Patent ID: 7762831

Claim:
A socket for securing a plug, the plug comprising a flange and two pins connected to the flange, the socket comprising: a base plate defining two insertion holes therein, two clasp devices each rotatably fastened to the base plate, each clasp device comprising a spring, a cover, a bottom plate, and a connection body, the connection body being located between and connecting the cover and the bottom plate, the cover being substantially parallel to the bottom plate, the cover, the bottom plate and the connection body cooperatively defining a receiving cavity, the two springs connecting the respective clasp devices with the base plate, the two clasp devices selectively operating one of in an opened position, where the plug is detached from the two clasp devices and where the springs have a first length, and in a closed position, where the flange is partially secured in the two receiving cavities with the pins being received in the respective holes and where the springs are each extended to have a second length, the extended springs thus applying a tensile force on the two respective clasp devices such that the cover and the bottom plate both abut against the flange.