Electrical connectors – With circuit component or comprising connector which fully... – Connector includes or covers additional component
Patent
1992-04-20
1992-12-01
Paumen, Gary F.
Electrical connectors
With circuit component or comprising connector which fully...
Connector includes or covers additional component
200 51R, H01R 13713
Patent
active
051675358
ABSTRACT:
A female electrical plug includes a pair of female terminals for engaging prongs of a male electrical plug, a female ground terminal, and a circuit breaker providing a path for electrical current and being responsive to electrical current flow in excess of a predetermined amount for opening the path and preventing the current flow, the circuit breaker having a reset button manually actuatable for closing the path. The plug also has a first conductor connected in series with the circuit breaker to one of the female terminals, a second conductor connected to another one of the female terminals and a third conductor connected to the female ground terminal. A body formed of an insulating material encapsulates the female terminals, the female ground terminal, the conductors and the circuit breaker. The body has a generally planar front surface with a pair of prong shaped apertures formed therein providing access to the female terminals and a ground prong shaped aperture providing access to said female ground terminal. Another aperture is formed in a side surface of the body through which the reset button extends and a pair of guard walls are formed on the side surface on opposite sides of the reset button for protecting the reset button from accidental actuation. An additional two sets of pairs of female electrical terminals and a female ground terminal can be encapsulated in the body on opposite sides of the two female terminals and connected in parallel accommodate three male plugs.
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Blanch Paul S.
Blanch Thomas J.
Kovacik James D.
Alert Safety Lite Products Co. Inc.
Clemens William J.
Paumen Gary F.
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