US 11,670,887 B2
Protection cover device for socket and socket
Guoqiang Yu, Shanghai (CN); Canyan Xie, Shanghai (CN); and Hejun Sun, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Opple Lighting Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN); and Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd., Suzhou (CN)
Filed by OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD., Shanghai (CN); and SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD., Suzhou (CN)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/362,915.
Application 17/362,915 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2019/128268, filed on Dec. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201822262311.1 (CN), filed on Dec. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0328378 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 29/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/453 (2006.01); H01R 43/18 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/4538 (2013.01) [H01R 43/18 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protection cover device for a socket, comprising:
a housing;
a protection cover, which is arranged in the housing; and
a torsion spring, which is configured to reset the protection cover, and
wherein the housing further comprises a bottom plate and a faceplate spaced apart from the bottom plate, the faceplate is provided with a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole, the bottom plate is provided with a first through hole and a second through hole; the protection cover is further provided with a first driving slope and a second driving slope that guide the protection cover to translate along a distribution direction of the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole, the protection cover is further provided with a probe hole; the torsion spring comprises a spring body, a first swinging arm fixedly connected to the spring body and a second swinging arm fixedly connected to the spring body, the torsion spring is arranged between the protection cover and the bottom plate, and
wherein the spring body is lap-jointed or connected with the protection cover, the first swinging arm is lap jointed with a surface of the bottom plate and is configured to slide along the surface of the bottom plate upon the protection cover being pressed down and translated, and the second swinging arm is connected or lap jointed with the bottom plate.