# US 5,344,329 A · Plug-in socket with blocking member

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- Number: US 5,344,329 A
- Document ID: US5344329A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/926,002
- Filed: 1992-08-05
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1991-08-12
- Inventors: Enzo Faller
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5344329A

## CPC

- H01R 13/443: Dummy plugs
- H01R 13/60: Means for supporting coupling part when not engaged
- H01R 24/58: Contacts spaced along longitudinal axis of engagement
- H01R 2103/00: Two poles
- Y10T 70/50: Special application
- Y10T 70/5584: Dead bolt
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A plug-in socket for amplifiers, loudspeaker boxes, electric musical instruments etc. is described. The plug-in socket has a socket member for the introduction and holding of an electrical plug and at least two electrical contacts engageable with the plug. Furthermore, it includes a blocking member adapted to be introduced into the socket member and to be locked therein. The blocking member prevents an unauthorized introduction of an electrical plug into the socket.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A plug-in socket for amplifiers, loudspeakers boxes, and electrical musical instruments, comprising
a socket member with a round inner bore and having an opening therein for receiving an electrical plug,
a housing member located behind said socket member, and being attached to said socket member by a step, said housing member having at least two contact clamps therein,
a blocking member partially insertable into said opening of said socket member, said blocking member including a lock housing, a tubular member extending from said lock housing and passing through said round inner bore of said socket member, said tubular member being closely supported within said round inner bore of said socket member thereby securing a fixed central position of said blocking member within said inner bore of said socket member, a rotatable elongated actuating member extending centrally through said tubular member and having a projecting member at a forward end thereof, said projecting member being disposed eccentrically with respect to a longitudinal axis of said elongated actuating member, and a movable pin supported on said tubular member which is engaged by said projecting member, so that when said pin is in a first position, said pin is completely within said tubular member, and when said actuating member is rotated, said pin is moved by said projecting member into a second position wherein said pin is at least partially outside of said tubular member and will engage against said step, thereby preventing removal of said blocking member from said socket member.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The plug-in socket of claim 1 further comprising a key which rotates said actuating member.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The plug-in socket of claim 1 wherein said projecting member engages into a recess of said pin.