Patent ID: 6413101
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A trailer power outlet adapter for providing power to a plug from a multi-contact socket mounted on a vehicle and having at least two contacts connected to a power source in said vehicle, said adapter comprising: an adapter body; an adapter base fitted into one end of said adapter body; a one-piece cylindrical can output terminal; and a one piece center output terminal having at least one protrusion extending therefrom; said adapter base comprising an outer end matching said socket and having axial openings therein along the perimeter of said base for receiving said contacts of said socket, said can output terminal comprising an integral contact extension extending therefrom and into a first one of said axial openings for making electrical contact with one of said contacts of said multi-contact socket, said center output terminal having a first portion extending into another of said axial openings, diametrically opposed to said first axial opening, for making electrical contact with another of said contacts of said multi-contact socket and a second portion substantially orthogonal to said first portion for making direct contact with a center terminal of said plug, said second portion retained centrally of said can terminal by engagement of said at least one protrusion with said base, said center output terminal and said can terminal being insulated from each other by said base.