Electrical plug and socket having replaceable overcurrent-protec

Details Electrical plug and socket having replaceable overcurrent-protec Electrical plug and socket having replaceable overcurrent-protec

1980-02-14

1983-12-13

Desmond, Eugene F.

Geometrical instruments

337198, 339159C, H01R 1306

Patent

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044202148

ABSTRACT:
An electrical plug or socket having a replaceable overcurrent-protection device positioned within the plug or socket body. There is provided a safety latch means including a latch member adapted to be inserted into the plug or socket body to protect, to shield, to hold, to pass through, to engage or to affix the overcurrent-protection device or a base carrying the overcurrent-protection device, so as to prevent the overcurrent-protection device from being removed or slipping off, to improved the contact performance between the overcurrent-protection device and the contact terminals for connecting the overcurrent-protection device into a circuit, and thus to realize the maximum degree of safety of the electrical plug or socket. The safety latch means can be readily removed from the plug or socket for quick and inexpensive replacement of the overcurrent-protection device. The electrical plug or socket according to this invention is convenient and safe being especially adapted for an unskilled person to use, constituting an advantageous electrical connection device for being plugged into a receptacle or, as a socket, receiving another plug.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2496413 (1950-02-01), Sciara
patent: 2640125 (1953-05-01), Eggers
patent: 2668885 (1959-02-01), Gerlat
patent: 2728828 (1955-12-01), Mason
patent: 3699500 (1972-10-01), Borzoni et al.
patent: 4178061 (1979-12-01), Ahroni

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