EP0255512B1 - Elektrisches verbindungsstück (adapter) - Google Patents

Elektrisches verbindungsstück (adapter) Download PDF

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EP0255512B1
EP0255512B1 EP86900766A EP86900766A EP0255512B1 EP 0255512 B1 EP0255512 B1 EP 0255512B1 EP 86900766 A EP86900766 A EP 86900766A EP 86900766 A EP86900766 A EP 86900766A EP 0255512 B1 EP0255512 B1 EP 0255512B1
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Peter Flohr
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Heinrich Kopp GmbH and Co KG
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R31/00—Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart
    • H01R31/06—Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter

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  • the invention relates to an electrical connector in the form of an adapter so that, for example, when traveling abroad, the (small) devices equipped with the power plugs used in the respective home country without protective contact in the manner of an adapter can also be used on the sockets present in other countries and continents to be able to.
  • the object of the invention is to develop an electrical connecting piece by means of which the plug systems available worldwide can be converted practically and in a manner that is safe from hazards to the possibility of drawing current from a specific type of socket. It is supposed to be a compact article of daily use that does not allow any manual intervention in its contact system and is completely safe to touch when in use.
  • the connector according to the invention advantageously presents itself as a handy accessory which, depending on the type of plug system present on site, can be inserted with the corresponding plug pin arrangement into one of the permanently installed sockets or possibly also into a flying coupling piece, in order to the adjustment of the marked rotating body in the direction of the tapping point to be able to use the domestic socket included in the same for the connection of an electrical device carried along.
  • the plug-in system selector contained in the connector via a switch-on and switch-off effect which is sometimes useful, ensures that the plug connector arrangements which are in each case unused stand out from the outside absolutely free of tension.
  • the connector body for a more limited area of application of the connecting piece and only three or four connector pin arrangements can be designed in its geometrical three-dimensional form with the same advantages as tri-or tetragonal-prismatic, or the adjustable sockets provided on its top and / or base surface according to their system can be interpreted in the same way or differently without thereby falling outside the scope of the invention.
  • the feature of claim 2 is directed to the appropriate design of the movable connection and contact parts of the connector.
  • the two socket contact pieces inserted underneath the respective plug-in openings and held on the rotating body by means of integrally formed web attachments likewise consist of an elongated, U-shaped folded sheet brass strip.
  • the parallel longitudinal legs of these socket contact pieces, which are connected to one another via the web-like reduced cross leg, are arched against one another and each provided with two opposite transverse slots.
  • three mutually independent plug-in areas are formed, which make it possible, for example, to accommodate a pair of plugs in the middle from one side and, at the same time, to independently accommodate two further pairs of plugs next to it from the other side.
  • the outer longitudinal legs of the socket contact pieces are continued via a punched-out section in protruding sliding contact arms which, in the assembled state of the connecting piece under spring tension, with the fixed contact pieces of the various plug pin arrangements located on a circular path on the inner wall of the hollow body of the plug body, depending on the setting come into contact with one another.
  • the rotating body provided on at least one outside with a handle border drawn up around the plug insertion recess has a number of locking cams corresponding to the existing plug pin arrangements within an annular cavity thereof, which in each contact position of the rotating body and its socket (s) on the side of the plug body simultaneously grip three latching webs which are molded up and pulled up at a functionally corresponding point. In this way it is ensured that the rotating body engages clearly in the required contact position, whereby the same is also indicated by a visual mark on the handle border indicating the selected pin arrangement.
  • the rotating body is designed to connect the existing plug pin arrangements of the plug body on one or on the two plug-free sides of the connector with a socket or with two sockets of the same system or different systems.
  • the rotating body is composed of two molded parts made of insulating material that are movably guided on both sides within the plug body, which interlock, for example, by means of two supporting webs located opposite each other in the edge area between the socket contact pieces, while a third, integrally molded web, the screwing of the molded parts in the course of assembly from the outside here.
  • one of the molded parts with two insertion openings for a contour or protective plug, while the other molded part can have four pairs of parallel insertion openings for the insertion of two European flat plugs.
  • the connector body (1) of the connecting piece has the shape of a straight, five-sided prism from a geometric point of view and has a cylindrical recess extending from the top surface to the base surface within its central region.
  • one of the different plug pin arrangements (2) is permanently embedded, the pole contact connections of which run out on the inner wall of the cylindrical recess on a circular path in fixed contact pieces (3).
  • the molded part (7) of the rotating body which is provided with two insertion openings for the plug pins of a contour plug, is at the same time provided with an (arrow) marked grip border (8), under which the locking arrangement (9 ) is in interaction with the connector body (1).

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EP86900766A 1986-01-20 1986-01-20 Elektrisches verbindungsstück (adapter) Expired EP0255512B1 (de)

Priority Applications (1)

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AT86900766T ATE44195T1 (de) 1986-01-20 1986-01-20 Elektrisches verbindungsstueck (adapter).

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PCT/EP1986/000017 WO1987004570A1 (en) 1986-01-20 1986-01-20 Electric connector (adapter)

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EP0255512A1 EP0255512A1 (de) 1988-02-10
EP0255512B1 true EP0255512B1 (de) 1989-06-21

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US (1) US4856999A (no)
EP (1) EP0255512B1 (no)
DK (1) DK166111C (no)
NO (1) NO169629C (no)
WO (1) WO1987004570A1 (no)

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NO873872L (no) 1987-09-15
EP0255512A1 (de) 1988-02-10
DK166111C (da) 1993-07-19
DK490787A (da) 1987-09-18
DK490787D0 (da) 1987-09-18
WO1987004570A1 (en) 1987-07-30
NO169629B (no) 1992-04-06
NO873872D0 (no) 1987-09-15
NO169629C (no) 1992-07-15
DK166111B (da) 1993-03-08
US4856999A (en) 1989-08-15

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