Patent ID: 9705231
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A protective cover for a network cable socket, wherein the protective cover is moveably connected to the network cable socket, the network cable socket includes multiple pins and is adapted to be inserted by a connector, the protective cover of the network cable socket comprising: a housing moveably connected to the network cable socket; and two elastic sheets, wherein each of the elastic sheets includes a fixing portion, an extension arm, a stopper and a guiding ramp, the two fixing portions are fixed to two sides of the housing, respectively, each of the extension arms includes a first end and a second end, the two first ends of the two extension arms are connected to the two fixing portions, respectively, and the two stoppers and the two guiding ramps are formed at two second ends of the two extension arms, respectively; wherein a distance between the two guiding ramps is larger than the distance between the two stoppers, the network cable socket and the protective cover form an opening, the guiding ramp faces the opening obliquely, and the guiding ramp is away from the pins along an extending direction towards the opening, wherein a width of the connector is larger than the distance between the two guiding ramps, the protective cover is adapted to move down-ward so as to allow the connector to be inserted into the opening, when the connector is plugged into the opening, the connector pushes the two guiding ramps to move down-ward, the two stoppers at the two second ends of the extension arms are moved accordingly, the connector is not blocked by the two stoppers.