# US 2014/0154932 A1 · Socket

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- Number: US 2014/0154932 A1
- Document ID: US20140154932A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/174,451
- Filed: 2014-02-06
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2011-08-10
- Assignees: Yazaki Corporation
- Applicants: Yazaki Corporation
- Inventors: Masanori NAGASAWA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140154932A1

## CPC

- H01R 33/09: for baseless lamp bulb
- H01R 33/97: Holders with separate means to prevent loosening of the coupling or unauthorised removal of apparatus held
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS

## Abstract

A socket includes a tubular frame body into which a base part of an electric lamp bulb is to be inserted, the frame body in which a terminal metal fitting to be electrically connected with the base part is to be provided, the frame body having a side wall formed with two slits and formed with an arm piece between the slits, the arm piece which has a first face to be opposed to the terminal metal fitting and a second face opposite to the first face, the side wall formed with a butting face, when the arm piece is deformed outward of the frame body, a part of the second face of the arm piece is in contact with the butting face.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A socket comprising:
a tubular frame body into which a base part of an electric lamp bulb is to be inserted, the frame body in which a terminal metal fitting to be electrically connected with the base part is to be provided, the frame body having a side wall formed with two slits and formed with an arm piece between the slits, the arm piece which has a first face to be opposed to the terminal metal fitting and a second face opposite to the first face, the side wall formed with a butting face, when the arm piece is deformed outward of the frame body, a part of the second face of the arm piece is in contact with the butting face.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The socket according to claim 1, wherein each of the slits has a step-like shape in a direction of thickness of the side wall.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The socket according to claim 1, wherein the slits are provided from an open end of the frame body.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The socket according to claim 1, wherein one of the slits is formed between the second face of the arm piece and the butting face.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The socket according to claim 1, wherein the butting face is formed at a distance from the arm piece by one of the slits.