Patent ID: 7029329

Claim:
A terminal box comprising: a housing assembly having a housing having a front, a rear, a bottom, an open back, a front panel formed on the front of the housing and multiple through holes defined through the front panel; a back cover mounted over the open back of the housing; and an internal block made of non-conducting material, mounted between the front panel and the back cover inside the housing, and having a front face and multiple prong holes defined through the front face; a socket assembly mounted between the front panel and the internal block inside the housing, having multiple socket members engaged together, each having a socket base having two edges, a proximal end and two tracks defined respectively at the edges of the socket base; a flange extending from the socket base, corresponding to and passing through one of the through holes of the housing; a socket defined inside the flange through the socket base, corresponding to and aligned with one of the prong holes of the internal block; and a strip extending from the proximal end of the socket base, having a distal end, two edges and two protuberances defined along the edges of the strip; and multiple prong contacts made of metal, mounted between the internal block and the back cover inside the housing, and each having a receiving end corresponding to and aligned with one of the prong holes of the internal block and one of the sockets of the socket assembly.