LED socket

An LED assembly comprising:

• an LED having a threaded base section and a core electrode in electrical communication, the core electrode disposed axially parallel to the threaded base section, and
• a connection receptacle for receiving the LED including:
• a hollow cylindrical body portion having an interior sidewall, a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the sidewall defining a hollow cavity adjacent the first end to receive the base section of the LED, and the second end having a plurality of conductive contact elements configured to contact the LED;
• wherein a first electrical contact element of the plurality of contact elements includes three contact prongs to deflect and mate on one or more threads of the threaded base portion a least one contact prong of the three contact prongs extending partially into the hollow cavity, the at least one prong of the three contact prongs being sufficiently flexible to allow the threaded base portion to pass the at least one prong for insertion, and partially return engage with at least one thread of the threaded base portion to maintain the threaded base portion inside the cavity;
• the at least one prong also being configured to permit removal of the LED rotationally with respect to the hollow cavity and the first contact element including three web portions, each web portion containing one of the three prongs;
• and a pair of outer web portions disposed on opposite sides of a centrally disposed web portion, each outer web portion of the pair of outer web portions bent inwardly to partially envelop the threaded portion;
• and at least one prong associated with each web portion of the pair of web portions projecting inwardly from the associated web portion to engage in electrical contact with the conductive threaded base portion
• when the threaded base section is inserted within the hollow cylindrical body portion.