Patent · US Expired

Multipole electric plug and socket

US4923408A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
3References
15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 8, 1988
Grant dateMay 8, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 8, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/506
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention concerns a multipole electric plug and socket device consisting of a plug enclosure and a socket box enclosure in which there are contact elements and mating contact elements connected to electric lines and accommodated in appropriate compartments, where the enclosure can be connected to a pivot hinge device and can be locked with a catch mechanism opposite the pivot hinge device, and box-shaped magazines having contact elements compartments can be inserted into the plug enclosure and/or the socket box enclosure, and these magazines have catch devices that interlock with mating catch devices on the housing walls, and the plug enclosure has an insertion orifice for frontal insertion of magazines at the front.

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