EP1139512A1 - Tragbare Steckdose und tragbares Steckdosensystem mit modularer Struktur - Google Patents

Tragbare Steckdose und tragbares Steckdosensystem mit modularer Struktur Download PDF

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EP1139512A1
EP1139512A1 EP01104693A EP01104693A EP1139512A1 EP 1139512 A1 EP1139512 A1 EP 1139512A1 EP 01104693 A EP01104693 A EP 01104693A EP 01104693 A EP01104693 A EP 01104693A EP 1139512 A1 EP1139512 A1 EP 1139512A1
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Piero Camillo Gusi
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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
    • H01R25/00—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
    • H01R25/003—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits the coupling part being secured only to wires or cables
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/514—Bases; Cases composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them
    • 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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  • This invention concerns a portable socket outlet, in particular a multiple portable socket outlet, with possibility of modular connection with multiple portable socket outlets of the same type.
  • a multiple portable socket outlet, or table socket comprises a box-shaped body containing a number of socket functions, suited for receiving straight plugs with cylindrical pins of different diameters, according to Italian standards, or flat pins according to the American standard, or round pins, according to the German standard, and so on.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a multiple portable socket outlet according to the prior art, suited for receiving straight type plugs.
  • a power cable 2 coming out of the box body 1 of said multiple socket outlet is a power cable 2, which may be connected to the mains by means of a plug 3.
  • the power cable 2 is an integral part of the portable socket outlet and is supplied preassembled with the socket, or is wired up by the user at the moment of assembly. In any case, the cable 2 comes directly out of the box body 1 of the socket.
  • a multiple socket outlet with a preconnected power cable can be used only for supplying electric appliances fitted with plugs that fit the sockets on the multiple portable socket outlet. Consequently, electric appliances with plugs of a different type cannot be supplied by means of said portable socket outlet, so the user must use stratagems to connect the electrical appliances to the mains, for example using a portable socket of a different type, and he must have another power supply point, derived from the fixed system, for example a wall socket.
  • the aim of the invention is to solve this and other problems of multiple socket outlets according to the prior art.
  • the principal aim of the invention is to provide a multiple portable socket outlet or a multiple table socket which may be composed in a modular fashion with multiple sockets of the same type, so as to create a system of modular mobile socket outlets.
  • Another aim of the invention is to provide such a mobile socket outlet, without a power cable, but which may be connected to a power supply unit, by means of a direct connection.
  • Another aim of the invention is to provide such a mobile socket outlet which, for safety reasons, cannot be directly connected to a fixed wall socket.
  • Another aim of the invention is to provide such a multiple mobile socket outlet which may be connected to the mains by means of a dedicated socket, which can however also hold an ordinary plug.
  • Another aim of the invention is to be able to realise a protection or sectioning module which may be connected in any point of the modular structured assembly for sectioning and/or protection of that which is connected downstream and electrically dimensioned in a coordinated way with the electrical parameters of the appliances to be connected downstream.
  • the portable socket outlet has, on the two opposing ends, respective complementary connectors, a plug and a standard socket.
  • each module may include sockets with different standards, so that, according to his needs, the user can make up the composition of sockets that he wants.
  • the various modules may have a different length and therefore a variable number of socket functions.
  • the plug connecting element provided at the end of each module can mate only with a connecting socket element provided at the other end of the module, or with a socket connecting element acting as a power supply unit, having the same shape.
  • the connecting socket element provided at one head end of each module be able to hold also a standard plug, so as to increase the number of electrical appliances that can be connected to a multiple socket outlet according to the invention.
  • the reference 10 is a multiple portable socket outlet module according to the invention, comprising a box-shaped body 11, shaped substantially like an elongated parallelepiped, in which are arranged a plurality of electrical functions 12, in particular power sockets, which in the embodiment in Figg. 2 and 3 are suitable for holding straight plugs with cylindrical pins, according to two different standards.
  • These power sockets 12 may be arranged on any wall of the box-shaped body 11, and even on several walls.
  • corresponding to the two ends of the box-shaped body 11 there are respective complementary connecting elements, in particular a plug 13 and a socket 14 of standard type.
  • the plug 13 has two cylindrical pins 15, suitable for being inserted in corresponding holes 16 in a complementary socket 14.
  • the pins 15 are in a niche 17, suitable for preventing a direct connection of the module 10, for example to a fixed wall socket, which would lead to an unstable and unsafe connection.
  • a socket 14' To feed the module 10 a socket 14' must therefore be used (see Figg. 4-4c), for example of a portable type, having the same shape as the socket 14, provided at one end of the module 10.
  • complementary retaining elements comprising an elastic tooth 18, created in one wall of the niche 17 of the plug 13, and a corresponding notch 19 provided in the body of the socket connector 14, 14'.
  • complementary guide and fitting units are provided which, in the embodiment illustrated in the drawings, are composed of a pair of lengthways ribs 20, protruding from two opposite walls inside the niche 17 of the plug 13, and arranged offset with respect to the horizontal centre line of the plug 13, and of two corresponding longitudinal grooves 21 on the socket 14, 14', suited for receiving said ribs 20.
  • the plug 13 is therefore dedicated to the socket 14'.
  • the socket 14' can hold standard plugs of the same type.
  • Figg. 5 and 6 illustrate, purely as an example, a possible composition or assembly of modules 10.
  • a module 10" is provided, with three sockets which can also hold plugs according to the German standard and a module 10' with four sockets for plugs according to Italian standards.
  • a protection switch 30 such as a magnetothermal switch, an overload discharger or surge diverter, a two-pole switch or other type, which trips to block the power supply to the sockets 12 downstream from the switch in the event of malfunction.
  • the protection switch 30 may of course be arranged in a different position in the assembly.
  • the module 10" with sockets 12 for plugs according to the German standard, normally used for appliances that absorb a lot of current may be fitted upstream, placing immediately downstream from it the module 10"' with the protection switch 30, while the module 10' with sockets for plugs according to Italian standards is positioned downstream from the whole composition.
  • the protection 30 of the module 10"' intervenes and isolates the corresponding module downstream, while the electrical appliances connected to the module 10" continue to be fed by the socket 14'.
  • the various modules 10 may of course include any number of socket functions 12, in compatibility with the dimensions of the power supply cable 2.
  • modules may be contemplated, comprising for example a filter for radio disturbances, a fuse, or even an electronic device for managing the loads downstream.
  • a further element which characterizes the invention is the possibility of making, in the box-shaped body of each module 10, on the face opposite the socket outlets, a channel 31, suitable for containing signal line leads (for example telephone signals, radio frequency signals, data transmission lines), thus allowing a line dedicated to the above signals to be laid in said channel, said line being concealed by the modules, and leading to signal sockets, TV sockets, data sockets for use together with the electric power supply for operating telephone appliances, TV sets, computers, etc.
  • signal line leads for example telephone signals, radio frequency signals, data transmission lines
  • the signal line lead travels from the point of connection to the corresponding mains, physically separated from the power cable 2, and is laid in said channel 31 of the modules 10, normally coming out at the end of the assembly of modules 10 and connecting to a separate signal socket.
  • retaining means may be provided for firmly holding the signal line lead(s).
  • the channel 31 has been created in the thickness of the wall of the box body 11 of each module 10.
  • the channel 31 especially if we want to increase its dimensions, may be provided as a hollow in the corresponding wall, which is arranged inside the box body 11, while remaining open on the outside.
  • this hollow which clearly also concerns the niche 17 of the plug 13, may perform the function of one of said guiding ribs 20, mating with a corresponding groove provided in the plug 14'.
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WO2005071804A1 (en) * 2004-01-26 2005-08-04 Noa Hasid Multi-socket assembly
WO2009115457A1 (en) * 2008-03-19 2009-09-24 Electrak International Limited Electrical sockets
WO2010103272A1 (en) * 2009-03-10 2010-09-16 Roger Leslie Brown Modular mains power distribution system
ITGR20090003A1 (it) * 2009-08-28 2011-02-28 Maria Elisabetta Fortunati Dispositivo intelligente di spegnimento per prese multiple.
WO2012026880A1 (en) * 2010-08-27 2012-03-01 Foo Yu Kang Wilson Modular power strip which may be plugged into more than one power socket and which may have a detachable power cord
CN103944000A (zh) * 2014-05-17 2014-07-23 俞金慧 一种可拆卸拼接的单元插座
WO2015150972A1 (en) * 2014-03-31 2015-10-08 Eaton Corporation Assemblies for selectable mounting of power input cables and related systems and methods

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EP0140079A1 (de) * 1983-09-21 1985-05-08 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Installationssystem mit Zwischenstecker
DE4309453C1 (de) * 1993-03-24 1994-09-15 Modelec Sa Steckdosenbox
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DE29912331U1 (de) * 1999-06-29 1999-09-16 Lee Chiu Shan Elektrischer Vielzweck-Verbinder

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WO2005071804A1 (en) * 2004-01-26 2005-08-04 Noa Hasid Multi-socket assembly
US7547235B2 (en) 2004-01-26 2009-06-16 Noa Hasid Multi-socket assembly
WO2009115457A1 (en) * 2008-03-19 2009-09-24 Electrak International Limited Electrical sockets
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WO2010103272A1 (en) * 2009-03-10 2010-09-16 Roger Leslie Brown Modular mains power distribution system
ITGR20090003A1 (it) * 2009-08-28 2011-02-28 Maria Elisabetta Fortunati Dispositivo intelligente di spegnimento per prese multiple.
WO2012026880A1 (en) * 2010-08-27 2012-03-01 Foo Yu Kang Wilson Modular power strip which may be plugged into more than one power socket and which may have a detachable power cord
WO2015150972A1 (en) * 2014-03-31 2015-10-08 Eaton Corporation Assemblies for selectable mounting of power input cables and related systems and methods
US9590371B2 (en) 2014-03-31 2017-03-07 Eaton Corporation Assemblies for selectable mounting of power input cables and related systems and methods
CN103944000A (zh) * 2014-05-17 2014-07-23 俞金慧 一种可拆卸拼接的单元插座

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