CN1423852A

CN1423852A - Telephone adapter

Info

Publication number: CN1423852A
Application number: CN00818364A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 理查德·德鲁尼克
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1999-12-17
Filing date: 2000-12-15
Publication date: 2003-06-11
Also published as: AU2198701A; WO2001045209A2; WO2001045209A3; HK1045407A1; AU766986B2; EP1240690A2; GB9929821D0; NZ519620A

Abstract

A telephone adapter (10, 20) for use with a telephone plug (21) having at least one male member (25) and a telephone socket (23), the plug and socket, so that a telephone plug (21) can be mounted in a telephone socket (23) with the adapter (10, 20) therebetween, the at least one male member (25) of the telephone plug (21) passing through the at least one hole (3) of the adapter into the telephone socket to support the telephone adapter and to connect the telephone plug (27) or socket (5) of the second standard to the socket of the first standard via the interconnections, the contacts and the male member of the plug.

Description

Telephone adapter

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of telephone adapter, particularly a kind of telephone adapter of between a kind of phone standard and another kind of phone standard, changing of being used for.

Background technology

Popular plug and socket has various standard, and in fact most countries has they self standard for telephone plug and socket.

Yet, use along with international tourism's increase and modulator-demodulator, portable facsimile printer and so on, in the occasion that the various criterion plug and socket is provided, caused use is had ever-increasing demand at the equipment of the three unities and the corresponding plug and socket of a kind of standard.Particularly, international travelers may wish that their computer is inserted into phone local in the non-originating country draws socket.

In order to satisfy this demand, more existing telephone adapters are used for changing between the various standards of equipment.Yet, generally need have an adapter usually for every kind of phone standard.In addition, the required plug and socket of some phone standard may be very heavy.International travelers need be carried a large number of heavy adapter, and this may be very inconvenience.

Therefore, need small and light adapter.

Summary of the invention

According to the present invention, provide a kind of and have the telephone plug of at least one male element and the telephone adapter that telephone socket is used, this telephone plug is corresponding with first standard with telephone socket, this telephone adapter comprises: substrate, at least one hole, it connects this substrate, is used to hold at least one male element of telephone plug; A plurality of contacts are used for electrically contacting with it when at least one male element of telephone plug is contained at least one hole; With the corresponding telephone plug of second standard or a socket; With some cross tie parts on substrate, it is connected the contact with plug or with the socket of second standard, so that utilize adapter therebetween telephone plug can be installed in the telephone socket; At least one male element of telephone plug connects at least one hole of passing in the adapter and enters telephone socket, so that the carrying telephone adapter, and be connected with the socket of first standard through the male element of cross tie part, contact and plug telephone plug or socket with second standard.

Because telephone adapter according to the present invention uses the male element of this telephone plug that has existed, and need not the male element of himself, so this adapter is significantly littler than the telephone adapter of the male element with himself, book more particularly.Substrate thickness is less than 3 millimeters, perhaps even less than 2 millimeters, preferably less than 1 millimeter.

Certainly, when needs used adapter, the scheme that is adopted needed an available telephone plug in locality.Yet, a telephone plug that is used for existing device is arranged in the position that telephone socket is arranged usually.Therefore, this requirement can not bring difficulty.

Second standard can be different with first standard, thereby, can use telephone adapter between a kind of standard and another kind of standard, to change.In addition, second standard can be identical with first standard, and telephone adapter then can make 2 telephone plugs be associated with unitary socket.

In certain embodiments, at least one male element in the telephone plug comprises a plurality of contact pilotages (pin).This telephone plug a lot of countries in the world.

Adapter can comprise a plurality of holes, and they are corresponding with the hole in first standard socket, so that admit the first standard telephone plug.In addition, can adopt the hole of different configurations or quantity, for example a macropore can comprise two contacts that are used to be connected respectively to two contact pilotages.

Except with the corresponding a plurality of holes of first standard and a plurality of contact, telephone adapter also comprises the corresponding a plurality of holes of standard and a plurality of contact with third and fourth or any number.Therefore, telephone adapter of the present invention can be used to provide the telephone adapter of the compactness that is used with a lot of various criterions.

Best, can be folded with corresponding telephone plug of second standard or socket and to be beneficial to deposit.It can be the RJ11 socket, with corresponding to the cross tie part that can extensively find in computer equipment.

This substrate can be the injection mould casting die.Cross tie part can be the metal wire (wire) of mold pressing in plastics.In addition, this substrate can comprise: one carries the base plate of cross tie part or metal wire thereon or wherein; Upper plate with a covering metal wire.Preferably base plate is formed with the hole that some align with upper plate when base plate is contacted with upper plate.Base plate can be formed with a upper plate and be positioned at wherein groove.

A plurality of contacts can comprise metal wire ends.Can realize that this point is by a metal wire drip molding is provided, this drip molding comprises a plurality of metal wires that form cross tie part, and the metal wire drip molding is presented in the injection mold, and carry out the injection moulding mold pressing around this metal wire drip molding, to make telephone adapter.

Except utilizing plastics, substrate can be made of paper or printed circuit.Promotional messages can be printed on the substrate.

Description of drawings

In order to understand the present invention better; Introduce an embodiment below with reference to accompanying drawings by way of example, now accompanying drawing is carried out brief description, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the perspective view according to first telephone adapter the place ahead of the present invention, and a plug is arranged near the adapter;

The perspective view of the adapter shown in Figure 1 during Fig. 2 is to use;

The front view of the adapter shown in Figure 1 during Fig. 3 is to use, it has one and is in RJ11 plug in place;

Fig. 4 is the end view of adapter shown in Figure 3;

Fig. 5 is the perspective view that decompose on the plane of adapter shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 6 is the perspective view of the adapter shown in Figure 1 seen of downside;

Fig. 7 is the front view of adapter shown in Figure 1, and it does not have the RJ11 plug;

Fig. 8,9,10th, represent rearview, end view and the top view of adapter correspondence shown in Figure 7; And

Figure 11 is that expression is according to the second telephone adapter front view of the present invention.

Embodiment

Fig. 1 to 11 is illustrated in widely used 2

telephone adapters

10,20 of the U.S., and it is designed between Dutch (Holland) phone connector and RJ11 phone connector and changes.

Referring to figs. 1 through 10, adapter 10 comprises: a substrate 1 that is generally flat, plastic, it has one group and connects this substrate and the hole 3 vertical with base plan.The figure of the figure in this group hole 3 and one group of contact pilotage in corresponding plug is complementary.RJ11 socket 5 is arranged on an end of substrate 1.

With reference to Fig. 1 and 2, in use, telephone adapter is installed between Dutch plug 21 and the corresponding Dutch wall plug 23.Contact pilotage 25 in the Dutch plug 21 connects the hole 3 of telephone adapter and inserts wall plug.The Dutch plug has 4 contact pilotages 25, and therefore, substrate 1 has 4 holes 3.Thereby if adapter is held in place, plug just is connected with wall plug.Substrate 1 is fully thin, and the contact is rested between contact pilotage 25 and the wall plug 23.RJ11 plug 27 is installed in the socket 5, so that contact with its formation.

As shown in Fig. 5 and 6, substrate 1 is formed by base plate 31 and upper plate 33.Base plate 31 normally flat and be rectangle, have a shallow rectangular channel 32, wherein assemble upper plate 33.Both are formed with the hole 3 that some align base plate 31 and upper plate 33 when base plate is contacted with upper plate.

RJ11 socket 5 comprises a summit portion 11 and a bottom surface portions 13.Bottom surface portions 13 is fixed in the base plate 31, and summit portion 11 is hinged to the hinge installed part 35 on upper plate 33.Therefore, summit portion can pivot along hinge 15, makes socket can fold so that preserve.Summit portion 11 is generally tongue-shaped.Upper plate 33 is formed with slit 37, thereby the summit portion 11 of socket 5 can be moved.

A plurality of metal wires 7 be installed in the base plate 31 and extend in RJ11 socket 5 and hole 3 between.The electric contact 9 of one end formation one in hole 3 of each metal wire, the electric contact 39 of other end formation one in the bottom surface portions of RJ11 socket 5 of each metal wire.Summit portion at RJ11 socket 5 also has electric contact 41.

Therefore, in use, the RJ11 plug 27 that is installed in the socket 5 is connected to electric contact 9 by metal wire 7 by electric contact 39.Contact pilotage 25 in the electric contact 9 contact Dutch plugs, and therefore make RJ11 plug 27 be connected to wall plug by contact pilotage 25.Thus, be connected to wall plug attached to the lead-in wire on the RJ11 plug 27 29.The lead-in wire 43 that adheres on the plug 21 also is connected to wall plug 23.

Figure 11 represents another adapter 20, and it has and the adapter identical functions shown in Fig. 1 to 10, and therefore, all common parts have identical label.Compare with adapter shown in Figure 1, this another adapter 20 has a substrate 1 that is generally flat, plastic, and substrate 1 has the cross section that is generally egg type.This another adapter 20 comprises a substrate 18 that is generally flat, plastic, and substrate 18 has a plurality of perforation substrates and the hole 3 vertical with base plan.RJ11 socket 5 is arranged on an end of substrate 1, and it is connected to electric contact 9 in hole 3 by metal wire 7.In this embodiment, metal wire 7 embeds in the substrate 18 that is formed by single-piece.

Commercial Application

Therefore thin type, required telephone adapter easily are provided.

Claims

1. telephone adapter (10,20), be used for when being used with telephone plug (21) when being connected with at least one male element (25) with telephone socket (23), this plug and socket is corresponding with first standard, this telephone adapter comprises: a substrate (1), at least one hole (3), it connects this substrate, is used for holding at least one male element (25) of telephone plug (21); At least one electric contact (9) on substrate (1) is used for electrically contacting with it when at least one male element (25) of telephone plug is contained at least one hole; With corresponding telephone plug of second standard (27) or socket (5), be installed in substrate (1) or be associated with substrate (1); With the cross tie part (7) on substrate, it is connected each contact (9) with the plug (27) of second standard or with socket (5), so that utilize the adapter (10,20) that is clipped in therebetween telephone plug (21) can be installed in the telephone socket (23); At least one male element (25) in the telephone plug connects at least one hole (3) of passing in the adapter and enters socket (23), so that carrying telephone adapter (10,20), and through the male element of cross tie part (7), contact (9) and telephone plug (21) telephone plug (27) or socket (5) be connected with the socket (23) of first standard with second standard.

2. telephone adapter according to claim 1, wherein substrate (1) is a sheet.

3. telephone adapter according to claim 1 and 2, wherein second standard can be different with first standard, thereby can use telephone adapter to change between a kind of standard and another kind of standard.

4. according to described telephone adapter one of in the claim 1 to 3, wherein substrate (1) also comprises and the corresponding a plurality of holes of the three standard (3) and a plurality of contact at least.

5. according to the described telephone adapter of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein can be folded in order to depositing with corresponding telephone plug of second standard (27) or socket (5).

6. according to the described telephone adapter of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein this substrate (1) can be the injection mould casting die.

7. according to the described telephone adapter of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein cross tie part can be the metal wire (7) that is embossed in the plastics.

8. telephone adapter according to claim 7, wherein contact (9) or each contact (9) comprise metal wire ends.

9. according to the described telephone adapter of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein this substrate (1) comprising: the base plate (31) of carrying cross tie part; With the upper plate (33) that covers cross tie part.

10. telephone adapter according to claim 9, wherein base plate (31) is formed with a upper plate and allocates wherein shallow groove (32) into.