Patent ID: 9431763
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H01R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A locking electrical plug for use in forming a secure electrical connection by mating engagement with a receptacle, said receptacle including a receptacle housing, wherein said plug includes multiple prongs and said receptacle includes multiple sockets for receiving said prongs, wherein said prongs and sockets are arranged so as to define a specific mating orientation for said receptacle and said plug, comprising: a plug housing structure forming said plug and housing said prongs for selectively establishing and breaking said electrical connection, said plug housing configured to matingly engage a portion of said receptacle housing when said receptacle and said plug are in said specific mating orientation, comprising: a first plug housing portion; and a second plug housing portion moveable relative to said first plug housing portion between first and second positions, wherein, in said first position, said receptacle housing and said plug housing are frictionally locked at least at an interface portion therebetween so as to resist breaking of said connection and, in said second position, said receptacle housing and said plug housing can be easily separated, said interface portion corresponding to a first flat surface of said receptacle housing and a second flat surface of said plug housing; and an actuator assembly for moving said second plug housing portion between said first and second positions.