Patent ID: 6152770
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
An improved waterproof socket adapter, comprising:an insert holder having a front end with plug holes, and having a waterproof partition therein, said insert holder further having an extension at a rear end thereof, the extension having a division, a first set of cord grooves separated by the division, and ribs within the first set of cord grooves;a housing adapted to receive said insert holder therein, and having guide slots arranged therein and in registration with the waterproof partition for guiding and accommodating the waterproof partition when said housing and said insert holder are assembled together, said housing further including a second set of cord grooves and ribs within the second set of cord grooves;a power cable having at least two cords positively separated from each other by said waterproof partition when said housing and said insert holder are assembled together, said power cable further having an outer insulator; andleaf copper conductors connected to respective ends of the at least two cords and being disposed within said insert holder;wherein when said power cable with leaf copper conductors is in the insert holder, and said housing and said insert holder are assembled together, the outer insulator rests against the ribs within the first set of cord grooves and is clamped by the ribs within the first set of cord grooves and by the ribs within the second set of cord grooves in a water tight connection, thereby firmly fixing the power cable between the respective ribs.