Patent ID: 6948985

Claim:
A connector for use with a socket such as used in a motor vehicle for supplying electrical power to an appliance, the connector having an inner end for placement in the socket and an outer end remote from the socket, such connector comprising: an expander having a passageway extending through it; a collet having an opening through it mounted on the expander, the expander being adapted to slide within the collet, the collet having a plurality of slots extending from the outer end toward the inner end; a flange mounted at the inner end of the connector in contact with the collet; a shaft secured to the flange mounted in the passageway of the expander, the shaft and the expander having interacting means to cause the expander to move along the shaft when the expander is turned; and a positive contact mounted on the shaft at the inner end and a negative contact mounted on the collet.