LED SOCKET FOR RECEIVING A COB-LED AND BASE FOR SUCH LED SOCKET

The present invention relates to a LED socket comprising a base (2) which defines a receptacle (4) for receiving a LED printed circuit board of a light emitting diode (LED) package having a LED mounted on the LED printed circuit board, wherein the receptacle (4) is open to an opening (6) in the base (2) adapted to expose the LED (8) at a front face of the base (2) and wherein the base (2) holds contact elements (30), each of which are provided with a receiving section (56) adapted to be connected to a terminal end of an electrical cable (32) and with a contact lug adapted to electrically contact a pad (12, 14) of said printed circuit board. To allow electrical contact with CoB-LEDs having pads of varying size and location on the PCB the present invention proposes a contact lug with a hammer head contact section (64) exposed in the receptacle (4). The present invention furthermore specifies a base which allows simple manufacturing and connection of the contact element, which base comprises a receptacle for receiving the LED mounted on the LED printed circuit board and an opening which is adapted to expose the LED (8) at a front face (8) of the base (2) and which is adapted to hold contact elements (30.1, 30.2) each of which being provided with a contact lug (64) adapted to electrically contact a pad (12; 14) of the printed circuit board (6). To simplify the mounting of the CoB-LED and the contact element, the base is a unitary injection molded member providing means adapted to securely connect the contact element to the base. Thus, the contact element is connected to the base by means of functional elements provided by the injection molded member. No extra fixing elements, which are not a unitary portion of the base, are required to connect the contact element to the base.