Patent ID: 6116959
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A stacked electrical socket assembly comprising; electrical sockets stacked one on another and including an upper socket and an underlying socket each having an insulating body formed of body material with a longitudinally extending bore for receiving an electrical plug member, said insulating body including first and second aperture means separated from each other by said body material, and contact element means communicating with said bore for contact with the plug when the plug is inserted in said bore, said contact element means comprising axially elongated downwardly extending first and second leg parts formed as flat section metal pressings, said first aperture means of said underlying socket accommodating said first leg part, said second aperture means of said upper socket accommodating said second leg part, said second leg part of said upper socket received through a vacant second aperture means of said underlying socket, said first and second leg parts being presented for electrical connection from the underlying socket and being angularly offset about the axes thereof relative to each other.