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US 6,638,076 B2Granted
Plug/socket assembly
OwnerDonglei Wanginventor
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Abstract
A plug/socket assembly includes a plug portion and a socket portion. The plug portion comprises a fastener, a metal plate set in the fastener, and two contact poles. The socket portion comprises a casing, a lead, two elastic flakes, two magnetic bodies and a lead connector. When the plug portion and socket portion are used together, the magnetic bodies and the elastic flakes contact the metal plate and the contact poles at the same time, respectively.
Claims11
A plug/socket assembly comprising:
- a plug portion having a fastener connected to a household appliance having a heat circuit, a metal plate set in said fastener, and two contact poles fixed to said fastener, wherein each said contact poles has a first end and a second end, and further wherein said first ends of said respective contact poles are connected to said heat circuit of said household appliance, and said second ends of said contact poles extend from said fastener;
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- a socket portion having a casing with an upper cover and a lower cover, two elastic flakes positioned in said casing, two magnetic bodies positioned in said casing, a lead connector attached to said casing, and a lead positioned in said lead connector, wherein said upper cover is connected to said lower cover at a first joint and a second joint, and said casing being formed with two contact holes at said first joint, further wherein said two elastic flakes are positioned in said casing to respectively face said two contact holes, and said lead connector is positioned at said second joint of said casing, wherein said lead extends through said lead connector from said casing at an angle, and further wherein while said magnetic bodies of said socket portion contact with said metal plate of said plug portion, said elastic flakes of said socket portion contact with said second ends of said contact poles of said plug portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.