Patent ID: 8545251

Claim:
A locking electrical socket comprising: a hollow cylindrical body defining an internal recess, the cylindrical body having two open ends for housing a cylindrical socket face and partially housing a t-member, the cylindrical body comprising an internal cam for engaging one more clevis pins, the cam partially circumscribing the inner surface of the cylindrical body; wherein the internal recess defined by the cylindrical body is of non-uniform diameter, such that the diameter of the recess across a lateral axis is smaller than the diameter of the internal recess across a longitudinal axis; a cylindrical socket face having two or more jacks for receiving the male prongs of an electrical plug, the jacks comprising one or more conductivity pieces for engaging with electrical contact the male prongs, the socket face defining one or more recesses for receiving one or more clevis pins for closing and engaging apertures on the male prongs; wherein the clevis pins are biased in an open position by one or more resilient springs, wherein the clevis pins are closed to engage the male prongs by the cam rotating across the clevis pins when the cylindrical body is twisted axially around the socket face; and a rigid member mounted inside the cylindrical body to one of the cylindrical socket face and a component affixed to cylindrical socket face, the rigid member traversing the longitudinal axis of the inner recess, the rigid member of a length longer the diameter of inner recess across its lateral axis, the rigid member of a length less than the diameter of the inner recess across its longitudinal axis, such that cylindrical body can only rotated axially around the rigid member until a diameter of the inner recess as measured across the rigid member is reduced to the length of the rigid member.