Patent ID: 8435055
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A platform and slider assembly for use in a tamper resistant receptacle, the tamper resistant receptacle including a cover having first and second non-grounding apertures formed therein, the platform and slider assembly comprising: a platform having a base surface, at least part of said base surface including an angled surface, the platform including first and second apertures adapted and configured for enabling passage of a set of blades in a plug to enable the set of blades to establish contact with corresponding contacts in the tamper resistant receptacle; a slider reciprocally disposed adjacent the platform, the slider defining first and second angled surfaces, wherein the first angled surface of the slider cooperates with the angled surface of the platform, the slider being movable between a first position in which the slider blocks the first and second apertures formed in the cover and a second position in which the slider does not block the first and second apertures formed in the cover; and a biasing member operatively associated with the slider for biasing the slider to the first position, wherein when a set of blades of a plug is inserted along a first axis simultaneously through the first and second apertures formed in the cover, the blades make contact with the second angled surface on the slider urging the first angled surface of the slider to move with respect to the angled surface of the platform such that the slider is urged from the first position to the second position, wherein, during movement to the second position, the slider moves in a direction wherein at least portions of the first and second apertures formed in the platform are simultaneously cleared from obstruction by the slider to enable the set of blades to move through the first and second apertures formed in the cover and through the first and second apertures formed in the platform to establish contact with the corresponding contacts in the tamper resistant receptacle; wherein the first and second apertures formed in the platform define a second axis extending from the first aperture to the second aperture; and wherein the slider moves relative to the platform in a direction orthogonal to the first axis and the second axis extending from the first aperture to the second aperture.