Electric socket especially for motor vehicles
US5382171A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/447
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an electrical plug-in socket, especially for motor vehicles, which has a hinged lid, a compression spring, for the hinged lid, a chamber for the compression spring molded to the socket housing, and a cam provided with a control curve and molded to the hinged lid. The cam cooperates in such a way with the compression spring, that the hinged lid is automatically held in one of the closed and the open position. In order to simplify the assembly or installation of the hinged lid and in order to lower the material and installation costs, the compression spring is designed as a leaf spring and is molded into the chamber of the plug-in socket housing. The leaf spring has a spherical section-shaped rise for the control curve of the cam.
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