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  • Patent number: 6302743
    Abstract: An electric outlet assembly having multiple receptacle and contact holder sets mounted in a bottom shell and a top cover shell and adapted to receive electric plugs, the receptacle and contact holder sets each including a contact holder mounted in the bottom shell, three annular metal contact plates concentrically mounted on the contact holder and respectively connected to respective metal contact strips in the bottom shell, and a rotary receptacle mounted in a respective hole on the top cover shell corresponding to the contact holder and rotatable relative to the contact holder, the rotary receptacle having three plug holes, and three metal contact terminals respectively mounted in the plug holes at a bottom side and disposed in contact with the annular contact plates, the metal contact terminals being maintained in contact with the annular metal contacts upon rotary motion of the rotary receptacle relative to the contact holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Inventors: Pen-Li Chiu, Pen-Fu Chiu