Patent ID: 6869313
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical receptacle for use with an electrical plug, comprising: a housing having two holes formed therein for receiving prongs of an electrical plug; a first terminal in said housing; a second terminal in said housing; a third terminal in said housing; a first spring contact in said housing, proximate to a first hole of said two holes and in electrical connection with said first terminal so that, when said prongs of an electrical plug are inserted into said holes, said first spring contact contacts a first prong of said prongs; a second spring contact in said housing, proximate to a second hole of said two holes and in electrical connection with said second terminal so that, when said prongs of an electrical plug are inserted into said holes, said second spring contact contacts a second prong of said prongs, said first and said second spring contacts supplying electrical current to said prongs of said electrical plug when said first and said second terminals are receiving electrical current and said prongs of said electrical plug are received within said two holes of said housing; a control board in said housing; and means carried on said control board and in electrical connection with said second terminal and said third terminal for delivering electrical current, when electrical current is supplied to said first and said second terminals, to said third terminal from said second terminal while said first and second terminals deliver electrical current to said first and second spring contacts, respectively.