Patent ID: 9306352
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: F21S,H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector for a string light having a plurality of lamps on a cable of two wires, comprising: a base has a bottom board, two side boards extended upward from two opposing edges on a top side of the bottom board, a partition board positioned between and parallel to the opposing side boards, and two supporting pieces in two slots formed between the partition board and the side boards, where each side board has a hook section on a top edge protruding outward, each supporting piece has an inwardly slant face along a top edge, each slot has an open front end and an open top side, the partition board has front and back sections, and three protrusions extended upward from a top edge, two on the front and back sections and one in the middle; two metallic plates, each housed in a slot with a front section extended forward outside the base and having a conducting pin extended upward from a middle section; a suppression board having three through openings, allowing the three protrusions of the partition board to pass through; and a top cap having an open bottom, two openings along two opposing top edges, and two indentations along a front side and a back side, respectively; wherein the two metallic plates are placed in the slots, respectively, and each metallic plate has a front section extended from a front side of the base; the suppression board is then placed on top of the base so as to seal the slots; the wires of the cable has a section of their plastic sheathes removed so that their cores are exposed; the exposed cores are placed on the slant faces of the support pieces, respectively; the top cap is then joined to the base by the side boards' hooks locking the openings of the top cap, respectively; in the meantime, a bottom edge of the front and back indentations forces the cable to bend between the indentations and the protrusions of the front and back sections while the cores slide downward along the slant faces and tightly contact the conducting pins of the metallic plates.