Electrical connectors – With contact preventer or retractable cover part – Movably mounted
Patent
1999-04-07
2000-05-02
Nguyen, Khiem
Electrical connectors
With contact preventer or retractable cover part
Movably mounted
439137, H01R 1344
Patent
active
060565640
ABSTRACT:
The safety receptacle structure includes a positioning block which has openings corresponding to the slots of the receptacle, and the center of the opening has a pair of guides cross to each other, the area between the opening and slot there is a protection cover which is formed by two pieces of boards integral together, and the boards are sticking close to the slots with openings corresponding to the slots, in between the two boards there is a spring, the bottom portion of the boards are formed with cleat which seats tightly on the inner surface of the guides, thus, when an electrical plug plugged in the slots, the cleat will slide along the guide downwards the springs of the boards to spread outwardly, so that the feet of the plug may be inserted into the positioning block through the protection cover, in case of the protection received uneven force, the protection cover will slide to one side which prevent the plug from being inserted into the receptacle.
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Duverne J. F.
Nguyen Khiem
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