Patent ID: 7066738

Claim:
An outlet socket for a vehicle, comprising a socket body ( 20 ) with a plug socket terminal accommodation chamber ( 23 ) for accommodating a plug socket terminal ( 26 ); and a ground terminal accommodation chamber ( 24 ) disposed below said plug socket terminal accommodation chamber ( 23 ) and configured for accommodating a ground terminal ( 31 ), said ground terminal accommodation chamber ( 24 ) having an aperture ( 30 ) formed along a direction substantially orthogonal to an insertion direction of a mating plug and substantially orthogonal to a vertical direction, said ground terminal ( 31 ) being accommodated through said aperture ( 30 ); a downwardly open drain hole ( 29 ) formed through a peripheral wall of said plug socket terminal accommodation chamber ( 23 ); and a step ( 36 ) formed on a peripheral surface between said drain hole ( 29 ) and said aperture ( 30 ).