flattened tail from which connecting pins extend;

• characterized in that it comprises a member (1) made of a dielectric material and including a first hollow portion (2) and a second portion (3) externally reproducing configurations of said flattened tail of that incandescent lamp for which said lampholder with resilient contacts is adapted, said first hollow portion (2) communicating with passages (4) longitudinally extending through said second portion (3) forming the flattened tail, said member (1) being fitted to a light-emitting diode (5) formed by a cylindrical body (6) capped at an end by a segment of a sphere (7), and at the other end ending in a flat surface (8) from which two connecting pins (9) extend and are passed first through said first hollow portion (2) and then through the corresponding passages (4) of member (1), said first hollow portion (2) of member (1) abutting against said flat surface (8) of light-emitting diode (5), and said connecting pins (9) being cut to a convenient length and being then bent upon one side of second portion (3) forming the flattened tail thus resulting in an assembly being apt to in a press-fit be connected/disconnected to/from said lampholder provided with resilient contacts and adapted to receive incandescent lamps.