Lamp socket

A lamp socket comprising:

• a housing having a lamp receiving portion and a lead receiving portion;
• an insert mounted within said housing and configured for separating said lamp receiving portion from said lead receiving portion, said insert including a plate having a plurality of slots, said plate defining a partition between said lamp receiving portion and said lead receiving portion;
• a plurality of terminals configured for being respectively received in said slots and carried by said insert;
• a lamp base clip carried by said insert;
• potting material in said lead receiving portion of said housing;
• and said plurality of slots comprises a first slot for receiving a major terminal, a second slot for receiving a minor terminal and a pair of slots for receiving a ground terminal, each of said slots being in the plane of a plate 48 and extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said housing.

A lamp socket including:

• a housing having an axial chamber defining a lamp receiving portion and a lead receiving portion;
• a subassembly being separately formed from said housing and axially mounted in said housing, said subassembly comprising
• an insert mounted in said axial chamber and configured for separating said lamp receiving portion from said lead receiving portion, said insert including a plate having a pair of spaced apart openings and being arranged substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said chamber of said housing, said plate including a plurality of slots, each of said slots being substantially parallel to each other and extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis,
• a plurality of terminals carried by said insert, each of said terminals having at least one blade in said lamp receiving portion and a lead in said lead receiving portion, said terminals including a major terminal, a minor terminal and a ground terminal,
• a plurality of wire leads connected to each of said terminals, respectively, and
• a lamp base clip having a pair of laterally aligned prongs, said prongs being respectively received in said openings;
• and
• potting material in said lead receiving portion of said housing encapsulating the connections of said wire leads to said terminals and sealing said terminals within said housing,
• said slots including a first slot for receiving said major terminal, a second slot for receiving said minor terminal, and a pair of slots for receiving said ground terminal.