Shuttered electrical connector socket

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2008-04-29

2008-04-29

Vu, Hien (Department: 2833)

Electrical connectors

With contact preventer or retractable cover part

Movably mounted

C439S140000, C439S676000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10571541

ABSTRACT:
A shuttered electrical connector for receiving an electrical plug, the plug having a hinged tail for lockingly engaging with the connector, is disclosed. The connector includes: a body20defining a socket having22an open mouth24;a central shutter30hingedly mounted to the body20adjacent the open mouth24for rotation about a first hinge axis32;and a pair of spaced apart side shutters40&50hingedly mounted to the body20adjacent the open mouth24for rotation about a second hinge axis42,the second hinge axis42parallel to and spaced apart from the first hinge axis32. The shutters are rotatable through approximately 90 degrees from: a closed position in which together they cover the open mouth24while presenting a substantially flat outer face, to an open position receiving the plug in which the central shutter is offset from the side shutters.

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