Patent ID: 6929515

Claim:
An in-line AC adapter for interfacing between an electrical receptacle having a three socket array characterized by laterally spaced slots and an orthogonal grounding slot and an electrical plug having a four blade array a first pair of laterally spaced blades and a second pair of orthogonally spaced blades, said adapter comprising: a housing member having a peripheral wall and a base wall forming a frontally opening cavity; wall means in said cavity providing first and second pairs of frontally opening pockets including slots in said base wall registering with said four blade array; a cover member overlying said cavity and engaging said peripheral wall of said housing member, said cover member having slots registering with said three socket array; a first terminal assembly including a first base portion carried on said cover member at a first mounting position, said first terminal assembly including first and second terminal means carried in said first pair of opposed pockets for electrical engagement by blades of said first array; a blade connecting member including said first base portion electrically connecting said first and second terminal means; a first blade member electrically connected with said first connecting member extending through one of said slots in said cover member for reception in a slot of said receptacle array; a second terminal assembly including a second base portion carried on said cover member at a second mounting position, said second terminal assembly including third terminal means carried in one pocket of said second pair, a third terminal assembly including a third base carried on said cover member at a third mounting location, said third terminal assembly including fourth terminal means carried in the other socket of said second pair, said third terminal assembly having a third blade member extending thought the remaining slot in said cover member for reception in the remaining slot of said receptacle array, whereby said wall means laterally isolate said terminal means for a first level of electrical separation; and fastener means for connecting said housing member to said cover member.