IP Library Granted Patent US 6,932,631
Granted Patent B2
US 6,932,631 · App. 10/627,676 · Granted Aug 23, 2005

Socket protective cover capable of preventing single-opening insertion

Assignee: Atom Technology Inc.
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Patent No.
US 6,932,631
App. No.
10/627,676
Granted
Aug 23, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A socket protective cover capable of preventing single-opening insertions includes a housing, a sliding base and covers. The housing has insertion openings. The sliding base is capable of transverse displacement in the housing, and has restoring elasticity. The covers are also provided with restoring elasticity, and have blocking members for extending into the insertion openings of the housing. When the blocking members at the covers are not simultaneously pushed and departed from the insertion openings, the other blocking member not pushed away from the insertion opening remains in the insertion opening and blocks sideward movements of the sliding base, thereby forbidding an alien object from pushing away the blocking members and thus preventing the alien object from entering the socket.

Claims (5)

1. A protective socket for preventing single-opening insertion comprising:

a housing having a plurality of insertion openings;

a sliding base assembled in the housing; the sliding base being capable of transverse sliding movements in the housing;

a plurality of covers disposed at corresponding positions of the insertion openings; the covers being capable of pivotal rotations and capable of restoring forces on the sliding base established by restoring elastic means disposed in the sliding base; the covers further including a plurality of blocking members for extending into the insertion openings of the housing;

when the blocking members at the covers are simultaneously pushed and departed from the insertion openings, the covers are pivotally rotated and tilted on the sliding base, and a subsequent force imposed upon the covers pushes the covers and the sliding base sideward; when the blocking members at the covers are not simultaneously pushed and departed from the insertion openings, one of the blocking members not pushed away from the insertion opening remains in the insertion opening and blocks displacement of the sliding base.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2003
From: HUANG, CHYONG-YEN
To: ATOM TECHNOLOGY INC.
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050026482A1 · Feb 3, 2005