| US 7,575,477 B2 | ||
| Lamp socket | ||
| Tetsuya Takahashi, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 14, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/222,693. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007-216773 (JP), filed on Aug. 23, 2007; and application No. 2007-216774 (JP), filed on Aug. 23, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0053935 A1, Feb. 26, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 13/66 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—620.02 [439/36; 439/226; 439/336; 439/699.2; 439/934] | 8 Claims |

| 1. A lamp socket comprising:
a housing case including a transformer receiving section and a circuit board receiving section, said housing case further
including a separation wall portion for separating the transformer receiving section and the circuit board receiving section,
said separation wall portion including a first opening portion;
a transformer disposed in the transformer receiving section, said transformer including a primary member for applying a first
voltage and a secondary member for outputting a second voltage greater than the first voltage, said primary member extending
from the transformer receiving section to the circuit board receiving section through the first opening portion, said transformer
further including a first part holding the primary member, said first part being arranged to close the first opening portion;
and
a circuit board disposed in the circuit board receiving section.
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