Electrical connectors – Coupling part having handle or means to move contact... – To move contact with respect to similar contact
Patent
1996-01-22
1997-09-09
Pirlot, David L.
Electrical connectors
Coupling part having handle or means to move contact...
To move contact with respect to similar contact
439651, H01R 1122
Patent
active
056649584
ABSTRACT:
The present invention features a removable electrical connector or adapter for securing the contact prongs of an electric plug to a worn outlet. The connector has a housing with at least two opposing, nonconducting side portions. Each side portion has a top and a bottom. Two contact prongs are spaced apart from each other and are movably mounted to at least one of the side portions. The contact prongs extend out of the top of the housing, which housing also has at least one aperture at the bottom. Electrical plug prongs can be inserted through this aperture to make an electrical connection with the set of contact prongs. In another embodiment, the electrical connector is a self-contained plug, permanently attached to its associated electrical appliance, and having movable prongs and a spring for biasing the prongs inwardly, against the contacts of an outlet, after insertion. In yet another embodiment of the invention, a spring is secured to outwardly-biased prongs, so that, upon squeezing the plug and inserting it into the outlet, the prongs are forced to separate and make contact with the inner contacts of the outlet.
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Chadwick Dale
Levy Mark
Roden Gary
Schneider John
Pirlot David L.
Society of American Independent Inventors
Ta Tho D.
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