Patent ID: 7182615
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electric socket comprising: a housing formed of a holder shell and a front cover, said front cover having two insertion slots for receiving the metal blades of an electric plug, said holder shell being fixedly provided at one end of a cable; a socket body accommodated in said housing, said socket body having mounted therein two metal electrode clamps; holding down means provided inside said socket body; and a rotating ring rotatably mounted on said socket body and exposed to the outside of said housing; wherein said rotating ring is rotatable between a locking position where said rotating ring forces said holding down means against said metal electrode clamps to hold down the metal blades of the inserted electric plug, and an unlocking position where said rotating ring is released from said holding down means for allowing disconnection of the metal blades of the inserted electric plug from said metal electrode clamps; wherein said socket body is comprised of a front socket body and a rear socket body, said front socket body comprising a hollow cylindrical base inserted through said rotating ring into said rear socket, a head disposed at one end of said hollow cylindrical base and stopped outside said rear socket body and said rotating ring, two insertion slots cut through front and rear sides of said head corresponding to the insertion slots of said front cover, said rear socket body comprising a plurality of electrode clamp slots for accommodating said metal electrode clamps.