Patent ID: 9728913
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a plug, wherein the plug has a body that extends longitudinally to terminate at a tip and that comprises multiple longitudinally separated plug contacts; the system further comprising: a socket cavity extending longitudinally and configured to receive the plug inserted longitudinally through an aperture; a first socket contact positioned within the socket cavity; an actuator configured to automatically switch the apparatus from a first configuration to a second configuration, when the plug is inserted longitudinally beyond a threshold insertion distance at which a tip of the plug has been inserted past the first socket contact and a first plug contact is positioned adjacent the first socket contact, wherein, in the first configuration, the first socket contact is laterally retracted from an insertion path of the plug through the socket cavity and wherein, in the second configuration, the first socket contact is laterally extended towards the plug to form an electrical connection with the first plug contact.