Patent ID: 9484659
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A power connector for engagement with an electric plug having two male power contacts, comprising: a dielectric housing, comprising a top face panel, wherein the top face panel is formed with two power receptacles through which the male power contacts may be inserted; two power output frames mounted spaced apart in the housing, each having an output contact portion facing towards the top face panel and adapted for receiving the respective male contact of the electric plug through the respective power receptacle along an insertion direction, and an input portion remote from the top face panel; a pair of safety shutters mounted in parallel within the housing, wherein the safety shutters are biased in a travel direction generally perpendicular to the insertion direction by respective biasing members to an advancing position to close the power receptacles and each formed with a guide member, so that the two guide members are spaced apart in parallel by a given distance; and an elongated locking bar mounted in the housing in a manner extending and movable along a traverse direction traversing the travel direction and unmovable in the travel direction, wherein the locking bar is provided with a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion which are separate from each other by said given distance and slidably engage the guide members, so that the safety shutters travel dependently of each other along the travel direction to a retracted position to open the power receptacles in response to insertion of the male power contacts, wherein the safety shutters each includes an upper slant surface arranged proximate to the top face panel and adapted for receiving a pressing force from the respective male power contact, wherein the guide members each comprises a bent portion extending at a sham angle with respect to the travel direction and a straight portion connected to the bent portion and extending in the travel direction, wherein one of the guide members is configured in the form of a guide groove for receiving the engagement portion corresponding thereto, and the other one of the guide members is configured in the form of a side wall of the safety shutter corresponding thereto, wherein the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are each configured in the form of a tab extending from the locking bar and comprising a face inclined at the same angle as that of the respective bent portion relative to the travel direction, so that they are adapted to abut against the bent portions corresponding thereto when the safety shutters rest at the advancing position.