Locking three-wire electrical cord connector

• US 3,112,973 A
• Filed: 09/26/1960
• Issued: 12/03/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Von Holtz Charles Theodore
• Original Assignee: Von Holtz Charles Theodore
• Inventors: VON HOLTZ CHARLES THEODORE
• Application Number:
  US04/058,403
• Time in Patent Office: 1,163 Days
• US Class Current: 439/456
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/30 with additional earth or shield contacts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/934 High voltage barrier, e.g. surface arcing or corona preventing insulator

Claims

1. A MULTI-WIRE ELECTRICAL CORD CONNECTOR COMPRISING:

A CONNECTOR BODY INCLUDING A BODY SECTION MADE OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL AND A COVER SECTION MADE OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO EACH OTHER;

SAID BODY SECTION HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED CAVITIES FORMED THEREIN;

A BARRIER MADE OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL BEING SEPARATE FROM AND MOUNTED ON SAID BODY SECTION, COOPERATING THEREWITH TO IN PART FORM SAID CAVITIES AND HAVING AN ENLARGED CENTRAL PORTION DISPOSED PARTIALLY BETWEEN SAID CAVITIES AND PARTIALLY EXTENDING BEYOND SAID BODY SECTION;

SAID BARRIER BEING SEPARATE FROM SAID COVER SECTION AND CARRIED INDEPENDENTLY THEREOF BY SAID BODY SECTION;

AND A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTTERMINAL ASSEMBLIES SECURED TO SAID BODY SECTION IN SAID CAVITIES;

THE TERMINALS OF SAID ASSEMBLIES BEING DISPOSED SO AS TO BE SPACED APART AND SEPARATED BY SAID BARRIER CENTRAL PORTION.