Patent ID: 6062886
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An AC power supply socket adapted for receiving an electrical plug, comprising:a housing having a top opening, a bottom, and a peripheral side wall extending upward from said bottom to confine a receiving space;a pair of socket terminals disposed on said bottom of said housing within said receiving space; anda watertight flexible cover mounted on said housing to cover said top opening sealingly, said cover having an insulating plate disposed above said socket terminals, and a pair of conductive hollow legs connected integrally with said plate, aligned with said socket terminals, and adapted to receive a pair of conductive prongs of the plug, said hollow legs extending downward from said insulating plate into said receiving space without contacting said socket terminals in a normal state, said hollow legs being movable downward further to contact said socket terminals when said insulating plate is elastically flexed downward upon insertion of the plug into said hollow legs.