Patent ID: 9085242
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B60L,H01R

Abstract:
1. A power plug configured to be coupled with a complementary electrical socket in a mating direction, the power plug comprising: a housing including a plurality of receptacles extending along a receptacle axis parallel to the mating direction, wherein each receptacle is designed to receive a female terminal, and wherein the receptacle has a central part and a front part provided with an opening intended to receive a male terminal of the complementary electrical socket; a plurality of generally cylindrical female terminals located through the housing in parallel to the mating direction, wherein the female terminal includes a central part located in the central part of the receptacle, a front part projecting from the central part in the mating direction and intended to receive the male terminal of the complementary electrical socket, wherein the receptacle includes a plurality of ribs arranged radially on an inner side of said receptacle, and protruding transversely inward, projecting in parallel to the receptacle axis, wherein the plurality of ribs are adapted to cooperate with the front part of the corresponding female terminal to center the front part of the corresponding female terminal with respect to the receptacle axis, and wherein the front part of the female terminal, projecting from its central part in the mating direction, consists of a plurality of blades extending symmetrically along a female terminal axis parallel to the receptacle axis and that the number of ribs is higher than the number of blades in the plurality of blades.