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Document | Title | Date |
20080220639 | CONNECTOR, A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND AN ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREFOR - Shorting terminals ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080233778 | Shunted electrical connector and shunt therefore - An electrical connector is disclosed having a shunt member disposed between terminals in an electrical connector to shunt them together. The shunt member has shunt contacts defined by turned up portions from an edge of the members. | 09-25-2008 |
20080248667 | POWER STRIP FOR COMPUTER AND RELATED COMPUTER PERIPHERALS - A power strip includes a plug having a hot line terminal and a neutral line terminal, at least one outlet having a hot line terminal and a neutral line terminal, and a power control apparatus having a connector and an electrical switch. The neutral line terminal of the at least one outlet is electrically connected to the neutral line terminal of the plug. The connector is connected to a controlling portion of the electrical switch. The hot line terminal of the plug is connected to the hot line terminal of the at least one outlet via a switching portion of the electrical switch. If the connector is electrified, the controlling portion controls the switching portion to turn on thereby controlling the hot line terminal of the plug to be electrically connected to the hot line terminal of the at least one outlet. | 10-09-2008 |
20080248668 | Plug - A plug for a socket of an airbag is disclosed. The plug has a position assurance member having a movable member and a static member and the position assurance member is movable between a transport position and an end position by moving the movable member in relation to the static member. The plug also has a shorting contact, a flow of current in the shorting contact being possible in the transport position while the flow of current is not possible in the end position. The end position is attainable only when the plug is inserted into the socket. | 10-09-2008 |
20080261425 | SHORTING TERMINAL, A CONNECTOR AND AN ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREFOR - A connector is provided with a plurality of terminal fittings ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080280469 | Short-circuit member, commutator, armature, and method for manufacturing short-circuit member - The number of conductor members in a first conductor member group and the number of conductor members in a second conductor member group are equal to each other. An inner terminal of each conductor member is displaced from an outer terminal of the same conductor member with respect to the circumferential direction of the corresponding conductor member group. Each outer terminal of the first conductor member group is displaced from a corresponding one of the outer terminals of the second conductor member with respect to the circumferential direction of the first conductor member group. | 11-13-2008 |
20080293275 | CONNECTOR AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEVICE - A connector | 11-27-2008 |
20080318457 | Electrical connector - An electrical connector ( | 12-25-2008 |
20090004900 | Low profile shorting bar for electrical connector - Disclosed herein is an electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a housing, at least two male contacts, and a shorting member. The at least two male contacts are mounted within the housing. The shorting member is connected to the housing. The shorting member includes a single loop section and an aperture. The single loop section is adapted to contact the at least two male contacts when the electrical connector is disengaged from a mating electrical connector. The single loop section is adapted to be spaced from the at least two male contacts when the electrical connector is engaged with the mating electrical connector. The at least two male contacts extend through the aperture. | 01-01-2009 |
20090011628 | Self-Muting audio connector - This disclosure concerns methods, systems and apparatus that can be automatically activated by means of insertion into a jack socket and designed such that when inserted, no longitudinal force is exerted on the jack. In particular, self-muting connectors employ a spring-biased switch with an internal spring and a protrusion. When the connector is disconnected, the protrusion extends outwardly of a ground sleeve and the spring contacts an inner signal conductor. In this state, the switch shorts the signal conductor and ground sleeve together. When the connector is inserted into a complementary jack socket, the protrusion is urged inwardly and the spring deformed such that it ceases to contact the inner conductor, thereby the breaking the short-circuit between the signal conductor and ground sleeve. This allows a normal electrical connection to be established between the connector and the device to which the connector is inserted. | 01-08-2009 |
20090011629 | Electrical connector having improved terminal arrangement thereof - An electrical connector ( | 01-08-2009 |
20090035973 | Connector having connection detecting means which is elastically deformable - In a connector to be connected to a connection object, a housing holds at least one contact to be contacted with the connection object and a switch for detecting whether the connection object is in a connected state or an unconnected state. The switch includes a first conductive member and a second conductive member. The first conductive member includes a first spring portion which is elastically deformable and extends in a first direction to have a free end, a conductive member abutting portion which is formed at the free end of the first spring portion and adapted to the abutted to the connection object in the connected state in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a first contact point which is connected to the first spring portion. The second conductive member includes a second contact point faced to the first contact point in the second direction. | 02-05-2009 |
20090042426 | Switch arrangement and method for changing over a hearing device - Switch arrangement for hearing devices, which includes a connector socket which can be covered by a socket cover. The connector socket and the socket cover are arranged and embodied such that an electrical switching contact can be produced by applying pressure to the socket cover covering the connector socket. A method for changing over programs in hearing devices with a behind-the-ear part is also specified, in which an electrical switching contact is produced by means of a connector socket of the behind-the-ear part and its socket cover. Space can be saved as a result. | 02-12-2009 |
20090042427 | Surface mount connector - A surface mount connector includes a housing and a movable terminal attached to the housing. The movable terminal includes a movable section to be movable relative to the housing, an adhering section connected to the movable section and having an adhering surface relative to the housing, and a connecting section connected to the adhering section via a joining section. The adhering surface includes a groove extending toward the movable section having a first width. The movable terminal further includes an opening portion connected to the groove. The opening portion extends in a first direction crossing a second direction that the adhering section is connected to the movable section and having a second width larger than the first width. | 02-12-2009 |
20090061669 | Connecting system with direct plug connection - A plug-in connector arrangement includes a terminal block containing a chamber in which are mounted a horizontal bus bar having a transverse wall, and a resilient contact having a fixed horizontal leg portion, an intermediate portion bent upwardly from the first leg portion, and an outwardly biased second leg portion reversely bent back above the first leg portion. The second leg portion contains a clamping end portion that extends through a conductor opening contained in the first leg portion. The clamping portion includes at least two discrete clamping surfaces so arranged that when a bare conductor is inserted into the conductor opening, the conductor circumferential surface is selectively engaged by one or more of the clamping surfaces in accordance with the diametrical size of the conductor. The conductor is biased by the clamping portion toward electrical engagement with the bus bar transverse wall. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061670 | Electrical card connector - An electrical card connector for receiving a card, comprises an insulative housing having a supporting surface with a front end and a rear end; a plurality of contacts assembled in the housing and oriented toward the rear end; a switch terminal arranged in the rear end. Each contact has at least a contact engaging portion extending above the supporting surface; one of the contact engaging portions engaged with the switch terminal when a card is inserted, and electrically separated from each other when the card is removed. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061671 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH A PAIR OF IMPROVED DETACTING PINS - An electrical connector includes an insulating housing defining a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwards from a front face of the base portion, a plurality of terminals and a pair of detecting pins having a moveable pin and an immoveable pin. Each terminal defines a contacting portion located on the bottom face of the tongue portion and a solder leg extending towards a bottom face of the base portion. The two pins respectively define a contacting section spaced from and mating with each other and a leg section spaced from each other. The moveable pin defines an arc section projecting forwards beyond the front face of the tongue portion. | 03-05-2009 |
20090111302 | MICROSWITCH FOR A COAXIAL PLUG AND SOCKET CONNECTOR - The invention concerns a microswitch for a coaxial plug and socket connector with a contact spring and a mating contact, wherein the contact spring is a cross-shaped leaf spring. | 04-30-2009 |
20090117766 | High density coaxial switching jack - A coaxial switching jack with a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within a housing having a pair of front openings. The coaxial assemblies each include a center conductor and a shell conductor. The center conductors are connected by a first spring and the shell conductors are connected by a second spring. Insertion of a coaxial cable connector within one of the front openings deflects the springs from the corresponding coaxial assembly and disconnects the center and shell conductors of the two assemblies. The jack may also be configured to provide an electrical connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly if a coaxial cable connector is inserted within the first coaxial assembly. The connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly may allow for selection of a desired electrical impedance. | 05-07-2009 |
20090170359 | Socket with Detection functions - A socket with a detection function includes a housing; a plurality of metal spring pins installed side by side in the housing; a first detection pin formed on a side of the plurality of metal spring pins and coupled to a system ground; and a second detection pin formed on another side of the plurality of metal spring pins and coupled to a pull up resistor for providing a high voltage level for the second detection pin. The second detection pin includes an elastic metal arm extending toward the first detection pin and formed on the top of the first detection pin. A first metal spring pin is deflected to press down the elastic metal arm of the second detection pin for contacting the first detection pin when a phone cable plug is inserted into the socket. | 07-02-2009 |
20090186504 | Electrical Circuit Quick Connection And Disconnection System With Automatic Short Circuit Of Current Transformer Secondaries - Electrical circuit quick connection and disconnection system with automatic short circuit of current transformer secondaries and similar devices, consists of a multipole plug ( | 07-23-2009 |
20090191737 | ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND CONNECTOR - A connector for an electric power supply device is disclosed. The connector is arranged to mate a corresponding connector at an apparatus to which the electrical power supply device is arranged to supply electrical power, wherein the connector comprises at least one electrical contact; a housing having a first part arranged grippable by a user when the user connects or disconnects the connector to the device, and a second part slidably arranged with the first part; at least one electrical contact arranged on one of said first or second part, wherein a first force for connecting the at least one electrical contact to the corresponding mating connector is higher than a second force for causing sliding between said first and second parts; and a switch arranged to be actuated based upon relative positions of said first and second parts, wherein said switch is arranged to electrically control connection and disconnection of an electrical power input of the electric power supply device. A power supply device is also disclosed. | 07-30-2009 |
20090197446 | HIGH DENSITY COAXIAL JACK - A coaxial switching jack with a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within a housing having a pair of front cable connection locations is disclosed. The coaxial assemblies each include a center conductor and an outer shield conductor. The center conductors are connected by a first spring and the shell conductors are connected by a second spring. Insertion of a coaxial cable connector within one of the front cable connection locations deflects the springs from the corresponding coaxial assembly and disconnects the center and shell conductors of the two assemblies. The jack may also be configured to provide an electrical connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly if a coaxial cable connector is inserted within the first coaxial assembly. The connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly may be through a resistor assembly allowing for selection of a desired electrical impedance. | 08-06-2009 |
20090233473 | CONNECTOR WITH A SWITCH TERMINAL - A connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, switch terminal and a metal shell. The insulative housing has a base and a tongue. The base has a slit and an open slot communicating with the slit. The terminals are mounted in the base and the tongue of the tongue. The switch terminal is mounted in the slit and the open slot and has a mounting section, a contacting section and a soldering section. The mounting section is mounted securely in the slit. The contacting is mounted movably in the open slot. The metal shell covers the insulative housing. With the switch terminal, the connector is capable of activating and deactivating a circuit on a PCB for signal and power transmission depending whether a corresponding plug connector plugged into the connector. | 09-17-2009 |
20090258518 | Electrical card connector with a flange-like plane portion - A card connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a base, first and second sidewalls extending upwardly from two opposite sides of the base, a card receiving space defined by the base and the first and second sidewalls; a plurality of contacts held within the housing, the contacts having contact sections extending beyond the base; a pair of detecting switches including a stable switch and a movable switch both around a region located backwardly of the first sidewall; and a flange-like plane portion on said first sidewall and essentially vertical to said first sidewall, a front guiding entrance defined by said flange-like plane portion, the first sidewall, the second sidewall and the base. | 10-15-2009 |
20090305537 | Electrical Safety Socket Device - In invention relates to an electrical safety socket device for connecting appliances and devices to an electrical power line which prevents the occurrence of electric shocks thereby protecting the user by an inadvertent finger touch with the prongs of a plug or by a single-pole insertion. The electrical safety socket device comprises a plug receiving member ( | 12-10-2009 |
20090317996 | Light string with improved shunt system - This utility model relates to a decorative light, and particularly, to a decorative light capable of avoiding an open circuit condition on an entire string of bulbs that operate in series when an individual bulb is removed. The decorative light comprises a socket, a bulb base, a bulb and two terminals, wherein the socket is provided with a retainer therein, which has an opening laterally extending therethrough, and an elastic, conductive ring or coil with a thickness smaller than a width of the opening is disposed within the opening. When the elastic ring or coil is in a natural state, the elastic ring extends outside the retainer through the opening at two sides of the retainer. The bulb base is further provided with an inserting partition at the bottom thereof The elastic conductive ring has two states: one is a separating state where the bulb base is inserted into the socket. In this first state, the inserting partition of the bulb base separates one side of the elastic ring or coil from the corresponding terminals. The other state is a conducting state of the two terminals when the bulb base is removed from the socket. In this second state both sides of the elastic, conductive ring or coil provide contact with the two terminals respectively. This utility model provides a decorative light capable of preventing failure of the complete string of bulbs when any bulb is removed. | 12-24-2009 |
20100003842 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR WITH A NEW TYPE OF CONTACT - A coaxial connector for receipt of a central contact of a complementary coaxial connector to be inserted therein, comprising an insulative case including an upper insulative case portion and a lower insulative case portion; an upper fixed contact, a movable contact and a bottom fixed contact essentially stacked in the space section; the upper fixed contact arranged to be sandwiched by the upper insulative case portion and the lower insulative case portion, the upper fixed contact having a planar contact part along a lengthwise direction; the movable contact having a central planar contact section, the central planar contact section arranged to initially come into contact with the contact part of the upper fixed contact; wherein the contact section of the movable contact is arranged to be movable from a position at which the movable contact is in contact with the upper fixed contact to a position at which the movable contact is separated from the upper fixed contact while not coming into contact with the bottom fixed contact in accordance with attachment and detachment of a complementary coaxial connector. | 01-07-2010 |
20100029110 | INSERTING CONNECTOR, RECEIVING CONNECTOR, AND CONNECTOR UNIT - An inserting connector connected to a receiving connector, the receiving connector being configured to electrically connect an electric power source and an electric apparatus receiving an electric power supply from the electric power source, the inserting connector being connected to the electric apparatus, the inserting connector includes two electric power plug terminals made of a conductor, the conductor being configured to receive the electric power supply; and a control plug terminal configured to be extended and retracted in an inserting direction. | 02-04-2010 |
20100029111 | INSERTING CONNECTOR, RECEIVING CONNECTOR, AND CONNECTOR UNIT - An inserting connector connected to a receiving connector, the receiving connector being configured to electrically connect an electric power source and an electric apparatus receiving an electric power supply from the electric power source, the inserting connector being connected to the electric apparatus, the inserting connector includes two electric power plug terminals made of a conductor, the conductor being configured to receive the electric power supply; and a control plug terminal configured to be extended and retracted in an inserting direction. | 02-04-2010 |
20100041262 | Energy Saving Switch of Continuously Powered Transformers - An additional miniature switch or jumper switch to be integrated within the power connector of any device that is using transformer but that does not need to be connected to it all the time. The energy saving switch will disconnect the primary winding of the transformer from the voltage source when the device does not need to be powered. | 02-18-2010 |
20100081306 | ELECTRICAL PLUG AND SOCKET ASSEMBLY - An electrical plug and socket assembly includes a socket and a plug. The socket includes a socket housing, a plurality of female connectors and a plurality of circuit members. Each of the plurality of circuit members having a non-conductive portion and a conductive portion slidably coupled to one of a live line and a neutral line. The plug includes a plurality of male connectors and a prong structure. The prong structure is capable of pressing the plurality of circuit members, thereby enabling the longitudinal sliding movement. Live female connector and neutral female connector are connected to the live line and the neutral line through the plurality of circuit members. Accordingly, an electrical connection of one of the live line and the neutral line with one of live female connector and neutral female connector may be controlled based upon pressing of the plurality of circuit members by the prong structure. | 04-01-2010 |
20100099285 | LIGHT STRING SYSTEM - A lamp system used in a light string system comprises a light assembly and a socket assembly. The light assembly comprises a light source, a base in communication with the light source, and a bypass activating system. The socket assembly comprises a socket adapted to receive the light assembly and a bypass mechanism having a first position and a second position. The bypass mechanism is in the first position when the light assembly is not seated in the socket assembly. When the bypass mechanism in the first position, current flows across the bypass mechanism. When the light assembly is inserted into the socket assembly, the bypass activating system of the light assembly moves the bypass mechanism into the second position, and current flows through the light source instead of the bypass mechanism. | 04-22-2010 |
20100130043 | AUDIO JACK HAVING A CONTACT WITH TWO SECTIONS SEPARATED WITH EACH OTHER - An audio jack ( | 05-27-2010 |
20100136812 | Safety Socket - A safety socket adapted for receiving a terminal of a plug includes a socket housing with a plurality of electrodes being mounted thereon, a socket cover coupled with the socket housing and an insulating case mounted between the socket housing and the socket cover. The socket cover has a plurality of insertion holes corresponding to the electrodes. And the insulating case is located above the electrode for holding the terminal separated from the electrode and has a through hole aligned with the electrode and the insertion hole. | 06-03-2010 |
20100136813 | HIGH DENSITY COAXIAL SWITCHING JACK - A coaxial switching jack with a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within a housing having a pair of front openings. The coaxial assemblies each include a center conductor and a shell conductor. The center conductors are connected by a first spring and the shell conductors are connected by a second spring. Insertion of a coaxial cable connector within one of the front openings deflects the springs from the corresponding coaxial assembly and disconnects the center and shell conductors of the two assemblies. The jack may also be configured to provide an electrical connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly if a coaxial cable connector is inserted within the first coaxial assembly. The connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly may allow for selection of a desired electrical impedance. | 06-03-2010 |
20100190368 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR HOUSEHOLD OVENS - In a cooker it is undesirable that a given power outlet ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100197156 | LATCHABLE POWER OUTLET - A latchable power outlet with greater ease is disclosed, comprising: a base; at least two electrically conductive plates on the base, wherein the at least two electrically conductive plates are employed for making connection with a power supply and electrically conductive tongs; a two-stage self-locking switch structure on the base; a movable frame connected to the two-stage self-locking switch structure, pressing the two-stage self-locking switch structure after being directly or indirectly pressed by the plug; and at least two electrically conductive tongs; wherein the at least two electrically conductive tongs are connected to the at least two electrically conductive plates and clamp the contact prongs of the plug while being pressed by the movable frame, and wherein the at least two electrically conductive tongs release the contact prongs of the plug and are disconnected from the at least two electrically conductive plates while returning to original position. | 08-05-2010 |
20100216326 | ELECTRICAL SAFETY RECEPTACLE WITH A CROSS-CONNECTION CIRCUIT - An electrical safety receptacle with a cross-connection circuit, comprising: a line, a neutral and a ground wire input from an electrical power source, a line, a neutral and a ground wire output receptacles, four sets of fixed connection points, four sets of movable connection points, a first and a second cross-connection metal connectors, receptacle housing, a top cover, and a plurality of installation screws, when a line prong and a neutral prong of a power plug are not inserted into the line and neutral wire output receptacles, the line and neutral wire output receptacles are not electrically connected to the line wire and neutral wire of the electrical power source, and when the line prong and the neutral prong of the power plug are inserted into the line and neutral wire output receptacles, the line and neutral wire output receptacles are electrically connected to the line wire and neutral wire of the electrical power source. | 08-26-2010 |
20100221940 | SURFACE MOUNT COAXIAL CONNECTOR WITH SWITCHING FUNCTION - An electrical connector that comprises a body including an interface part adapted to engage a mating connector and a mounting part adapted to mount to a surface of a printed circuit board. An internal bore extends through the interface and mounting parts. A fixed interface contact is provided in the internal bore at the interface part. The fixed interface contact is configured to engage a corresponding contact of the mating connector. An actuating contact is received in the internal bore and is axially moveably within the internal bore between first and second positions. First and second stationary contacts are supported by the mounting part. Each of the first and second stationary contacts have a first contact end received in the internal bore of the body and a second exposed end that extends outside of the body for connection to the printed circuit board. The first and second stationary contacts define first and second electrical paths, respectively, wherein movement of the actuating contact between the first and second positions switches the electrical path between the first and second electrical paths, respectively. | 09-02-2010 |
20100279532 | OUTLET AND CONNECTOR - An outlet ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100304589 | Miniature switch connector - The invention relates to a Switch connector for mounting on a printed circuit board, adapted to receive a mating connector in an insertion direction along an insertion axis. The switch connector comprises a shield, a contact element, and a contact spring having at least one fixed leg, at least one elastically deflectable switching leg, and at least one spring bend, the fixed leg and the switching leg extending from the spring bend in a common direction and passing the insertion axis. The switching leg is adapted to be moved by insertion of the mating connector from a rest position, at which the switching leg exerts a spring force onto the contact element, to a switching position, at which the switching leg is spaced apart from the contact element, at least one spring force flux that in the rest position is generated by the switching leg and guided in a closed loop to the fixed leg. To increase the reliability of the switching function, the shield is arranged in the closed loop of the spring force flux. | 12-02-2010 |
20110028012 | SPARKLESS ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - Methods and apparatuses supporting an electrical connection in a manner that eliminates or reduces a danger of electrical sparking are disclosed. A sparkless electrical connector has a conductor, configured to provide flow of electricity between an electrical source and a load, and a resistive element, operatively coupled to the conductor, to resist flow of electricity during a state of partial connection with the electrical source or the load. The resistive element may be not in contact with a terminal of the source or load during a state of full connection. The resistive element may be a coating of an anodized material on a pin of the conductor. The coating provides a resistance sufficient to prevent sparking during connection of the conductor and at least one of the electrical source and the load. Techniques disclosed herein benefit users and manufacturers in the areas of safety, cost, simplicity, and reliability. | 02-03-2011 |
20110045680 | PLUG SYSTEM FOR SURGICAL DEVICES - A plug system for surgical devices includes a plurality of sockets into which connecting plugs of electrosurgical instruments can be inserted, and a switching matrix having a plurality of switches for connecting at least one of the sockets to at least two different outputs or inputs of an electrosurgery device. A control system having a preselection device for controlling the switching matrix is arranged in the plug system. The switching matrix connects predetermined sockets to predetermined inputs or outputs, depending on data input into the preselection device. | 02-24-2011 |
20110053396 | ELECTRONIC CARD CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED HOUSING FOR ASSEMBLING A SWITCH TERMINAL THEREOF FAVORABLY - An electronic card connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts and a first switch terminal retained on the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a receiving space, a receiving slot communicating with the receiving space along an up to down direction and a limiting block at a front side of the receiving slot. The first switch terminal has a fastening portion retained on the insulative housing, a connecting portion forwardly extending to the receiving slot, a limiting portion forwardly extending to a lower side of the limiting block and a tail portion. The switch terminal further has a guiding portion extending sidewardly. The insulative housing has a pre-pressing surface at one side of the receiving slot to pre-press the guiding portion and prevent the switch terminal from bouncing upwardly to resist a front side of the limiting block in an assembly process of the switch terminal. | 03-03-2011 |
20110059637 | SAFETY ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE - A safety electric outlet receiving an electrical plug having a first live standard sized plug blade and second neutral standard sized plug blade including an outlet housing having at least two slots permitting the admission of the first and the second plug blade. A live side power supply coupled to the outlet and a neutral side of the outlet is provided. A first set of contacts coupled to the live side power supply and in a normally open state and supported on a first live side lever. A second sets of contact is coupled to the live side through the first set of contacts and couples to the neutral side of the circuit in a normally open state supported on a second live side lever. A third set of contacts is coupled to the second and to the neutral side of the circuit in a normally open state on a first neutral side levers. A fourth set of contacts is coupled to the third set of at least four pairs of contacts and thereby couples the third set of contacts to neutral, the fourth set of contacts in a normally open state and supported on a second neutral side levers, where the insertion of standard sized plug prongs in their respective sides, the live side prong engages the first and second live side levers and couples the first and second sets of contacts to couple the powers supply on the live side of the circuit to neutral and the neutral standard sized plug prong engages the first and second neutral side levers to engage the third and fourth of sets of contacts to the neutral side of the circuit and complete the circuit. Failure to admit a standard sized plug blade on either the live or neutral side of the outlet would result in a failure to complete the circuit and only couple the respective side to neutral. | 03-10-2011 |
20110076869 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR - The invention relates to a coaxial connector ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110117762 | CONNECTOR DEVICE, RECEIVING CONNECTOR, AND INSERTING CONNECTOR - A connector device includes an inserting connector and a receiving connector, wherein the receiving connector is connected to the electronic device; the receiving connector includes a single control plug terminal and two electric power jack terminals made of a conductor material, the electric power jack terminals being configured to receive the supply of the electric power; the control plug terminal can be extended and retracted in an inserting direction of the receiving connector; the inserting connector is connected to the electric power source; the inserting connector includes a control jack terminal corresponding to the control plug terminal and two electric power plug terminals corresponding to the two electric power jack terminals; and the control jack terminal includes a control switch. | 05-19-2011 |
20110136361 | Light String System - A lamp system used in a light string system comprises a light assembly and a socket assembly. The light assembly comprises a light source, a base in communication with the light source, and a bypass activating system. The socket assembly comprises a socket adapted to receive the light assembly and a bypass mechanism having a first position and a second position. The bypass mechanism is in the first position when the light assembly is not seated in the socket assembly. When the bypass mechanism in the first position, current flows across the bypass mechanism. When the light assembly is inserted into the socket assembly, the bypass activating system of the light assembly moves the bypass mechanism into the second position, and current flows through the light source instead of the bypass mechanism. | 06-09-2011 |
20110171843 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM, AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME AND A METHOD FOR UNMATING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for unmating an electrical connector assembly wherein the movement for unmating the first and second connectors is temporarily blocked after interlocking contacts are disconnected and before the power contacts are disconnected. The invention also relates to a connector system and a connector assembly offering such functions. | 07-14-2011 |
20110177706 | SAFETY CONNECTION ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Electrical connection systems and methods are disclosed. An electrical system includes an electrical plug and an electrical receptacle. The electrical plug has at least one prong having at least one opening. The electrical receptacle has at least one socket, an electrical contact positioned within the at least one socket, a light source positioned to transmit light through the at least one socket, and a photodetector positioned to receive the light transmitted by the light source through the at least one socket. The electrical receptacle further has a microprocessor programmed to selectively couple the electrical contact with the power source based on the light received by the photodetector. | 07-21-2011 |
20110183536 | SWITCH CONTACT AND AUDIO JACK WITH THE SAME - An audio jack adapted to be inserted into an audio plug for switch an audio function includes a housing, a switch contact and a signal contact. The housing includes a main portion, a mating portion projected from a front of the main portion and a tunnel longitudinally formed in the housing. The switch contact includes an engaging portion engaged with the housing, and a first contact portion extended to the tunnel. The signal contact includes an engaging portion engaged with the housing, and a second contact portion extended into the tunnel. The first contact portion and second contact portion connect to different positions of a lateral surface of the audio plug for switching the audio function while the audio plug is completely plugged into the tunnel of the housing. | 07-28-2011 |
20110195587 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN INTERLOCK CIRCUIT - A connector assembly includes a housing, a current carrying conductor, and an interlock conductor. The housing has a cavity that receives conductive members and a shunt of a first connector. The cavity is bifurcated into a conductor channel and an interlock channel that receives a conductive member of a second connector. The current carrying conductor is in the housing and extends through the cavity and the conductor channel. The interlock conductor is in the housing and extends through the cavity and the interlock channel. The interlock conductor closes an interlock circuit when the interlock conductor mates the shunt of the first connector with the conductive member of the second connector. The current carrying conductors mate to the conductive members of the first connector to begin transferring electric current through the current carrying conductor when the interlock circuit is closed. | 08-11-2011 |
20110244701 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ONE PAIR OF SWITCH TERMINALS THEREOF - An electrical connector includes a base, terminals each being disposed on the base and having a contact, and one pair of switch terminals, disposed on the base, including first and second terminals each having a fixing portion, a pin portion and an extension. The base has a connection slot for accommodating an electronic element. The first and second terminals have the fixing portions, each fixed to the base and having a plateless section. The extensions respectively have corresponding connection points. The extension of the first terminal has a pushing portion. The electronic element is inserted into the slot to push the pushing portion to make the extension of the first terminal be elastically moved to touch the switch terminals. Plate surfaces of the fixing portions are arranged in parallel or on the same plane and fixed to the base, and do not overlap with each other. | 10-06-2011 |
20110256747 | CONNECTOR AND POWER SUPPLY UNIT WITH SAFETY MECHANISM - A female connector for supplying electric power from a power supply to an electric device includes two power supply terminals to supply the electric power, two relays connected to the two power supply terminals, respectively, to control supply of the electric power, and two control electrodes configured to control opening and, closing of the two relays, wherein the two relays are driven by the power supply, and the two control electrodes are electrically coupled to each other through a control terminal of a male connector upon mating between the female connector and the male connector, the electrical coupling of the two control electrodes causing the two relays to be closed to supply the electric power to the two power supply terminals. | 10-20-2011 |
20110263147 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR SWITCH - An electric connector switch for connecting lighting fixtures to a power cable is disclosed to include an electrically insulative housing, a connector body mounted inside the housing to hold a grounding unit and a conducting unit, and a switching member for controlling on/off status between the conducting unit and the power cable. The conducting unit has two fixed electrodes respectively connected to the positive and negative poles of the power cable, and a movable electrode, which has one end constantly kept in contact with one fixed electrode and the other end movable by the switching member between the on position to contact the other fixed electrode and the off position to be disconnected from the other fixed electrode. | 10-27-2011 |
20110281449 | High Frequency Receptacle Connector with Plug Connector Detecting Function - A high frequency receptacle connector has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals, a shell and a plug detecting assembly. The first and second terminals are mounted on the insulating housing and capable of implementing USB3.0 protocol. The shell covers the insulating housing and terminals. The plug detecting assembly has a first detecting terminal and a second detecting terminal. The first detecting terminal is mounted on the insulating housing. The second detecting terminal is mounted on the insulating housing and selectively bends to contact or isolate from the first detecting terminal. The high frequency receptacle connector is capable of providing electric power under a power-saving mode of a PCB on which the high frequency receptacle connector is mounted. | 11-17-2011 |
20110312199 | COAXIAL CONNECTORS HAVING BACKWARDS COMPATABILITY WITH F-STYLE FEMALE CONNECTOR PORTS AND RELATED FEMALE CONNECTOR PORTS, ADAPTERS AND METHODS - Coaxial connectors are provided that include a connector body having a front end and a rear end, an inner contact post that is at least partly within the connector body, a first internally-threaded nut that is positioned at the front end of the connector body and that is connected to at least one of the connector body and the inner contact post and a second structure that is attached to the first internally-threaded nut. In some embodiments, the second structure may comprise an internally-threaded nut. In other embodiments, the second structure may comprise a locking member. Corresponding female connector ports are also provided. | 12-22-2011 |
20120003854 | USB CONNECTOR STRUCTURE - A USB connector structure for connecting an electronic device to a computer includes a cable, a first plug group and a second plug group. The first plug group and the second plug group are connected to opposite ends of the cable. The first plug group includes a first standard USB plug and a first mini USB plug electrically connected to the first standard USB plug. The second plug group is connected to another end of the cable, and includes a second standard USB plug and a second mini USB plug electrically connected to the second standard USB plug. Any two of the first standard USB plugs, the first mini USB plug, the second standard USB plug and the second mini USB plug can be respectively electrically connected with the electronic device and the computer. | 01-05-2012 |
20120021629 | INTELLIGENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An intelligent electrical includes a metallic shielding case, an insulating main body, plural conducting terminals and at least one detecting element. The metallic shielding case includes a receiving space and at least one elastic sustaining element. The insulating main body includes a first body part and a second body part. The first body part is accommodated within the receiving space. The second body part is exposed outside the metallic shielding case. The detecting element is disposed on the second body part, arranged beside the elastic sustaining element of the metallic shielding case, and selectively contacted with or separated from the elastic sustaining element. When the elastic sustaining element is contacted with the detecting element, the electricity is permitted to be transmitted through the intelligent electrical connector. Whereas, when the elastic sustaining element is separated from the detecting element, the electricity fails to be transmitted through the intelligent electrical connector. | 01-26-2012 |
20120034798 | HIGH DENSITY COAXIAL SWITCHING JACK - A coaxial switching jack with a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within a housing having a pair of front openings. The coaxial assemblies each include a center conductor and a shell conductor. The center conductors are connected by a first spring and the shell conductors are connected by a second spring. Insertion of a coaxial cable connector within one of the front openings deflects the springs from the corresponding coaxial assembly and disconnects the center and shell conductors of the two assemblies. The jack may also be configured to provide an electrical connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly if a coaxial cable connector is inserted within the first coaxial assembly. The connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly may allow for selection of a desired electrical impedance. | 02-09-2012 |
20120045916 | REPLACEABLE CONNECTION FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Systems and methods electrically connect a first electronic device or electrical component, having a external electrical connector, to a circuit board of a second electronic device. A low-cost, user-installable connection system isolates mechanical stresses imposed on the external electrical connector to within the user-installable connection system, thereby preventing the mechanical stresses from reaching the circuit board in the second electronic device. If the connection becomes faulty, only the low-cost, user-installable connection system must be replaced. | 02-23-2012 |
20120058657 | ELECTRICAL CARD CONNECTOR HAVING DETECTING CONTACTS ACTUATED BY SLIDER - An electrical card connector includes an insulative housing ( | 03-08-2012 |
20120088383 | CARD CONNECTOR - A card connector includes an insulating housing, a shell covering on the insulating housing to define a card receiving space between the cover and the insulating housing for being inserted into a card along an insertion direction, a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing and extended into the card receiving space, a first switch terminal and a second switch respectively positioned at a right side of the insulating housing. The first switch terminal includes a main section extended along the insertion direction, a first straight section and a second straight section successively and slantwise extended into the card receiving space form a free end of the first main section to respectively define a first slope and a second slope relative to the main section. The second switch terminal includes a contacting section extending beside the first straight section. The second slope is larger than the first slope. | 04-12-2012 |
20120094517 | CONNECTOR HAVING SELF-WIPING CONTACTS - Connectors that may be incorporated and used in electronic devices in a reliable manner. One example may provide a connector that may receive a memory card, such as a Secure Digital, SmartMedia, Compact Flash, or other type of memory card. One example may provide a connector that may connect to other electronic circuits and components in an electronic device in a reliable manner. Another may provide a connector that may reliably form a connection for electromagnetic interference protection during device assembly. Another may provide a connector that may be resistant to damage from debris or other particulate matter that may enter the connector. Another example may provide a connector that has a back that is reinforced to prevent damage caused by the insertion of a card with excessive force. Another may provide a connector having a raised portion arranged to fit in an opening in a printed circuit board. | 04-19-2012 |
20120100734 | ELECTRICAL SOCKET - The present invention relates to an electric socket having at least two insertion holes of upper lid, a base with two axles, two insertion objects, a touch tone loop and a movable element. The insertion object has two elastic plates and two contact plates, the contact plates respectively have a contact portion; the touch tone loop comprises two movable plates and two fixture plates. The movable plates respectively have a contact portion; the fixture plates respectively have a contact portion corresponding to the contact portion of the contact plates, and a contact portion corresponding to the contact portion of the movable plates. The movable element has two bars, two blocks and two elastic elements. The bar has an end connected to the movable plate and the other end thereof connected to the block. By using an assembly of a insertion object, a touch tone loop and a moveable element to control contact or non-contact of the contacting portion of the touch tone loop with the contact portion of the insertion object for connection or non-connection of the loop formed by the insertion object, the fixture plate and the movable plate, and thereby achieve prevention of electric shock by accidentally plugging wrong object. | 04-26-2012 |
20120129370 | CARD CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED TRAY MEMBER AND METAL COVER - A card connector ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120129371 | ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE INTERFACE SYSTEM - An electronic gaming machine interface system including a first circuit board, a bracket coupled to the first circuit board, a fan coupled to the bracket and disposed over the first circuit board, a second circuit board coupled to the bracket, a first cable coupled between a connector of the first circuit board and a connector of the second circuit board; and a second cable coupled between a connector of the first circuit board and a connector of the second circuit board. | 05-24-2012 |
20120135620 | Electrical Connector Having Shorting Bar Operation Device - The present invention relates to an electrical connector having a shorting bar and an operation device for controlling the shorting bar. The connector has a housing and electrical conductive terminals disposed in the housing. One or more metal shorting bars are attached to the housing, each shorting bar electrically connects two or more terminals as a protective measure to the systems connected to these terminals before the connector is connected to a counterpart connector. The operation device is movably disposed inside the housing. During the connecting process, the operation device is pushed by the counterpart connector to move relative to the housing towards the shorting bar. Upon completion of the connecting process, a portion of the operation device is inserted between the shorting bars and the terminals whereby the shorting bar are electrically isolated from the terminals to resume the original functions of these terminals. | 05-31-2012 |
20120142204 | ELECTRICAL WALL OUTLET - The present invention relates to a wall outlet for controlling electrical current to said outlet comprising: at least one socket, where electrical power is supplied to the at least one socket; and an on/off switch wired in series with the at least one socket, where said on/off switch enables the user to cut electrical power the at least socket. In one exemplary embodiment, each socket includes two electrical contacts, where one contact is a live wire and other contact is a neutral wire. In yet another exemplary embodiment, each socket includes three electrical contacts, where one contact is a live wire, a second contact is a neutral wire and a third contact is a ground wire. | 06-07-2012 |
20120149224 | Detection Switch Structure And Connector Having The Same - A detection switch for detecting when a card is inserted in to a connector. The detection switch includes a housing, a shell, a card receiving passageway, and a detection switch. The shell is disposed on and covers the housing. The card receiving passageway is arranged between the housing and the shell. The detection switch detects when the card is inserted into the card receiving passageway and disposed along a side of the card connector. The detection switch includes a fixed contact secured to the housing, and a movable contact extending from the shell and configured to (1) contact the fixed contact when the card is not inserted in the card receiving passageway and (2) release from contact with the fixed contact when the card is inserted into the card receiving passageway. | 06-14-2012 |
20120164861 | SAFETY SOCKET - A safety socket includes a first conductive clamp seat and a second conductive clamp seat in alignment with a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole. In normal state, the first and second conductive clamp seats are spaced from a first power terminal and a second power terminal in an open state. When a plug is plugged into the safety socket, the prongs of the plug outward bias spring limbs of the first and second conductive clamp seats into contact with the corresponding first and second power terminals respectively. Only under such circumstance, the first and second conductive clamp seats electrically contact the first and second power terminals to close the circuit and provide power for an electric appliance. If a child inserts a conductive article into the first or second insertion hole, the danger of electrical shock can be avoided to ensure safety in use of electricity. | 06-28-2012 |
20120178275 | Power connector with a switch - A power connector includes an insulative housing, a power contact and a switch retained to the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a front surface, a first cavity and a second cavity recessed from the front surface. The power contact has a mating portion protruding into the first cavity. The switch has a button received in the second cavity and a connecting contact engaging with the button. The button has a lever protruding inwardly from an inner side thereof. The lever defines a through hole, and the connecting contact extends through the through hole and moves in the through hole in a pressing process of the button to make the connecting contact electrically connect or disconnect with the power contact. | 07-12-2012 |
20120190226 | CONNECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - An electrical connector for connecting to ground and first and second signal lines includes a ground contact, a first signal contact, a second signal contact, and a switch connected to the first signal contact and the ground contact. The switch is biased “on” until after the first signal contact is connected to the first signal line, the ground contact is connected to the ground, and the second signal contact is connected to the second signal line. The switch, during connection of the connector to ground and first and second signal lines, is thereby automatically triggered to “off” during connection of the connector. If the first and second signal lines are differential signals, the switch, instead, electrically connects and disconnects the first signal contact to the second signal contact. | 07-26-2012 |
20120252241 | Shock-proof electric outlet - The inventive concept is directed to a shock-proof electrical outlet. The front of the electrical outlet has two openings to receive the prongs of a male plug. One side of the opening is the hot side while the other side is the neutral side. Below each of the openings are located two opposed switches oriented such that when the prongs of the male plug are passing through the openings they will activate the switches. The switches in turn will turn on an energize an ignition coil. As soon as the ignition coil is energized it will activate other switches which in turn will turn on the power to the two prongs of the male plug by way of interposed copper contacts. Any foreign objects inserted into any of the openings cannot energize both switches simultaneously and therefore cannot produce an electric shock to the person. | 10-04-2012 |
20120264316 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLEXIBLE DISTRIBUTION OF AC OR DC POWER USING WALL PLUGS - A method and apparatus for modifying standard AC plugs and receptacles to flexibly furnish AC or DC power is disclosed. This can be accomplished by adding a “selector” pin between the non-ground pins used in traditional AC plugs. Alternately, an interposer can be manually applied to the plug to effect selection. Plug electronics can select AC or DC based on respective availability. A flexible power receptacle can manage AC/DC selection, regulate the supplied DC voltage and enable reversion to the AC supply if the DC supply is inadequate. Electronics within a flexible power receptacle can convert DC to AC when advantageous and can regulate the supplied voltage. Additional electronics within a flexible power plug or receptacle can enable communication. | 10-18-2012 |
20130012043 | Patch Cord with Insertion Detection and Light Illumination Capabilities - A patch cord for an intelligent patching system is provided. The patch cord is a ten-wire patch cord having a patch panel plug and a switch plug. The patch panel plug contains ninth and tenth wire contacts that interface with ninth and tenth wire contacts of an intelligent patch panel port. The switch plug is provided with a plunger-style switch that enables the intelligent patch panel to determine when the switch plug is plugged into a switch port. The switch plug is also provided with LED's and circuitry that controls the LED's. | 01-10-2013 |
20130078835 | Electrical Connector System - The present invention relates to an electrical connector system. The electrical connector system includes a first connector to be mated to a corresponding counter connector and it is further adapted to be connected to a signal circuit for activating an electrical power source upon switching. As a safety feature, the connector system further includes a connector position assurance (CPA) member assigned to the first connector, which is movable, whereby an end position is not reachable if the first connector is incorrectly mated to the counter connector. The CPA member is adapted to interact with the signal circuit if placed in said end position so that it activates of the electrical power source. | 03-28-2013 |
20130102173 | SWITCH-EQUIPPED COAXIAL CONNECTOR - With a simple configuration, increase in size can be avoided, usage durability is improved, and occurrence of insufficient electrical connection caused by dust can be prevented well. A crank part is provided in at least one of both contacts including elastic beam-like members. Both of the contacts are provided with cut-away parts, which substantially increase the span lengths of the elastic beam-like members, and gaps between the contacts and an insulating housing which ensure flexibility of the elastic beam-like members to ensure flexibility and prevent permanent deformation of the contacts while enhancing elasticity of the contacts. Dust which has entered the interior thereof is moved along the crank part to ensure electrical conductivity well, which is an employed configuration. | 04-25-2013 |
20130178083 | Terminal Box and Terminal Box Fixing Arrangement - A terminal box includes a box body having a bottom portion, a terminal portion fixed to the box body, a pressing portion, a holding portion and a slide mechanism The bottom portion has an opening portion capable of receiving a terminal inserted therein from the outside. The terminal portion is capable of establishing electric conduction between the terminal portion and the terminal upon contact therewith. The pressing portion is switchable between a contacting state in which the pressing portion clamps the terminal with the terminal portion for establishing electric conduction between the terminal portion and the terminal and a spaced state spaced apart from the terminal portion. The holding portion holds the pressing portion integrally and is slidable on the box body in the direction of movement of the pressing portion to/away from the terminal portion. | 07-11-2013 |
20130203275 | LIGHT STRING SYSTEM - A lamp system used in a light string system comprises a light assembly and a socket assembly. The light assembly comprises a light source, a base in communication with the light source, and a bypass activating system. The socket assembly comprises a socket adapted to receive the light assembly and a bypass mechanism having a first position and a second position. | 08-08-2013 |
20130210251 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH MULTIPLE DETECT MECHANISM THEREOF - A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing defining a base with a mating tongue. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed on the mating tongue. A metallic shell is assembled to the housing and defines a mating cavity into which the mating tongue extends. A plurality of spring tangs are formed on the shell and extend into the mating cavity for retainable abutment against the inserted plug. A dome switch is located outside of the shell and intimately confronts the corresponding spring tang so as to be activated when the corresponding spring tang is outwardly deflected by the inserted plug. An addition detect pin is electrically connected to the dome switch when the dome switch is activated to verify whether the plug is inserted in the mating cavity or to identify whether a high power is required. | 08-15-2013 |
20130217249 | Patch Cord Insertion Detection and Light Illumination Capabilities - A patch cord for an intelligent patching system is provided. The patch cord is a ten-wire patch cord having a patch panel plug and a switch plug. The patch panel plug contains ninth and tenth wire contacts that interface with ninth and tenth wire contacts of an intelligent patch panel port. The switch plug is provided with a plunger-style switch that enables the intelligent patch panel to determine when the switch plug is plugged into a switch port. The switch plug is also provided with LED's and circuitry that controls the LED's. | 08-22-2013 |
20130288497 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NORMAL FORCE IN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A coaxial connector and a method for providing a normal force in an electrical connector. The coaxial connector includes a first terminal having a first contact portion and a second terminal having a second contact portion. Before an external device is inserted into the coaxial connector for the first time, the first contact portion and the second contact portion form a first relative positional relationship. After the external device is disengaged from the coaxial connector, the second contact portion urges against the first contact portion upwards to form a third relative positional relationship. The third relative positional relationship is different from the first relative positional relationship. | 10-31-2013 |
20130295789 | ANTI-ELECTRIC SHOCK POWER SOCKET - An anti-electric shock power socket comprising a main housing body; a negative electrode holder, installed in the main housing body and connected to a negative electrode of a power supply for holding a negative prong of an inserted plug; a positive electrode holder, installed in the main housing body for holding a positive prong of an inserted plug, wherein the positive electrode holder is provided with an overlapping spring plate which can be pushed outward by the inserted positive prong; a positive conducting plate installed in the main housing body and connected to the positive electrode of the power supply. Only when the plug is correctly inserted, the overlapping spring in the positive electrode holder is driven so it overlaps with the positive conducting plate to be closed-circuited with the positive electrode so as to supply power to an electric appliance. | 11-07-2013 |
20130303008 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR - A coaxial connector includes an insulation housing having a receptacle opening portion for receiving a coaxial plug; an outer conductive member; a first terminal disposed below the receptacle opening portion; a second terminal disposed below the first terminal; and an insulation member disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal. The first terminal includes a first contact portion for contacting with a central conductive member of the coaxial plug. The second terminal includes a second contact portion for contacting with the central conductive member. The first terminal further includes a third contact portion, and the second terminal further includes a fourth contact portion for contacting with the third contact portion when the coaxial plug is not inserted into the insulation housing. | 11-14-2013 |
20130337673 | POWER CONNECTION SYSTEM - An AC cord/plug is “dead” while disconnected and goes “live” only when connected. The plug has a set of spring-loaded, normally-open contacts, each having two sets of fixed contacts and a single set of movable contacts. The movable contacts are in a spring-loaded assembly that has an iron core opposite the contacts, and the fixed contacts are in a hermetically sealed compartment shielding them from the plug's exterior. The AC plug inputs (L | 12-19-2013 |
20140011382 | MANAGED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIVITY SYSTEMS - A receptacle block defines at least one socket at which a plug connector may be received. First contact members extend into each socket to receive a primary signal from a plug connector. Second contact members extend into one or more of the sockets to read physical layer information from any plug connector inserted into the socket. A sensing contact is positioned to electrically connect to one of the second contact members when a plug connector is inserted into the respective socket. At least a portion of the sensing contact is flexible to follow the movement of the one second contact member. In certain implementations, the second contact members have resilient sections that are identical to each other. | 01-09-2014 |
20140045354 | AUDIO JACK WITH ESD PROTECTION - A plug-and-jack for use with an electronic device that is configured to ensure circuitry of the device is protected from electrostatic discharge. In one case, the jack is an audio jack designed to protect high gain circuitry of the device against electrostatic discharge from the leads of an audio plug. The jack includes a mechanical switch that only connects the high gain circuitry to the appropriate portion of the audio plug once the audio plug is fully inserted. At the same time, the mechanical switch also connects the high gain circuitry and corresponding portion of the audio plug to an electrostatic discharge circuit. | 02-13-2014 |
20140051274 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing with a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly form the base portion. A plurality of contacts being retained in the insulative housing, and a shell surround the tongue portion to form a mating port for receiving a plug connector. A detecting contact is fixed in the insulative housing, the detecting contact has a first detecting terminal at one side of the insulative housing, the first detecting terminal has a first extending portion, a first engaging portion protruding into the mating port, a connecting part connecting with the first extending portion and the first engaging portion, the connecting part is located at the most front of the detecting contact along a front-to-back direction. | 02-20-2014 |
20140057471 | RECEPTACLE STRUCTURE AND POWER ADAPTER WITH THE SAME - The receptacle includes an insulated body, a pair of pins and a micro switch. The insulated body has a recess. The pair of pins is fixed in the insulated body and located in the recess. The pair of pins includes a first pin and a second pin. The second pin electrically connects a wire. Each of the first and second pins has a free end. The recess is divided into an inner region and an outer region by the two free ends. The micro switch is movably connected in the insulated body and disposed correspondingly to the wire. The micro switch has a contact sheet which can selectively be in contact with the wire. The micro switch is located in the inner region of the recess. | 02-27-2014 |
20140073158 | WATERPROOF ELECTRICAL SOCKET CONNECTOR - A waterproof electrical socket connector includes a connector housing and a plurality of contact members. The connector housing includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion coupled to and configured to cover the first housing portion. The first and second housing portions define a cavity and an opening configured to permit extension of a plug into the cavity. Each of the contact members includes a terminal portion disposed outwardly of the connector housing, a contact portion for establishing electrical contact with the plug, and an embedding portion that interconnects the terminal portion and the contact portion and that is embedded in the first housing portion by insert molding. | 03-13-2014 |
20140106586 | CHARGING PLUG WITH CONTACT-FREE SWITCH DEVICE - The invention relates to a charging plug for connection to a charging socket of a device which is intended to be charged, for example, a motor vehicle which is at least partially driven by electrical energy, or a device which provides charging energy. In order to prevent the charging plug from prematurely becoming defective as a result of corrosion or electro migration, there is provision according to the invention for a switching device of the charging plug to be arranged partially inside and partially outside an enclosed conduction chamber. | 04-17-2014 |
20140148026 | Connector and Construction Machine - A connector for connecting an electric-power-transmission power cable to an electric device installed in a vehicle, includes a device socket, a cable plug that is plugged in or unplugged from the device socket, and a detection switch that is electrically turned on or off by a mechanical contact point provided on the device socket and a mechanical contact point provided on the cable plug. The device socket includes a contact terminal of the detection switch. The cable plug includes a plug housing that is electrically grounded by being connected to the device socket and a cover plate that covers an opening of the plug housing. The cover plate includes an insulative plate body and a contact conductor that contacts with the contact terminal of the detection switch. The plate body and the contact conductor are integrally molded. | 05-29-2014 |
20140206216 | SUBMINIATURE COAXIAL MICRO SWITCH CONNECTOR - A subminiature coaxial micro switch connector includes a metal casing, an upper insulating cover, a resilient terminal, an immovable terminal and a lower insulating cover; the upper insulating cover, resilient terminal, and immovable terminal thereof are provided without bent thicknesses; the resilient terminal and the immovable terminal are plate-shaped structures to effectively decrease the thicknesses thereof such that the volume of the coaxial micro switch connector is reduced greatly to ease fabrication job and promote efficiency of the production. | 07-24-2014 |
20140287606 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR - A coaxial connector includes an insulation housing having a receptacle opening portion for receiving a central conductive member of a coaxial plug; an outer conductive member for detachably attaching an outer conductive member of the coaxial plug; a connection member; a switching spring member capable of being elastically deformed downwardly; and an insulation member fixed to the connection member or the switching spring member so that the insulation member is situated between the connection member and the switching spring member. The switching spring member is pushed and displaced so that the switching spring member is disconnected from the connection member when the coaxial plug is inserted into the insulation housing. The connection member is pushed to displace the switching spring member through the insulation member so that the switching spring member is disconnected from the connection member when the coaxial plug is inserted into the insulation housing. | 09-25-2014 |
20140315405 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH DTECT PINS - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a metallic shell surround the insulative housing, a plurality of contacts and two detect modules retained to the metallic shell. The insulative housing is formed with a base and a tongue extending forwardly from the base. The shell and the insulative housing define a receiving cavity therebetween. The detect module have a detect pin, respectively, the detect pins extend into the receiving cavity through the shell and electrically connecting with each other via a shell of a mating plug. | 10-23-2014 |
20140329397 | ELECTRICAL MODULAR TERMINAL AND MODULAR TERMINAL BLOCK - An electrical series terminal having a terminal housing, conductor connector elements, and current bars, the current bars each having a connector section and a first contact section, the connector sections being assigned to a conductor connector element and the first contact sections together forming a resilient contact region to receive the plug of the test or power plug. A switchable transverse bridge is producible by each current bar having a second contact section, two further current bar pieces being arranged in the terminal housing, and a recess being formed in a current bar piece for insertion of a branch of a jumper. A current bar piece is assigned to a respective current bar so that the second contact section of a current bar is connected to the assigned current bar piece when no plug is inserted and is spaced from the assigned current bar piece when a plug is inserted. | 11-06-2014 |
20150064947 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING DATA PROTECTION FOR INSERTED SMARTCARD - An electronic device includes a housing for safely breaking electronic communication with a smart card on removal from the electronic device. A safeguard structure rotates with respect to the housing to cover the smart card when inserted, and a switch breaks communication between the smart card and the electronic device when the safeguard structure is rotated away from the housing to enable removal of the smart card. The breaking of communication safely prevents damage to, or corruption of, data in the smart card upon removal from the electronic device. | 03-05-2015 |
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20150087173 | PROTECTIVE LOCKABLE FEMALE ELECTRICAL OUTLET - An improved electrical outlet providing a lockable electrical connection between a male plug and the outlet to securely retain the plug. The method to secure and retain the plug imparts minimal stress to the outlet and to the male plug so as to not substantially decrease the durability of either. The outlet decreases the shocking potential to a user or unwitting child by remaining un-energized when idle, and prohibits movement from its idle position until the outlet has received the plug terminal prongs. The shape of the movable receptacle assembly and its corresponding cavity blocks a child from contacting the outlets power source with a metallic object, while making the power source available to the receptacle assembly when initiated by the user. The outlets locking action steps secure and energize the plug simultaneously during the locking action steps in a user friendly manner. The modularized design of the receptacle module can provide an easily adaptable means to fit and form various arrangements such as a wall outlet or an extension cord outlet. | 03-26-2015 |
20150140846 | CONNECTOR - Out of resilient contact pieces ( | 05-21-2015 |
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20160006188 | Detecting Structure of Receptacle Connector - The present invention is a detecting structure of receptacle connector, which comprises a receptacle connector having an insulating base, multiple signal terminals and a shielding housing; at least two contact elastic clips provided respectively on both sides of the shielding housing; and at least two detecting terminals provided respectively on both sides of the insulating base, and each of the detecting terminals contacts with each of the contact elastic clips movably. Thereby, a plug connector and the receptacle connector may butt mutually for appropriate displacement between each of the contact elastic clips and each of the detecting terminals in order to perform the detection by truncating contact signals or generating contact signals to achieve the effects of simple structure, easy operation and effective detection. | 01-07-2016 |
20160020532 | TERMINAL BLOCK ARRANGEMENT - A terminal block arrangement includes a housing and a plurality of connection terminals, each connection terminal including at least one terminal unit for contacting at least one conductor, which can be received on the connection terminal, and at least one associated actuation unit for actuating the terminal unit in order to selectively transfer the terminal unit between at least two positions. At least one of the positions is an open position and at least one of the positions is a contact position. The terminal block arrangement also includes a blocking device, wherein, in a blocking position, the blocking device is capable of preventing, jointly, the actuation of the actuation units of at least two of the plurality of connection terminals. | 01-21-2016 |
20160079718 | HIGH VOLTAGE AND HIGH CURRENT POWER OUTLET - According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a power distribution device including a power outlet comprising a receptacle including an internal conductor configured to be coupled to a power source and to an external conductor inserted into the receptacle, a switch configured to provide an indication of whether the external conductor has been sufficiently inserted within the receptacle, a relay configured to form a first connection between the external conductor and the power source, a transistor configured to be coupled in parallel with the relay, to form a second connection between the external conductor and the power source, and a controller configured to determine, based on the switch, that the external conductor is being removed, in response to the external conductor being removed, control the relay to sever the first connection, and in response to opening the relay, control the transistor to sever the second connection after a predetermined delay. | 03-17-2016 |
20160156140 | INTERNALLY SWITCHED FEMALE RECEPTACLE OR CONNECTOR WITH PLUG-LATCHING SAFETY INTERLOCK | 06-02-2016 |
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20080220639 | CONNECTOR, A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND AN ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREFOR - Shorting terminals ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080233778 | Shunted electrical connector and shunt therefore - An electrical connector is disclosed having a shunt member disposed between terminals in an electrical connector to shunt them together. The shunt member has shunt contacts defined by turned up portions from an edge of the members. | 09-25-2008 |
20080248667 | POWER STRIP FOR COMPUTER AND RELATED COMPUTER PERIPHERALS - A power strip includes a plug having a hot line terminal and a neutral line terminal, at least one outlet having a hot line terminal and a neutral line terminal, and a power control apparatus having a connector and an electrical switch. The neutral line terminal of the at least one outlet is electrically connected to the neutral line terminal of the plug. The connector is connected to a controlling portion of the electrical switch. The hot line terminal of the plug is connected to the hot line terminal of the at least one outlet via a switching portion of the electrical switch. If the connector is electrified, the controlling portion controls the switching portion to turn on thereby controlling the hot line terminal of the plug to be electrically connected to the hot line terminal of the at least one outlet. | 10-09-2008 |
20080248668 | Plug - A plug for a socket of an airbag is disclosed. The plug has a position assurance member having a movable member and a static member and the position assurance member is movable between a transport position and an end position by moving the movable member in relation to the static member. The plug also has a shorting contact, a flow of current in the shorting contact being possible in the transport position while the flow of current is not possible in the end position. The end position is attainable only when the plug is inserted into the socket. | 10-09-2008 |
20080261425 | SHORTING TERMINAL, A CONNECTOR AND AN ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREFOR - A connector is provided with a plurality of terminal fittings ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080280469 | Short-circuit member, commutator, armature, and method for manufacturing short-circuit member - The number of conductor members in a first conductor member group and the number of conductor members in a second conductor member group are equal to each other. An inner terminal of each conductor member is displaced from an outer terminal of the same conductor member with respect to the circumferential direction of the corresponding conductor member group. Each outer terminal of the first conductor member group is displaced from a corresponding one of the outer terminals of the second conductor member with respect to the circumferential direction of the first conductor member group. | 11-13-2008 |
20080293275 | CONNECTOR AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEVICE - A connector | 11-27-2008 |
20080318457 | Electrical connector - An electrical connector ( | 12-25-2008 |
20090004900 | Low profile shorting bar for electrical connector - Disclosed herein is an electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a housing, at least two male contacts, and a shorting member. The at least two male contacts are mounted within the housing. The shorting member is connected to the housing. The shorting member includes a single loop section and an aperture. The single loop section is adapted to contact the at least two male contacts when the electrical connector is disengaged from a mating electrical connector. The single loop section is adapted to be spaced from the at least two male contacts when the electrical connector is engaged with the mating electrical connector. The at least two male contacts extend through the aperture. | 01-01-2009 |
20090011628 | Self-Muting audio connector - This disclosure concerns methods, systems and apparatus that can be automatically activated by means of insertion into a jack socket and designed such that when inserted, no longitudinal force is exerted on the jack. In particular, self-muting connectors employ a spring-biased switch with an internal spring and a protrusion. When the connector is disconnected, the protrusion extends outwardly of a ground sleeve and the spring contacts an inner signal conductor. In this state, the switch shorts the signal conductor and ground sleeve together. When the connector is inserted into a complementary jack socket, the protrusion is urged inwardly and the spring deformed such that it ceases to contact the inner conductor, thereby the breaking the short-circuit between the signal conductor and ground sleeve. This allows a normal electrical connection to be established between the connector and the device to which the connector is inserted. | 01-08-2009 |
20090011629 | Electrical connector having improved terminal arrangement thereof - An electrical connector ( | 01-08-2009 |
20090035973 | Connector having connection detecting means which is elastically deformable - In a connector to be connected to a connection object, a housing holds at least one contact to be contacted with the connection object and a switch for detecting whether the connection object is in a connected state or an unconnected state. The switch includes a first conductive member and a second conductive member. The first conductive member includes a first spring portion which is elastically deformable and extends in a first direction to have a free end, a conductive member abutting portion which is formed at the free end of the first spring portion and adapted to the abutted to the connection object in the connected state in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a first contact point which is connected to the first spring portion. The second conductive member includes a second contact point faced to the first contact point in the second direction. | 02-05-2009 |
20090042426 | Switch arrangement and method for changing over a hearing device - Switch arrangement for hearing devices, which includes a connector socket which can be covered by a socket cover. The connector socket and the socket cover are arranged and embodied such that an electrical switching contact can be produced by applying pressure to the socket cover covering the connector socket. A method for changing over programs in hearing devices with a behind-the-ear part is also specified, in which an electrical switching contact is produced by means of a connector socket of the behind-the-ear part and its socket cover. Space can be saved as a result. | 02-12-2009 |
20090042427 | Surface mount connector - A surface mount connector includes a housing and a movable terminal attached to the housing. The movable terminal includes a movable section to be movable relative to the housing, an adhering section connected to the movable section and having an adhering surface relative to the housing, and a connecting section connected to the adhering section via a joining section. The adhering surface includes a groove extending toward the movable section having a first width. The movable terminal further includes an opening portion connected to the groove. The opening portion extends in a first direction crossing a second direction that the adhering section is connected to the movable section and having a second width larger than the first width. | 02-12-2009 |
20090061669 | Connecting system with direct plug connection - A plug-in connector arrangement includes a terminal block containing a chamber in which are mounted a horizontal bus bar having a transverse wall, and a resilient contact having a fixed horizontal leg portion, an intermediate portion bent upwardly from the first leg portion, and an outwardly biased second leg portion reversely bent back above the first leg portion. The second leg portion contains a clamping end portion that extends through a conductor opening contained in the first leg portion. The clamping portion includes at least two discrete clamping surfaces so arranged that when a bare conductor is inserted into the conductor opening, the conductor circumferential surface is selectively engaged by one or more of the clamping surfaces in accordance with the diametrical size of the conductor. The conductor is biased by the clamping portion toward electrical engagement with the bus bar transverse wall. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061670 | Electrical card connector - An electrical card connector for receiving a card, comprises an insulative housing having a supporting surface with a front end and a rear end; a plurality of contacts assembled in the housing and oriented toward the rear end; a switch terminal arranged in the rear end. Each contact has at least a contact engaging portion extending above the supporting surface; one of the contact engaging portions engaged with the switch terminal when a card is inserted, and electrically separated from each other when the card is removed. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061671 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH A PAIR OF IMPROVED DETACTING PINS - An electrical connector includes an insulating housing defining a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwards from a front face of the base portion, a plurality of terminals and a pair of detecting pins having a moveable pin and an immoveable pin. Each terminal defines a contacting portion located on the bottom face of the tongue portion and a solder leg extending towards a bottom face of the base portion. The two pins respectively define a contacting section spaced from and mating with each other and a leg section spaced from each other. The moveable pin defines an arc section projecting forwards beyond the front face of the tongue portion. | 03-05-2009 |
20090111302 | MICROSWITCH FOR A COAXIAL PLUG AND SOCKET CONNECTOR - The invention concerns a microswitch for a coaxial plug and socket connector with a contact spring and a mating contact, wherein the contact spring is a cross-shaped leaf spring. | 04-30-2009 |
20090117766 | High density coaxial switching jack - A coaxial switching jack with a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within a housing having a pair of front openings. The coaxial assemblies each include a center conductor and a shell conductor. The center conductors are connected by a first spring and the shell conductors are connected by a second spring. Insertion of a coaxial cable connector within one of the front openings deflects the springs from the corresponding coaxial assembly and disconnects the center and shell conductors of the two assemblies. The jack may also be configured to provide an electrical connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly if a coaxial cable connector is inserted within the first coaxial assembly. The connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly may allow for selection of a desired electrical impedance. | 05-07-2009 |
20090170359 | Socket with Detection functions - A socket with a detection function includes a housing; a plurality of metal spring pins installed side by side in the housing; a first detection pin formed on a side of the plurality of metal spring pins and coupled to a system ground; and a second detection pin formed on another side of the plurality of metal spring pins and coupled to a pull up resistor for providing a high voltage level for the second detection pin. The second detection pin includes an elastic metal arm extending toward the first detection pin and formed on the top of the first detection pin. A first metal spring pin is deflected to press down the elastic metal arm of the second detection pin for contacting the first detection pin when a phone cable plug is inserted into the socket. | 07-02-2009 |
20090186504 | Electrical Circuit Quick Connection And Disconnection System With Automatic Short Circuit Of Current Transformer Secondaries - Electrical circuit quick connection and disconnection system with automatic short circuit of current transformer secondaries and similar devices, consists of a multipole plug ( | 07-23-2009 |
20090191737 | ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND CONNECTOR - A connector for an electric power supply device is disclosed. The connector is arranged to mate a corresponding connector at an apparatus to which the electrical power supply device is arranged to supply electrical power, wherein the connector comprises at least one electrical contact; a housing having a first part arranged grippable by a user when the user connects or disconnects the connector to the device, and a second part slidably arranged with the first part; at least one electrical contact arranged on one of said first or second part, wherein a first force for connecting the at least one electrical contact to the corresponding mating connector is higher than a second force for causing sliding between said first and second parts; and a switch arranged to be actuated based upon relative positions of said first and second parts, wherein said switch is arranged to electrically control connection and disconnection of an electrical power input of the electric power supply device. A power supply device is also disclosed. | 07-30-2009 |
20090197446 | HIGH DENSITY COAXIAL JACK - A coaxial switching jack with a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within a housing having a pair of front cable connection locations is disclosed. The coaxial assemblies each include a center conductor and an outer shield conductor. The center conductors are connected by a first spring and the shell conductors are connected by a second spring. Insertion of a coaxial cable connector within one of the front cable connection locations deflects the springs from the corresponding coaxial assembly and disconnects the center and shell conductors of the two assemblies. The jack may also be configured to provide an electrical connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly if a coaxial cable connector is inserted within the first coaxial assembly. The connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly may be through a resistor assembly allowing for selection of a desired electrical impedance. | 08-06-2009 |
20090233473 | CONNECTOR WITH A SWITCH TERMINAL - A connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, switch terminal and a metal shell. The insulative housing has a base and a tongue. The base has a slit and an open slot communicating with the slit. The terminals are mounted in the base and the tongue of the tongue. The switch terminal is mounted in the slit and the open slot and has a mounting section, a contacting section and a soldering section. The mounting section is mounted securely in the slit. The contacting is mounted movably in the open slot. The metal shell covers the insulative housing. With the switch terminal, the connector is capable of activating and deactivating a circuit on a PCB for signal and power transmission depending whether a corresponding plug connector plugged into the connector. | 09-17-2009 |
20090258518 | Electrical card connector with a flange-like plane portion - A card connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a base, first and second sidewalls extending upwardly from two opposite sides of the base, a card receiving space defined by the base and the first and second sidewalls; a plurality of contacts held within the housing, the contacts having contact sections extending beyond the base; a pair of detecting switches including a stable switch and a movable switch both around a region located backwardly of the first sidewall; and a flange-like plane portion on said first sidewall and essentially vertical to said first sidewall, a front guiding entrance defined by said flange-like plane portion, the first sidewall, the second sidewall and the base. | 10-15-2009 |
20090305537 | Electrical Safety Socket Device - In invention relates to an electrical safety socket device for connecting appliances and devices to an electrical power line which prevents the occurrence of electric shocks thereby protecting the user by an inadvertent finger touch with the prongs of a plug or by a single-pole insertion. The electrical safety socket device comprises a plug receiving member ( | 12-10-2009 |
20090317996 | Light string with improved shunt system - This utility model relates to a decorative light, and particularly, to a decorative light capable of avoiding an open circuit condition on an entire string of bulbs that operate in series when an individual bulb is removed. The decorative light comprises a socket, a bulb base, a bulb and two terminals, wherein the socket is provided with a retainer therein, which has an opening laterally extending therethrough, and an elastic, conductive ring or coil with a thickness smaller than a width of the opening is disposed within the opening. When the elastic ring or coil is in a natural state, the elastic ring extends outside the retainer through the opening at two sides of the retainer. The bulb base is further provided with an inserting partition at the bottom thereof The elastic conductive ring has two states: one is a separating state where the bulb base is inserted into the socket. In this first state, the inserting partition of the bulb base separates one side of the elastic ring or coil from the corresponding terminals. The other state is a conducting state of the two terminals when the bulb base is removed from the socket. In this second state both sides of the elastic, conductive ring or coil provide contact with the two terminals respectively. This utility model provides a decorative light capable of preventing failure of the complete string of bulbs when any bulb is removed. | 12-24-2009 |
20100003842 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR WITH A NEW TYPE OF CONTACT - A coaxial connector for receipt of a central contact of a complementary coaxial connector to be inserted therein, comprising an insulative case including an upper insulative case portion and a lower insulative case portion; an upper fixed contact, a movable contact and a bottom fixed contact essentially stacked in the space section; the upper fixed contact arranged to be sandwiched by the upper insulative case portion and the lower insulative case portion, the upper fixed contact having a planar contact part along a lengthwise direction; the movable contact having a central planar contact section, the central planar contact section arranged to initially come into contact with the contact part of the upper fixed contact; wherein the contact section of the movable contact is arranged to be movable from a position at which the movable contact is in contact with the upper fixed contact to a position at which the movable contact is separated from the upper fixed contact while not coming into contact with the bottom fixed contact in accordance with attachment and detachment of a complementary coaxial connector. | 01-07-2010 |
20100029110 | INSERTING CONNECTOR, RECEIVING CONNECTOR, AND CONNECTOR UNIT - An inserting connector connected to a receiving connector, the receiving connector being configured to electrically connect an electric power source and an electric apparatus receiving an electric power supply from the electric power source, the inserting connector being connected to the electric apparatus, the inserting connector includes two electric power plug terminals made of a conductor, the conductor being configured to receive the electric power supply; and a control plug terminal configured to be extended and retracted in an inserting direction. | 02-04-2010 |
20100029111 | INSERTING CONNECTOR, RECEIVING CONNECTOR, AND CONNECTOR UNIT - An inserting connector connected to a receiving connector, the receiving connector being configured to electrically connect an electric power source and an electric apparatus receiving an electric power supply from the electric power source, the inserting connector being connected to the electric apparatus, the inserting connector includes two electric power plug terminals made of a conductor, the conductor being configured to receive the electric power supply; and a control plug terminal configured to be extended and retracted in an inserting direction. | 02-04-2010 |
20100041262 | Energy Saving Switch of Continuously Powered Transformers - An additional miniature switch or jumper switch to be integrated within the power connector of any device that is using transformer but that does not need to be connected to it all the time. The energy saving switch will disconnect the primary winding of the transformer from the voltage source when the device does not need to be powered. | 02-18-2010 |
20100081306 | ELECTRICAL PLUG AND SOCKET ASSEMBLY - An electrical plug and socket assembly includes a socket and a plug. The socket includes a socket housing, a plurality of female connectors and a plurality of circuit members. Each of the plurality of circuit members having a non-conductive portion and a conductive portion slidably coupled to one of a live line and a neutral line. The plug includes a plurality of male connectors and a prong structure. The prong structure is capable of pressing the plurality of circuit members, thereby enabling the longitudinal sliding movement. Live female connector and neutral female connector are connected to the live line and the neutral line through the plurality of circuit members. Accordingly, an electrical connection of one of the live line and the neutral line with one of live female connector and neutral female connector may be controlled based upon pressing of the plurality of circuit members by the prong structure. | 04-01-2010 |
20100099285 | LIGHT STRING SYSTEM - A lamp system used in a light string system comprises a light assembly and a socket assembly. The light assembly comprises a light source, a base in communication with the light source, and a bypass activating system. The socket assembly comprises a socket adapted to receive the light assembly and a bypass mechanism having a first position and a second position. The bypass mechanism is in the first position when the light assembly is not seated in the socket assembly. When the bypass mechanism in the first position, current flows across the bypass mechanism. When the light assembly is inserted into the socket assembly, the bypass activating system of the light assembly moves the bypass mechanism into the second position, and current flows through the light source instead of the bypass mechanism. | 04-22-2010 |
20100130043 | AUDIO JACK HAVING A CONTACT WITH TWO SECTIONS SEPARATED WITH EACH OTHER - An audio jack ( | 05-27-2010 |
20100136812 | Safety Socket - A safety socket adapted for receiving a terminal of a plug includes a socket housing with a plurality of electrodes being mounted thereon, a socket cover coupled with the socket housing and an insulating case mounted between the socket housing and the socket cover. The socket cover has a plurality of insertion holes corresponding to the electrodes. And the insulating case is located above the electrode for holding the terminal separated from the electrode and has a through hole aligned with the electrode and the insertion hole. | 06-03-2010 |
20100136813 | HIGH DENSITY COAXIAL SWITCHING JACK - A coaxial switching jack with a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within a housing having a pair of front openings. The coaxial assemblies each include a center conductor and a shell conductor. The center conductors are connected by a first spring and the shell conductors are connected by a second spring. Insertion of a coaxial cable connector within one of the front openings deflects the springs from the corresponding coaxial assembly and disconnects the center and shell conductors of the two assemblies. The jack may also be configured to provide an electrical connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly if a coaxial cable connector is inserted within the first coaxial assembly. The connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly may allow for selection of a desired electrical impedance. | 06-03-2010 |
20100190368 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR HOUSEHOLD OVENS - In a cooker it is undesirable that a given power outlet ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100197156 | LATCHABLE POWER OUTLET - A latchable power outlet with greater ease is disclosed, comprising: a base; at least two electrically conductive plates on the base, wherein the at least two electrically conductive plates are employed for making connection with a power supply and electrically conductive tongs; a two-stage self-locking switch structure on the base; a movable frame connected to the two-stage self-locking switch structure, pressing the two-stage self-locking switch structure after being directly or indirectly pressed by the plug; and at least two electrically conductive tongs; wherein the at least two electrically conductive tongs are connected to the at least two electrically conductive plates and clamp the contact prongs of the plug while being pressed by the movable frame, and wherein the at least two electrically conductive tongs release the contact prongs of the plug and are disconnected from the at least two electrically conductive plates while returning to original position. | 08-05-2010 |
20100216326 | ELECTRICAL SAFETY RECEPTACLE WITH A CROSS-CONNECTION CIRCUIT - An electrical safety receptacle with a cross-connection circuit, comprising: a line, a neutral and a ground wire input from an electrical power source, a line, a neutral and a ground wire output receptacles, four sets of fixed connection points, four sets of movable connection points, a first and a second cross-connection metal connectors, receptacle housing, a top cover, and a plurality of installation screws, when a line prong and a neutral prong of a power plug are not inserted into the line and neutral wire output receptacles, the line and neutral wire output receptacles are not electrically connected to the line wire and neutral wire of the electrical power source, and when the line prong and the neutral prong of the power plug are inserted into the line and neutral wire output receptacles, the line and neutral wire output receptacles are electrically connected to the line wire and neutral wire of the electrical power source. | 08-26-2010 |
20100221940 | SURFACE MOUNT COAXIAL CONNECTOR WITH SWITCHING FUNCTION - An electrical connector that comprises a body including an interface part adapted to engage a mating connector and a mounting part adapted to mount to a surface of a printed circuit board. An internal bore extends through the interface and mounting parts. A fixed interface contact is provided in the internal bore at the interface part. The fixed interface contact is configured to engage a corresponding contact of the mating connector. An actuating contact is received in the internal bore and is axially moveably within the internal bore between first and second positions. First and second stationary contacts are supported by the mounting part. Each of the first and second stationary contacts have a first contact end received in the internal bore of the body and a second exposed end that extends outside of the body for connection to the printed circuit board. The first and second stationary contacts define first and second electrical paths, respectively, wherein movement of the actuating contact between the first and second positions switches the electrical path between the first and second electrical paths, respectively. | 09-02-2010 |
20100279532 | OUTLET AND CONNECTOR - An outlet ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100304589 | Miniature switch connector - The invention relates to a Switch connector for mounting on a printed circuit board, adapted to receive a mating connector in an insertion direction along an insertion axis. The switch connector comprises a shield, a contact element, and a contact spring having at least one fixed leg, at least one elastically deflectable switching leg, and at least one spring bend, the fixed leg and the switching leg extending from the spring bend in a common direction and passing the insertion axis. The switching leg is adapted to be moved by insertion of the mating connector from a rest position, at which the switching leg exerts a spring force onto the contact element, to a switching position, at which the switching leg is spaced apart from the contact element, at least one spring force flux that in the rest position is generated by the switching leg and guided in a closed loop to the fixed leg. To increase the reliability of the switching function, the shield is arranged in the closed loop of the spring force flux. | 12-02-2010 |
20110028012 | SPARKLESS ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - Methods and apparatuses supporting an electrical connection in a manner that eliminates or reduces a danger of electrical sparking are disclosed. A sparkless electrical connector has a conductor, configured to provide flow of electricity between an electrical source and a load, and a resistive element, operatively coupled to the conductor, to resist flow of electricity during a state of partial connection with the electrical source or the load. The resistive element may be not in contact with a terminal of the source or load during a state of full connection. The resistive element may be a coating of an anodized material on a pin of the conductor. The coating provides a resistance sufficient to prevent sparking during connection of the conductor and at least one of the electrical source and the load. Techniques disclosed herein benefit users and manufacturers in the areas of safety, cost, simplicity, and reliability. | 02-03-2011 |
20110045680 | PLUG SYSTEM FOR SURGICAL DEVICES - A plug system for surgical devices includes a plurality of sockets into which connecting plugs of electrosurgical instruments can be inserted, and a switching matrix having a plurality of switches for connecting at least one of the sockets to at least two different outputs or inputs of an electrosurgery device. A control system having a preselection device for controlling the switching matrix is arranged in the plug system. The switching matrix connects predetermined sockets to predetermined inputs or outputs, depending on data input into the preselection device. | 02-24-2011 |
20110053396 | ELECTRONIC CARD CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED HOUSING FOR ASSEMBLING A SWITCH TERMINAL THEREOF FAVORABLY - An electronic card connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts and a first switch terminal retained on the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a receiving space, a receiving slot communicating with the receiving space along an up to down direction and a limiting block at a front side of the receiving slot. The first switch terminal has a fastening portion retained on the insulative housing, a connecting portion forwardly extending to the receiving slot, a limiting portion forwardly extending to a lower side of the limiting block and a tail portion. The switch terminal further has a guiding portion extending sidewardly. The insulative housing has a pre-pressing surface at one side of the receiving slot to pre-press the guiding portion and prevent the switch terminal from bouncing upwardly to resist a front side of the limiting block in an assembly process of the switch terminal. | 03-03-2011 |
20110059637 | SAFETY ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE - A safety electric outlet receiving an electrical plug having a first live standard sized plug blade and second neutral standard sized plug blade including an outlet housing having at least two slots permitting the admission of the first and the second plug blade. A live side power supply coupled to the outlet and a neutral side of the outlet is provided. A first set of contacts coupled to the live side power supply and in a normally open state and supported on a first live side lever. A second sets of contact is coupled to the live side through the first set of contacts and couples to the neutral side of the circuit in a normally open state supported on a second live side lever. A third set of contacts is coupled to the second and to the neutral side of the circuit in a normally open state on a first neutral side levers. A fourth set of contacts is coupled to the third set of at least four pairs of contacts and thereby couples the third set of contacts to neutral, the fourth set of contacts in a normally open state and supported on a second neutral side levers, where the insertion of standard sized plug prongs in their respective sides, the live side prong engages the first and second live side levers and couples the first and second sets of contacts to couple the powers supply on the live side of the circuit to neutral and the neutral standard sized plug prong engages the first and second neutral side levers to engage the third and fourth of sets of contacts to the neutral side of the circuit and complete the circuit. Failure to admit a standard sized plug blade on either the live or neutral side of the outlet would result in a failure to complete the circuit and only couple the respective side to neutral. | 03-10-2011 |
20110076869 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR - The invention relates to a coaxial connector ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110117762 | CONNECTOR DEVICE, RECEIVING CONNECTOR, AND INSERTING CONNECTOR - A connector device includes an inserting connector and a receiving connector, wherein the receiving connector is connected to the electronic device; the receiving connector includes a single control plug terminal and two electric power jack terminals made of a conductor material, the electric power jack terminals being configured to receive the supply of the electric power; the control plug terminal can be extended and retracted in an inserting direction of the receiving connector; the inserting connector is connected to the electric power source; the inserting connector includes a control jack terminal corresponding to the control plug terminal and two electric power plug terminals corresponding to the two electric power jack terminals; and the control jack terminal includes a control switch. | 05-19-2011 |
20110136361 | Light String System - A lamp system used in a light string system comprises a light assembly and a socket assembly. The light assembly comprises a light source, a base in communication with the light source, and a bypass activating system. The socket assembly comprises a socket adapted to receive the light assembly and a bypass mechanism having a first position and a second position. The bypass mechanism is in the first position when the light assembly is not seated in the socket assembly. When the bypass mechanism in the first position, current flows across the bypass mechanism. When the light assembly is inserted into the socket assembly, the bypass activating system of the light assembly moves the bypass mechanism into the second position, and current flows through the light source instead of the bypass mechanism. | 06-09-2011 |
20110171843 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM, AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME AND A METHOD FOR UNMATING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for unmating an electrical connector assembly wherein the movement for unmating the first and second connectors is temporarily blocked after interlocking contacts are disconnected and before the power contacts are disconnected. The invention also relates to a connector system and a connector assembly offering such functions. | 07-14-2011 |
20110177706 | SAFETY CONNECTION ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Electrical connection systems and methods are disclosed. An electrical system includes an electrical plug and an electrical receptacle. The electrical plug has at least one prong having at least one opening. The electrical receptacle has at least one socket, an electrical contact positioned within the at least one socket, a light source positioned to transmit light through the at least one socket, and a photodetector positioned to receive the light transmitted by the light source through the at least one socket. The electrical receptacle further has a microprocessor programmed to selectively couple the electrical contact with the power source based on the light received by the photodetector. | 07-21-2011 |
20110183536 | SWITCH CONTACT AND AUDIO JACK WITH THE SAME - An audio jack adapted to be inserted into an audio plug for switch an audio function includes a housing, a switch contact and a signal contact. The housing includes a main portion, a mating portion projected from a front of the main portion and a tunnel longitudinally formed in the housing. The switch contact includes an engaging portion engaged with the housing, and a first contact portion extended to the tunnel. The signal contact includes an engaging portion engaged with the housing, and a second contact portion extended into the tunnel. The first contact portion and second contact portion connect to different positions of a lateral surface of the audio plug for switching the audio function while the audio plug is completely plugged into the tunnel of the housing. | 07-28-2011 |
20110195587 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN INTERLOCK CIRCUIT - A connector assembly includes a housing, a current carrying conductor, and an interlock conductor. The housing has a cavity that receives conductive members and a shunt of a first connector. The cavity is bifurcated into a conductor channel and an interlock channel that receives a conductive member of a second connector. The current carrying conductor is in the housing and extends through the cavity and the conductor channel. The interlock conductor is in the housing and extends through the cavity and the interlock channel. The interlock conductor closes an interlock circuit when the interlock conductor mates the shunt of the first connector with the conductive member of the second connector. The current carrying conductors mate to the conductive members of the first connector to begin transferring electric current through the current carrying conductor when the interlock circuit is closed. | 08-11-2011 |
20110244701 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ONE PAIR OF SWITCH TERMINALS THEREOF - An electrical connector includes a base, terminals each being disposed on the base and having a contact, and one pair of switch terminals, disposed on the base, including first and second terminals each having a fixing portion, a pin portion and an extension. The base has a connection slot for accommodating an electronic element. The first and second terminals have the fixing portions, each fixed to the base and having a plateless section. The extensions respectively have corresponding connection points. The extension of the first terminal has a pushing portion. The electronic element is inserted into the slot to push the pushing portion to make the extension of the first terminal be elastically moved to touch the switch terminals. Plate surfaces of the fixing portions are arranged in parallel or on the same plane and fixed to the base, and do not overlap with each other. | 10-06-2011 |
20110256747 | CONNECTOR AND POWER SUPPLY UNIT WITH SAFETY MECHANISM - A female connector for supplying electric power from a power supply to an electric device includes two power supply terminals to supply the electric power, two relays connected to the two power supply terminals, respectively, to control supply of the electric power, and two control electrodes configured to control opening and, closing of the two relays, wherein the two relays are driven by the power supply, and the two control electrodes are electrically coupled to each other through a control terminal of a male connector upon mating between the female connector and the male connector, the electrical coupling of the two control electrodes causing the two relays to be closed to supply the electric power to the two power supply terminals. | 10-20-2011 |
20110263147 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR SWITCH - An electric connector switch for connecting lighting fixtures to a power cable is disclosed to include an electrically insulative housing, a connector body mounted inside the housing to hold a grounding unit and a conducting unit, and a switching member for controlling on/off status between the conducting unit and the power cable. The conducting unit has two fixed electrodes respectively connected to the positive and negative poles of the power cable, and a movable electrode, which has one end constantly kept in contact with one fixed electrode and the other end movable by the switching member between the on position to contact the other fixed electrode and the off position to be disconnected from the other fixed electrode. | 10-27-2011 |
20110281449 | High Frequency Receptacle Connector with Plug Connector Detecting Function - A high frequency receptacle connector has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals, a shell and a plug detecting assembly. The first and second terminals are mounted on the insulating housing and capable of implementing USB3.0 protocol. The shell covers the insulating housing and terminals. The plug detecting assembly has a first detecting terminal and a second detecting terminal. The first detecting terminal is mounted on the insulating housing. The second detecting terminal is mounted on the insulating housing and selectively bends to contact or isolate from the first detecting terminal. The high frequency receptacle connector is capable of providing electric power under a power-saving mode of a PCB on which the high frequency receptacle connector is mounted. | 11-17-2011 |
20110312199 | COAXIAL CONNECTORS HAVING BACKWARDS COMPATABILITY WITH F-STYLE FEMALE CONNECTOR PORTS AND RELATED FEMALE CONNECTOR PORTS, ADAPTERS AND METHODS - Coaxial connectors are provided that include a connector body having a front end and a rear end, an inner contact post that is at least partly within the connector body, a first internally-threaded nut that is positioned at the front end of the connector body and that is connected to at least one of the connector body and the inner contact post and a second structure that is attached to the first internally-threaded nut. In some embodiments, the second structure may comprise an internally-threaded nut. In other embodiments, the second structure may comprise a locking member. Corresponding female connector ports are also provided. | 12-22-2011 |
20120003854 | USB CONNECTOR STRUCTURE - A USB connector structure for connecting an electronic device to a computer includes a cable, a first plug group and a second plug group. The first plug group and the second plug group are connected to opposite ends of the cable. The first plug group includes a first standard USB plug and a first mini USB plug electrically connected to the first standard USB plug. The second plug group is connected to another end of the cable, and includes a second standard USB plug and a second mini USB plug electrically connected to the second standard USB plug. Any two of the first standard USB plugs, the first mini USB plug, the second standard USB plug and the second mini USB plug can be respectively electrically connected with the electronic device and the computer. | 01-05-2012 |
20120021629 | INTELLIGENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An intelligent electrical includes a metallic shielding case, an insulating main body, plural conducting terminals and at least one detecting element. The metallic shielding case includes a receiving space and at least one elastic sustaining element. The insulating main body includes a first body part and a second body part. The first body part is accommodated within the receiving space. The second body part is exposed outside the metallic shielding case. The detecting element is disposed on the second body part, arranged beside the elastic sustaining element of the metallic shielding case, and selectively contacted with or separated from the elastic sustaining element. When the elastic sustaining element is contacted with the detecting element, the electricity is permitted to be transmitted through the intelligent electrical connector. Whereas, when the elastic sustaining element is separated from the detecting element, the electricity fails to be transmitted through the intelligent electrical connector. | 01-26-2012 |
20120034798 | HIGH DENSITY COAXIAL SWITCHING JACK - A coaxial switching jack with a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within a housing having a pair of front openings. The coaxial assemblies each include a center conductor and a shell conductor. The center conductors are connected by a first spring and the shell conductors are connected by a second spring. Insertion of a coaxial cable connector within one of the front openings deflects the springs from the corresponding coaxial assembly and disconnects the center and shell conductors of the two assemblies. The jack may also be configured to provide an electrical connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly if a coaxial cable connector is inserted within the first coaxial assembly. The connection between the center and shell conductors of the second coaxial assembly may allow for selection of a desired electrical impedance. | 02-09-2012 |
20120045916 | REPLACEABLE CONNECTION FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Systems and methods electrically connect a first electronic device or electrical component, having a external electrical connector, to a circuit board of a second electronic device. A low-cost, user-installable connection system isolates mechanical stresses imposed on the external electrical connector to within the user-installable connection system, thereby preventing the mechanical stresses from reaching the circuit board in the second electronic device. If the connection becomes faulty, only the low-cost, user-installable connection system must be replaced. | 02-23-2012 |
20120058657 | ELECTRICAL CARD CONNECTOR HAVING DETECTING CONTACTS ACTUATED BY SLIDER - An electrical card connector includes an insulative housing ( | 03-08-2012 |
20120088383 | CARD CONNECTOR - A card connector includes an insulating housing, a shell covering on the insulating housing to define a card receiving space between the cover and the insulating housing for being inserted into a card along an insertion direction, a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing and extended into the card receiving space, a first switch terminal and a second switch respectively positioned at a right side of the insulating housing. The first switch terminal includes a main section extended along the insertion direction, a first straight section and a second straight section successively and slantwise extended into the card receiving space form a free end of the first main section to respectively define a first slope and a second slope relative to the main section. The second switch terminal includes a contacting section extending beside the first straight section. The second slope is larger than the first slope. | 04-12-2012 |
20120094517 | CONNECTOR HAVING SELF-WIPING CONTACTS - Connectors that may be incorporated and used in electronic devices in a reliable manner. One example may provide a connector that may receive a memory card, such as a Secure Digital, SmartMedia, Compact Flash, or other type of memory card. One example may provide a connector that may connect to other electronic circuits and components in an electronic device in a reliable manner. Another may provide a connector that may reliably form a connection for electromagnetic interference protection during device assembly. Another may provide a connector that may be resistant to damage from debris or other particulate matter that may enter the connector. Another example may provide a connector that has a back that is reinforced to prevent damage caused by the insertion of a card with excessive force. Another may provide a connector having a raised portion arranged to fit in an opening in a printed circuit board. | 04-19-2012 |
20120100734 | ELECTRICAL SOCKET - The present invention relates to an electric socket having at least two insertion holes of upper lid, a base with two axles, two insertion objects, a touch tone loop and a movable element. The insertion object has two elastic plates and two contact plates, the contact plates respectively have a contact portion; the touch tone loop comprises two movable plates and two fixture plates. The movable plates respectively have a contact portion; the fixture plates respectively have a contact portion corresponding to the contact portion of the contact plates, and a contact portion corresponding to the contact portion of the movable plates. The movable element has two bars, two blocks and two elastic elements. The bar has an end connected to the movable plate and the other end thereof connected to the block. By using an assembly of a insertion object, a touch tone loop and a moveable element to control contact or non-contact of the contacting portion of the touch tone loop with the contact portion of the insertion object for connection or non-connection of the loop formed by the insertion object, the fixture plate and the movable plate, and thereby achieve prevention of electric shock by accidentally plugging wrong object. | 04-26-2012 |
20120129370 | CARD CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED TRAY MEMBER AND METAL COVER - A card connector ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120129371 | ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE INTERFACE SYSTEM - An electronic gaming machine interface system including a first circuit board, a bracket coupled to the first circuit board, a fan coupled to the bracket and disposed over the first circuit board, a second circuit board coupled to the bracket, a first cable coupled between a connector of the first circuit board and a connector of the second circuit board; and a second cable coupled between a connector of the first circuit board and a connector of the second circuit board. | 05-24-2012 |
20120135620 | Electrical Connector Having Shorting Bar Operation Device - The present invention relates to an electrical connector having a shorting bar and an operation device for controlling the shorting bar. The connector has a housing and electrical conductive terminals disposed in the housing. One or more metal shorting bars are attached to the housing, each shorting bar electrically connects two or more terminals as a protective measure to the systems connected to these terminals before the connector is connected to a counterpart connector. The operation device is movably disposed inside the housing. During the connecting process, the operation device is pushed by the counterpart connector to move relative to the housing towards the shorting bar. Upon completion of the connecting process, a portion of the operation device is inserted between the shorting bars and the terminals whereby the shorting bar are electrically isolated from the terminals to resume the original functions of these terminals. | 05-31-2012 |
20120142204 | ELECTRICAL WALL OUTLET - The present invention relates to a wall outlet for controlling electrical current to said outlet comprising: at least one socket, where electrical power is supplied to the at least one socket; and an on/off switch wired in series with the at least one socket, where said on/off switch enables the user to cut electrical power the at least socket. In one exemplary embodiment, each socket includes two electrical contacts, where one contact is a live wire and other contact is a neutral wire. In yet another exemplary embodiment, each socket includes three electrical contacts, where one contact is a live wire, a second contact is a neutral wire and a third contact is a ground wire. | 06-07-2012 |
20120149224 | Detection Switch Structure And Connector Having The Same - A detection switch for detecting when a card is inserted in to a connector. The detection switch includes a housing, a shell, a card receiving passageway, and a detection switch. The shell is disposed on and covers the housing. The card receiving passageway is arranged between the housing and the shell. The detection switch detects when the card is inserted into the card receiving passageway and disposed along a side of the card connector. The detection switch includes a fixed contact secured to the housing, and a movable contact extending from the shell and configured to (1) contact the fixed contact when the card is not inserted in the card receiving passageway and (2) release from contact with the fixed contact when the card is inserted into the card receiving passageway. | 06-14-2012 |
20120164861 | SAFETY SOCKET - A safety socket includes a first conductive clamp seat and a second conductive clamp seat in alignment with a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole. In normal state, the first and second conductive clamp seats are spaced from a first power terminal and a second power terminal in an open state. When a plug is plugged into the safety socket, the prongs of the plug outward bias spring limbs of the first and second conductive clamp seats into contact with the corresponding first and second power terminals respectively. Only under such circumstance, the first and second conductive clamp seats electrically contact the first and second power terminals to close the circuit and provide power for an electric appliance. If a child inserts a conductive article into the first or second insertion hole, the danger of electrical shock can be avoided to ensure safety in use of electricity. | 06-28-2012 |
20120178275 | Power connector with a switch - A power connector includes an insulative housing, a power contact and a switch retained to the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a front surface, a first cavity and a second cavity recessed from the front surface. The power contact has a mating portion protruding into the first cavity. The switch has a button received in the second cavity and a connecting contact engaging with the button. The button has a lever protruding inwardly from an inner side thereof. The lever defines a through hole, and the connecting contact extends through the through hole and moves in the through hole in a pressing process of the button to make the connecting contact electrically connect or disconnect with the power contact. | 07-12-2012 |
20120190226 | CONNECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - An electrical connector for connecting to ground and first and second signal lines includes a ground contact, a first signal contact, a second signal contact, and a switch connected to the first signal contact and the ground contact. The switch is biased “on” until after the first signal contact is connected to the first signal line, the ground contact is connected to the ground, and the second signal contact is connected to the second signal line. The switch, during connection of the connector to ground and first and second signal lines, is thereby automatically triggered to “off” during connection of the connector. If the first and second signal lines are differential signals, the switch, instead, electrically connects and disconnects the first signal contact to the second signal contact. | 07-26-2012 |
20120252241 | Shock-proof electric outlet - The inventive concept is directed to a shock-proof electrical outlet. The front of the electrical outlet has two openings to receive the prongs of a male plug. One side of the opening is the hot side while the other side is the neutral side. Below each of the openings are located two opposed switches oriented such that when the prongs of the male plug are passing through the openings they will activate the switches. The switches in turn will turn on an energize an ignition coil. As soon as the ignition coil is energized it will activate other switches which in turn will turn on the power to the two prongs of the male plug by way of interposed copper contacts. Any foreign objects inserted into any of the openings cannot energize both switches simultaneously and therefore cannot produce an electric shock to the person. | 10-04-2012 |
20120264316 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLEXIBLE DISTRIBUTION OF AC OR DC POWER USING WALL PLUGS - A method and apparatus for modifying standard AC plugs and receptacles to flexibly furnish AC or DC power is disclosed. This can be accomplished by adding a “selector” pin between the non-ground pins used in traditional AC plugs. Alternately, an interposer can be manually applied to the plug to effect selection. Plug electronics can select AC or DC based on respective availability. A flexible power receptacle can manage AC/DC selection, regulate the supplied DC voltage and enable reversion to the AC supply if the DC supply is inadequate. Electronics within a flexible power receptacle can convert DC to AC when advantageous and can regulate the supplied voltage. Additional electronics within a flexible power plug or receptacle can enable communication. | 10-18-2012 |
20130012043 | Patch Cord with Insertion Detection and Light Illumination Capabilities - A patch cord for an intelligent patching system is provided. The patch cord is a ten-wire patch cord having a patch panel plug and a switch plug. The patch panel plug contains ninth and tenth wire contacts that interface with ninth and tenth wire contacts of an intelligent patch panel port. The switch plug is provided with a plunger-style switch that enables the intelligent patch panel to determine when the switch plug is plugged into a switch port. The switch plug is also provided with LED's and circuitry that controls the LED's. | 01-10-2013 |
20130078835 | Electrical Connector System - The present invention relates to an electrical connector system. The electrical connector system includes a first connector to be mated to a corresponding counter connector and it is further adapted to be connected to a signal circuit for activating an electrical power source upon switching. As a safety feature, the connector system further includes a connector position assurance (CPA) member assigned to the first connector, which is movable, whereby an end position is not reachable if the first connector is incorrectly mated to the counter connector. The CPA member is adapted to interact with the signal circuit if placed in said end position so that it activates of the electrical power source. | 03-28-2013 |
20130102173 | SWITCH-EQUIPPED COAXIAL CONNECTOR - With a simple configuration, increase in size can be avoided, usage durability is improved, and occurrence of insufficient electrical connection caused by dust can be prevented well. A crank part is provided in at least one of both contacts including elastic beam-like members. Both of the contacts are provided with cut-away parts, which substantially increase the span lengths of the elastic beam-like members, and gaps between the contacts and an insulating housing which ensure flexibility of the elastic beam-like members to ensure flexibility and prevent permanent deformation of the contacts while enhancing elasticity of the contacts. Dust which has entered the interior thereof is moved along the crank part to ensure electrical conductivity well, which is an employed configuration. | 04-25-2013 |
20130178083 | Terminal Box and Terminal Box Fixing Arrangement - A terminal box includes a box body having a bottom portion, a terminal portion fixed to the box body, a pressing portion, a holding portion and a slide mechanism The bottom portion has an opening portion capable of receiving a terminal inserted therein from the outside. The terminal portion is capable of establishing electric conduction between the terminal portion and the terminal upon contact therewith. The pressing portion is switchable between a contacting state in which the pressing portion clamps the terminal with the terminal portion for establishing electric conduction between the terminal portion and the terminal and a spaced state spaced apart from the terminal portion. The holding portion holds the pressing portion integrally and is slidable on the box body in the direction of movement of the pressing portion to/away from the terminal portion. | 07-11-2013 |
20130203275 | LIGHT STRING SYSTEM - A lamp system used in a light string system comprises a light assembly and a socket assembly. The light assembly comprises a light source, a base in communication with the light source, and a bypass activating system. The socket assembly comprises a socket adapted to receive the light assembly and a bypass mechanism having a first position and a second position. | 08-08-2013 |
20130210251 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH MULTIPLE DETECT MECHANISM THEREOF - A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing defining a base with a mating tongue. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed on the mating tongue. A metallic shell is assembled to the housing and defines a mating cavity into which the mating tongue extends. A plurality of spring tangs are formed on the shell and extend into the mating cavity for retainable abutment against the inserted plug. A dome switch is located outside of the shell and intimately confronts the corresponding spring tang so as to be activated when the corresponding spring tang is outwardly deflected by the inserted plug. An addition detect pin is electrically connected to the dome switch when the dome switch is activated to verify whether the plug is inserted in the mating cavity or to identify whether a high power is required. | 08-15-2013 |
20130217249 | Patch Cord Insertion Detection and Light Illumination Capabilities - A patch cord for an intelligent patching system is provided. The patch cord is a ten-wire patch cord having a patch panel plug and a switch plug. The patch panel plug contains ninth and tenth wire contacts that interface with ninth and tenth wire contacts of an intelligent patch panel port. The switch plug is provided with a plunger-style switch that enables the intelligent patch panel to determine when the switch plug is plugged into a switch port. The switch plug is also provided with LED's and circuitry that controls the LED's. | 08-22-2013 |
20130288497 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NORMAL FORCE IN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A coaxial connector and a method for providing a normal force in an electrical connector. The coaxial connector includes a first terminal having a first contact portion and a second terminal having a second contact portion. Before an external device is inserted into the coaxial connector for the first time, the first contact portion and the second contact portion form a first relative positional relationship. After the external device is disengaged from the coaxial connector, the second contact portion urges against the first contact portion upwards to form a third relative positional relationship. The third relative positional relationship is different from the first relative positional relationship. | 10-31-2013 |
20130295789 | ANTI-ELECTRIC SHOCK POWER SOCKET - An anti-electric shock power socket comprising a main housing body; a negative electrode holder, installed in the main housing body and connected to a negative electrode of a power supply for holding a negative prong of an inserted plug; a positive electrode holder, installed in the main housing body for holding a positive prong of an inserted plug, wherein the positive electrode holder is provided with an overlapping spring plate which can be pushed outward by the inserted positive prong; a positive conducting plate installed in the main housing body and connected to the positive electrode of the power supply. Only when the plug is correctly inserted, the overlapping spring in the positive electrode holder is driven so it overlaps with the positive conducting plate to be closed-circuited with the positive electrode so as to supply power to an electric appliance. | 11-07-2013 |
20130303008 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR - A coaxial connector includes an insulation housing having a receptacle opening portion for receiving a coaxial plug; an outer conductive member; a first terminal disposed below the receptacle opening portion; a second terminal disposed below the first terminal; and an insulation member disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal. The first terminal includes a first contact portion for contacting with a central conductive member of the coaxial plug. The second terminal includes a second contact portion for contacting with the central conductive member. The first terminal further includes a third contact portion, and the second terminal further includes a fourth contact portion for contacting with the third contact portion when the coaxial plug is not inserted into the insulation housing. | 11-14-2013 |
20130337673 | POWER CONNECTION SYSTEM - An AC cord/plug is “dead” while disconnected and goes “live” only when connected. The plug has a set of spring-loaded, normally-open contacts, each having two sets of fixed contacts and a single set of movable contacts. The movable contacts are in a spring-loaded assembly that has an iron core opposite the contacts, and the fixed contacts are in a hermetically sealed compartment shielding them from the plug's exterior. The AC plug inputs (L | 12-19-2013 |
20140011382 | MANAGED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIVITY SYSTEMS - A receptacle block defines at least one socket at which a plug connector may be received. First contact members extend into each socket to receive a primary signal from a plug connector. Second contact members extend into one or more of the sockets to read physical layer information from any plug connector inserted into the socket. A sensing contact is positioned to electrically connect to one of the second contact members when a plug connector is inserted into the respective socket. At least a portion of the sensing contact is flexible to follow the movement of the one second contact member. In certain implementations, the second contact members have resilient sections that are identical to each other. | 01-09-2014 |
20140045354 | AUDIO JACK WITH ESD PROTECTION - A plug-and-jack for use with an electronic device that is configured to ensure circuitry of the device is protected from electrostatic discharge. In one case, the jack is an audio jack designed to protect high gain circuitry of the device against electrostatic discharge from the leads of an audio plug. The jack includes a mechanical switch that only connects the high gain circuitry to the appropriate portion of the audio plug once the audio plug is fully inserted. At the same time, the mechanical switch also connects the high gain circuitry and corresponding portion of the audio plug to an electrostatic discharge circuit. | 02-13-2014 |
20140051274 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing with a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly form the base portion. A plurality of contacts being retained in the insulative housing, and a shell surround the tongue portion to form a mating port for receiving a plug connector. A detecting contact is fixed in the insulative housing, the detecting contact has a first detecting terminal at one side of the insulative housing, the first detecting terminal has a first extending portion, a first engaging portion protruding into the mating port, a connecting part connecting with the first extending portion and the first engaging portion, the connecting part is located at the most front of the detecting contact along a front-to-back direction. | 02-20-2014 |
20140057471 | RECEPTACLE STRUCTURE AND POWER ADAPTER WITH THE SAME - The receptacle includes an insulated body, a pair of pins and a micro switch. The insulated body has a recess. The pair of pins is fixed in the insulated body and located in the recess. The pair of pins includes a first pin and a second pin. The second pin electrically connects a wire. Each of the first and second pins has a free end. The recess is divided into an inner region and an outer region by the two free ends. The micro switch is movably connected in the insulated body and disposed correspondingly to the wire. The micro switch has a contact sheet which can selectively be in contact with the wire. The micro switch is located in the inner region of the recess. | 02-27-2014 |
20140073158 | WATERPROOF ELECTRICAL SOCKET CONNECTOR - A waterproof electrical socket connector includes a connector housing and a plurality of contact members. The connector housing includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion coupled to and configured to cover the first housing portion. The first and second housing portions define a cavity and an opening configured to permit extension of a plug into the cavity. Each of the contact members includes a terminal portion disposed outwardly of the connector housing, a contact portion for establishing electrical contact with the plug, and an embedding portion that interconnects the terminal portion and the contact portion and that is embedded in the first housing portion by insert molding. | 03-13-2014 |
20140106586 | CHARGING PLUG WITH CONTACT-FREE SWITCH DEVICE - The invention relates to a charging plug for connection to a charging socket of a device which is intended to be charged, for example, a motor vehicle which is at least partially driven by electrical energy, or a device which provides charging energy. In order to prevent the charging plug from prematurely becoming defective as a result of corrosion or electro migration, there is provision according to the invention for a switching device of the charging plug to be arranged partially inside and partially outside an enclosed conduction chamber. | 04-17-2014 |
20140148026 | Connector and Construction Machine - A connector for connecting an electric-power-transmission power cable to an electric device installed in a vehicle, includes a device socket, a cable plug that is plugged in or unplugged from the device socket, and a detection switch that is electrically turned on or off by a mechanical contact point provided on the device socket and a mechanical contact point provided on the cable plug. The device socket includes a contact terminal of the detection switch. The cable plug includes a plug housing that is electrically grounded by being connected to the device socket and a cover plate that covers an opening of the plug housing. The cover plate includes an insulative plate body and a contact conductor that contacts with the contact terminal of the detection switch. The plate body and the contact conductor are integrally molded. | 05-29-2014 |
20140206216 | SUBMINIATURE COAXIAL MICRO SWITCH CONNECTOR - A subminiature coaxial micro switch connector includes a metal casing, an upper insulating cover, a resilient terminal, an immovable terminal and a lower insulating cover; the upper insulating cover, resilient terminal, and immovable terminal thereof are provided without bent thicknesses; the resilient terminal and the immovable terminal are plate-shaped structures to effectively decrease the thicknesses thereof such that the volume of the coaxial micro switch connector is reduced greatly to ease fabrication job and promote efficiency of the production. | 07-24-2014 |
20140287606 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR - A coaxial connector includes an insulation housing having a receptacle opening portion for receiving a central conductive member of a coaxial plug; an outer conductive member for detachably attaching an outer conductive member of the coaxial plug; a connection member; a switching spring member capable of being elastically deformed downwardly; and an insulation member fixed to the connection member or the switching spring member so that the insulation member is situated between the connection member and the switching spring member. The switching spring member is pushed and displaced so that the switching spring member is disconnected from the connection member when the coaxial plug is inserted into the insulation housing. The connection member is pushed to displace the switching spring member through the insulation member so that the switching spring member is disconnected from the connection member when the coaxial plug is inserted into the insulation housing. | 09-25-2014 |
20140315405 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH DTECT PINS - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a metallic shell surround the insulative housing, a plurality of contacts and two detect modules retained to the metallic shell. The insulative housing is formed with a base and a tongue extending forwardly from the base. The shell and the insulative housing define a receiving cavity therebetween. The detect module have a detect pin, respectively, the detect pins extend into the receiving cavity through the shell and electrically connecting with each other via a shell of a mating plug. | 10-23-2014 |
20140329397 | ELECTRICAL MODULAR TERMINAL AND MODULAR TERMINAL BLOCK - An electrical series terminal having a terminal housing, conductor connector elements, and current bars, the current bars each having a connector section and a first contact section, the connector sections being assigned to a conductor connector element and the first contact sections together forming a resilient contact region to receive the plug of the test or power plug. A switchable transverse bridge is producible by each current bar having a second contact section, two further current bar pieces being arranged in the terminal housing, and a recess being formed in a current bar piece for insertion of a branch of a jumper. A current bar piece is assigned to a respective current bar so that the second contact section of a current bar is connected to the assigned current bar piece when no plug is inserted and is spaced from the assigned current bar piece when a plug is inserted. | 11-06-2014 |
20150064947 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING DATA PROTECTION FOR INSERTED SMARTCARD - An electronic device includes a housing for safely breaking electronic communication with a smart card on removal from the electronic device. A safeguard structure rotates with respect to the housing to cover the smart card when inserted, and a switch breaks communication between the smart card and the electronic device when the safeguard structure is rotated away from the housing to enable removal of the smart card. The breaking of communication safely prevents damage to, or corruption of, data in the smart card upon removal from the electronic device. | 03-05-2015 |
20150079827 | CONNECTOR | 03-19-2015 |
20150087173 | PROTECTIVE LOCKABLE FEMALE ELECTRICAL OUTLET - An improved electrical outlet providing a lockable electrical connection between a male plug and the outlet to securely retain the plug. The method to secure and retain the plug imparts minimal stress to the outlet and to the male plug so as to not substantially decrease the durability of either. The outlet decreases the shocking potential to a user or unwitting child by remaining un-energized when idle, and prohibits movement from its idle position until the outlet has received the plug terminal prongs. The shape of the movable receptacle assembly and its corresponding cavity blocks a child from contacting the outlets power source with a metallic object, while making the power source available to the receptacle assembly when initiated by the user. The outlets locking action steps secure and energize the plug simultaneously during the locking action steps in a user friendly manner. The modularized design of the receptacle module can provide an easily adaptable means to fit and form various arrangements such as a wall outlet or an extension cord outlet. | 03-26-2015 |
20150140846 | CONNECTOR - Out of resilient contact pieces ( | 05-21-2015 |
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20160006188 | Detecting Structure of Receptacle Connector - The present invention is a detecting structure of receptacle connector, which comprises a receptacle connector having an insulating base, multiple signal terminals and a shielding housing; at least two contact elastic clips provided respectively on both sides of the shielding housing; and at least two detecting terminals provided respectively on both sides of the insulating base, and each of the detecting terminals contacts with each of the contact elastic clips movably. Thereby, a plug connector and the receptacle connector may butt mutually for appropriate displacement between each of the contact elastic clips and each of the detecting terminals in order to perform the detection by truncating contact signals or generating contact signals to achieve the effects of simple structure, easy operation and effective detection. | 01-07-2016 |
20160020532 | TERMINAL BLOCK ARRANGEMENT - A terminal block arrangement includes a housing and a plurality of connection terminals, each connection terminal including at least one terminal unit for contacting at least one conductor, which can be received on the connection terminal, and at least one associated actuation unit for actuating the terminal unit in order to selectively transfer the terminal unit between at least two positions. At least one of the positions is an open position and at least one of the positions is a contact position. The terminal block arrangement also includes a blocking device, wherein, in a blocking position, the blocking device is capable of preventing, jointly, the actuation of the actuation units of at least two of the plurality of connection terminals. | 01-21-2016 |
20160079718 | HIGH VOLTAGE AND HIGH CURRENT POWER OUTLET - According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a power distribution device including a power outlet comprising a receptacle including an internal conductor configured to be coupled to a power source and to an external conductor inserted into the receptacle, a switch configured to provide an indication of whether the external conductor has been sufficiently inserted within the receptacle, a relay configured to form a first connection between the external conductor and the power source, a transistor configured to be coupled in parallel with the relay, to form a second connection between the external conductor and the power source, and a controller configured to determine, based on the switch, that the external conductor is being removed, in response to the external conductor being removed, control the relay to sever the first connection, and in response to opening the relay, control the transistor to sever the second connection after a predetermined delay. | 03-17-2016 |
20160156140 | INTERNALLY SWITCHED FEMALE RECEPTACLE OR CONNECTOR WITH PLUG-LATCHING SAFETY INTERLOCK | 06-02-2016 |
20160190750 | Connector Fitted with Shorting Terminal - In a connector fitted with a shorting terminal, both sides of an elastic member included in the shorting terminal are respectively provided with abutting parts to form one pair on the left and right, and each of the abutting parts can be independently elastically deformed and also biases two terminals to maintain a shorted state. When the connector fits with a mating connector housing, a short-cancellation member makes contact with a cancellation part and the abutting part is separated from the terminal to cancel the shorted state. | 06-30-2016 |