Base and socket means for an electron tube

Electrical connective means for effecting the external connections to a multi-element electron tube having a closure portion incorporating an array of exteriorly projecting conductor pins spatially surrounding an axially oriented protrusion of a sealed exhaust tubulation having an axial conductive lead extending therefrom, said connective means comprising:

• a protective base formed as an insulative member for seating on the exterior surface of said closure, said base having a longitudinal axis about which a rim-like portion surrounds an axially oriented projecting hollow stack portion formed to protectively encompass said sealed tubulation, said rim-like portion having a plurality of spatially related apertures therein substantially matching said array of conductor pins and dimensioned to accommodate the protrusion of said pins therethrough, said hollow stack having a terminal opening permitting access to a metallic contact recessed therein at a location ahead of said tubulation seal, said axial conductive lead being affixed to said contact;
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• a socket formed as an insulative member to match said base member thereby effecting the external electrical connections for said tube, said socket member having an axis and a centrally related recess formed in the basal structure thereof surrounded by an arrangement of recessed contacts wherein said conductor pins are positioned, said central recess being formed to match the projecting stack portion of said base member wherein said stack is telescopically positioned, said recess having an externally connected centrally protruding component wherein a receptor contact is positioned to project therefrom, said component being inserted into the terminal opening in said stack in a manner to make positive seated abutment of said receptor contact with said metallic contact encompassed therein.