Patent ID: 6655996
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A wall plug device for connecting an electrical appliance to a socket of a power supply system, said device comprising:a housing having an outer surface and an inner surface and provided with two pairs of passages, each pair including a first passage and a second passage; and two electrical contact prongs, each having a main body portion and a connecting portion, said main body portion extending to a first end of said prong for making electrical contact with the socket outside the housing and said connecting portion extending to a second end of said prong that is remote from said first end, wherein said connecting portion comprises an anchor element that extends through said first passage of a respective pair of passages and an electrical connection element that extends through said second passage of the respective pair of passages, and said anchor element is deformed from a first configuration in which said anchor element can be inserted through said first passage to a second configuration in which said anchor element is secured in said housing.