Patent ID: 7883347
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A power connection apparatus which is constituted of a power socket including an electrode portion and a power plug including terminals electrically connected to the electrode portion, the apparatus comprising: an engagement portion formed in the power socket; and a handle including a grip portion at one end thereof and an abutment portion at the other end, a pivoting portion positioned between the ends being rotatably attached to the power plug, wherein the handle includes engaging claw which is positioned at the pivoting portion or on the side of the grip portion from the pivoting portion to be disengageably engaged with the engagement portion of the power socket, when the power plug is pressed onto the power socket in such a direction as to connect the terminals to the electrode portion and the abutment portion of the handle abuts on the power socket, the handle is rotated in a direction in which the grip portion comes close to the power socket, and the engaging claw engages with the engagement portion, and when the handle is rotated from the state in a direction in which the grip portion comes away from the power socket, the engagement between the engaging claw and the engagement portion and the connection between the electrode portion and the terminals are released, and the rotation of the handle in the direction in which the grip portion comes away from the power socket is limited by the rotation angle of the handle in the direction in which the grip portion comes close to the power socket when the abutment portion abuts on the power socket.