Fluorescent-lamp socket

A fluorescent-lamp socket comprising:

• a hollow dielectric housing having a web;
• and
• a pair of identical conductive contact elements in the housing flanking and held apart by the web, each contact element being unitarily formed with
• an outer lamp-contacting end adapted to engage a respective pin of the lamp,
• an inner wiring end formed as a wire-engaging clip,
• a center part extending between the respective inner and outer ends, and
• an elastic tongue unitarily formed with the respective center part and projecting transversely toward the other contact element.

A fluorescent-lamp socket comprising:

• a hollow dielectric housing;
• and
• a pair of identical conductive contact elements in the housing, each contact element being unitarily formed with
• an outer lamp-contacting end adapted to engage a respective pin of the lamp,
• an inner wiring end formed as a wire-engaging clip,
• a center part extending between the respective inner and outer ends, and
• an elastic tongue unitarily formed with the respective center part and projecting transversely toward the other contact element, the tongues bearing on each other and electrically interconnecting the contact elements.

A fluorescent-lamp socket comprising:

• a hollow dielectric housing;
• and
• a pair of identical conductive contact elements in the housing, each contact element being unitarily formed with
• an outer lamp-contacting end adapted to engage a respective pin of the lamp,
• an inner wiring end formed as a wire-engaging clip,
• a center part extending between the respective inner and outer ends, and
• an elastic tongue unitarily formed with the respective center part and projecting transversely toward the other contact element, each tongue bearing on the center part of the other contact element to electrically interconnect the contact elements.