EP1517412B1 - Dispositif connecteur avec adaptateur - Google Patents

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EP1517412B1
EP1517412B1 EP03018962A EP03018962A EP1517412B1 EP 1517412 B1 EP1517412 B1 EP 1517412B1 EP 03018962 A EP03018962 A EP 03018962A EP 03018962 A EP03018962 A EP 03018962A EP 1517412 B1 EP1517412 B1 EP 1517412B1
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Yuk Hung High Win Factory Building NG
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Helms-Man Industrial Co Ltd
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Priority to DE50306118T priority patent/DE50306118D1/de
Priority to AT03018962T priority patent/ATE349788T1/de
Priority to DK03018962T priority patent/DK1517412T3/da
Priority to EP03018962A priority patent/EP1517412B1/fr
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Priority to US10/849,112 priority patent/US7223126B2/en
Priority to CNB2004100578484A priority patent/CN100440641C/zh
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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
    • 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
    • H01R13/66—Structural association with built-in electrical component
    • H01R13/665—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit
    • H01R13/6666—Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit with built-in overvoltage protection

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  • the invention relates to a connector device comprising a base part and at least one country-specific electrical plug attachment attachable to the base part for inserting the connector device into a country-specific electrical socket according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the base part is a power supply adapter or the like which, by means of the country-specific electrical plug attachment, differs to different country-specific sockets which are different, for example, in the USA, in Europe, in Australia or in the United Kingdom.
  • the known country-specific plug-in attachments have country-specific properties both on the input side and on the output side: for example, a base part with a European plug can be plugged into a plug-in attachment provided for the US in order to adapt to a socket in the USA.
  • a plug attachment can be plugged into the base part, the input side has European sockets and output side typical Australian plug contacts.
  • the US has other plug contacts than for Europe.
  • a country-specific plug attachment can be inserted into a receiving groove on the base part.
  • the plug contacts of the base part for connection to the plug attachment and the country-specific plug to the plug attachment are at right angles to each other.
  • US 5,613,863 shows a plug device according to the preamble of claim 1 and similar to US 6,261,109 B1 a plug-in device with a base part on which foldable country-specific plug are present.
  • a country-specific plug attachment can be inserted into the plug receptacle.
  • the plug contacts of the plug attachment and the plug contacts on the base part or the plug-in receptacle are not aligned with each other.
  • the plug-in receptacle is designed like a rail to hold the plug attachment.
  • Plug adapters of a plug-in device according to GB 2 331 187 A have country-specific plug-in contacts which are at right angles to plug contacts on a base part. The plug attachments are not lockable.
  • No. 6,227,881 B1 relates to a plug device in which the country-specific plug and plug contacts of the base part are at right angles to each other.
  • US 2002/0055288 A1 discloses a plug-in device with a base part; on which a country-specific plug attachment can be locked by means of a rotary movement.
  • a connector device according to claim 1 is provided.
  • the plug attachment can be attached in a simple manner to the base part and, by means of the locking device, forms a compact structural unit that is reliably connected to the base part. After unlocking the locking device of the plug attachment can be easily removed from the base part. Then it is possible to attach another, suitable for other country-specific requirements plug attachment to the base part.
  • a connector device according to the invention can have several, country-specific Have plug-in attachments, so that an adaptation of the connector device to country-specific sockets is possible easily and without much effort.
  • the base part has a plug-in receptacle for the plug-in attachment and the plug-in attachment has a plug-in projection which engages in the plug-in receptacle in the mounted position.
  • the plug attachment contributes to the mechanical strength of the combination of base part and plug attachment.
  • the plug attachment is in the mounted position transversely to the insertion substantially unverkippbar. This is achieved by providing generous bearing surfaces for the plug attachment within the plug receptacle and expediently at its edge regions.
  • the plug attachment also engages deep into the socket.
  • the locking device for locking the plug attachment must act essentially counter to the insertion direction, whereas stabilization transversely to the insertion direction is less important. The mechanical load on the locking device is thereby reduced.
  • the locking device can be made compact and / or easy to operate.
  • the locking device advantageously has at least one latching projection for engagement in a latching receptacle.
  • the latching projection can be arranged for example on the plug attachment, the latching receptacle on the base part or vice versa.
  • the latching projection and / or a latching receptacle can be arranged on a resilient actuating element.
  • the latching projection and the cooperating latching receptacle are disengaged so that the plugging attachment can be detached from the base part.
  • the resilient actuator is advantageously deflected independently to spring back independently when reaching the mounted position, so that locking projection and locking receptacle are engaged again.
  • the actuating element is expediently at least partially before the outer surface of the base part and / or the plug attachment when not actuated.
  • only a single locking device is present.
  • there may also be a plurality of locking devices e.g. 2 locking devices on opposite sides of the plug-in receptacle or 4 locking devices on each side of a rectangular plug-in receptacle.
  • electrical plug contacts are advantageously present in the region of the plug receptacle of the base part, which do not project in front of the plug-in receptacle and engage in the mounted position in sockets of the plug attachment.
  • the plug contacts are protected against mechanical damage.
  • the plug contacts can be optimally adapted to electrical conditions.
  • the plug contacts are suitably proprietary plug contacts not intended for country-specific plugs.
  • the plug contacts may be thinner than country-specific plug, be electrically conductive over its entire length or the like.
  • the connector device 10 shown in Figure 1 is a country-specific electrical connector 12 to a base part 11 attachable, so that the connector device in a country-specific, electrical socket 13 can be inserted.
  • the base part 11 contains an electrical device 14, for example an electric light, an electrical power supply, a charging device for electric accumulators or the like.
  • the electrical device 14 may include, for example, a transformer, an inverter, a power converter, or an electrical adapter.
  • the electrical device 14 may operate linearly and / or switching.
  • the connector device 10 or the base part 11 are presently portable. It is possible in principle but also construction methods for stationary, non-portable use.
  • a plug-in receptacle 17 is arranged, in which the plug attachment 12 can be inserted.
  • the base part 11 has a housing 60, for example made of plastic, with a front and a rear part 61, 62. Inside the housing 60, the electrical device 14 is arranged.
  • the plug-in receptacle 17 forms an integral part of the front part 61.
  • the plug-in receptacle 17 is arranged in the front, upper region of the front part 61.
  • Side walls 29 and a bottom side 28 of the plug-in receptacle 17 are formed by the front part 61 of the housing 60. In part, the side walls 29 project in front of the front side 63 of the front part 61.
  • the bottom side 28, however, is set back relative to a front side 63 of the front part 61.
  • the plug attachment 12 can be attached to the base part 11, in the present case can be inserted. In the assembled position, the plug attachment 12 conceals the plug receptacle 17.
  • the mounting of the plug attachment 12 is very simple: The plug attachment 12 is moved in a direction of insertion 15 to the base part 12 until a plug projection 16 on the back of the plug attachment 12 in a plug receptacle 17 at the front of the base part 11 penetrates.
  • the inner contour of the plug-in receptacle 17 correlates with the outer contour of the plug-in projection 16.
  • the plug-in projection 16 has, for example, a rectangular outer contour, the plug-in receptacle 17 a correlating, rectangular inner contour. It is understood that also other than rectangular outer contours and correlating inner contours are possible, e.g. circular or elliptical contours.
  • the guide means 20 effect in conjunction with a set back arrangement of arranged in the socket 17 plug contacts 25 that the plug attachment 12 is inserted into the socket receptacle 17 before insertion of the plug contacts 25 in sockets 26 of the plug attachment 12 in the predetermined rotational position when plugging in which the plug contacts 25 facing the sockets 26 and can penetrate into them.
  • the mechanical load of the plug contacts 25 and the sockets 26 is thus low.
  • the sockets 26 are integrated in the plug attachment 12.
  • the plug contacts 25 and the sockets 26 establish an electrical connection between the base part 11 and the plug attachment 12.
  • the electrical plug contacts 25 are electrically connected to the electrical device 14. In the assembled position thus country-specific electrical plug contacts 27 which project forward in front of the plug attachment 12, are electrically connected to the device 14.
  • the plug-in contacts 25 project vertically in front of the bottom side 28 of the plug-in receptacle 17. However, the plug contacts 25 are not in front of the plug receptacle 17.
  • the plug contacts 25 are shorter than the side walls 29 of the socket 17, so that they are protected by the side walls 29 from mechanical damage. This measure also causes that upon insertion of the plug attachment 12 into the base part 11, first the outer side surfaces 18 of the plug projection 16 are brought by the inner side surfaces 19 of the side walls 29 in the predetermined rotational angular position.
  • the sockets 26 of the plug attachment 12 may, as in the embodiment, be funnel-shaped opening on the input side, so that the plug contacts 25 can easily penetrate into the sockets 26.
  • the front side 30 of the plug-in projection 16 bears against the bottom side 28.
  • the sides 28, 30 lie flat against one another in the mounted position of the plug attachment 12.
  • the side surfaces 18, 19 lie flat against each other and the guide projection 24 engages in the guide groove 22, so that a total of a tight fit of the plug attachment 12 is ensured on the base part 11.
  • a lateral projection 31 of the plug attachment 12 rests substantially flat on end faces 32 of the side walls 29 of the receptacle 17.
  • the lateral, present circumferential projection 31 is, for example, collar-like.
  • the lateral projection 31 is replaced by a The depth of the projection 31 corresponds substantially to the thickness of the side walls 29, so that in the mounted position of the plug attachment 12 a substantially smoother Transition from the base part 11 to the plug attachment 12 is present and the base member 12 forms a homogeneous assembly with the plug attachment 12.
  • the plug attachment 12 in the mounted position, numerous surfaces of the plug attachment 12 abut against corresponding surfaces of the base part 11, for example the side surfaces 18, 19, the sides 28, 30, the projection 31 and the end faces 32, and also engage the guide means 20 in one another , so that the plug attachment 12 is transversely to the insertion direction 15 substantially unverkippbar.
  • the locking device 21 must accordingly act substantially counter to the insertion direction 15. It is sufficient only a single locking device 21 in the present embodiment of the connector device 10 of the invention. It is understood that in principle a plurality of locking devices are possible, for example, a second locking device on the locking device 21 opposite side of the plug attachment 12 (not shown).
  • the locking device 21 is configured here as a latching lock.
  • a latching projection 36 on the plug attachment 12 engages a latching projection 36 on the plug attachment 12 into a latching recess 37 on the plug-in receptacle 17.
  • the latching projection 36 is arranged on a resilient actuating element 38.
  • the latching projection 36 is chamfered toward the front side 30 of the plug attachment 12, so that upon insertion of the plug projection 16 into the plug receptacle 17, the oblique surface of the latching projection 36 slides along the upper inner edge 39 of the upper side wall 29 and the actuating element 38 moves in the direction of the interior of the plug attachment 12 is displaced.
  • the actuating element 38 springs back outwards, so that the latching projection 36 engages independently in the latching recess 37 and the plug attachment 12 is locked to the base part 11.
  • the latching projection 36 and the latching recess 37 cause a locking of the plug attachment 12 against the insertion direction 15th
  • An actuating projection 40 of the actuating element 38 is present up here in front of the upper outer surface of the base part 11 and the plug attachment 12 before and can be operated comfortably become.
  • the actuating element 38 is pressed by pressing the actuating projection 40 in the direction of the interior of the plug attachment 12, so that the latching projection 36 is disengaged from the latching recess 37. Then the plug attachment 12 can be withdrawn against the insertion direction 15 of the base part 11.
  • the actuator 38 is configured in the manner of a resilient tongue. It is articulated resiliently movable on the front side 30 of the male projection 16. In the present case, it forms an integral part of a rear housing part 41 of the plug attachment 12, which forms the plug-in projection 16.
  • the rear housing part 41 and preferably also a front part 35 forming the front housing part 42 of the plug attachment 12 are preferably made of plastic or other, electrically non-conductive material.
  • the housing parts 41, 42 are connected to each other, for example, by gluing and / or locking.
  • the front part 35 has a country-specific design and is designed as it were as a country-specific plug, which is particularly clear in comparison with the plug attachment 12 alternative plug attachments 43 to 45, which are shown in Figure 2.
  • the rear parts 35 of the plug-in attachments 12, 43, 44, 45 are constructed substantially the same, whereas the respective front parts 34, 46, 47, 48 are different, that is country-specific, configured.
  • the plug attachments 12, 43, 44, 45 are used for country-specific adaptation of the connector device 10 in the US, Europe, Australia and United Kingdom usual sockets.
  • the plug-in attachments 12, 43 does not depend on the polarity of the plug contacts 27 or 49. Accordingly, these plug-in attachments 12, 43 would not have to ensure that they can be fastened in a single rotational position on the base part 11.
  • the plug-in attachments 12, 43 could be e.g. also in a 180 ° rotated, opposite rotational position on the base part can be arranged, if e.g. unlike the embodiment symmetrically arranged locking devices in the manner of the locking device 21 would be provided.
  • the plug-in attachments 44, 45 in which it depends on the electrical polarity, at least as far as the mounting on a country-specific socket.
  • the plug-in attachments 44, 45 can be mounted on the base part 11 only in a single rotational position.
  • the planned for United Kingdom plug connector 45 has in addition to electrically conductive plug contacts 50 which are electrically connected to the plug contacts 25 of the base member in the assembled state, a presently electrically non-conductive contact pin 51.
  • electrically conductive plug contacts 50 which are electrically connected to the plug contacts 25 of the base member in the assembled state
  • a presently electrically non-conductive contact pin 51 With appropriate electrical Embodiment of the base part 11, for example, in an electrically non-insulating housing or the like, an electrical protective contact may be necessary.
  • the contact pin 51 could then be made of electrically conductive material, for example metal, and be electrically connectable by a plug contact which is additionally present to the plug contacts 25 (not shown in the figure).
  • the plug-in contacts 25 are presently proprietary, not country-specific electrical contacts. They are optimally adapted to the electrical properties of the plug-in device 10. On a mechanical load capacity, it does not matter in these plug contacts, since the plug attachment 12, for example, by its housing condition, the guide means 20 and the like mechanically resilient to the base member 11 is connectable.
  • the plug contacts 25 are, for example, much thinner than country-specific plug contacts, for example the plug contacts 27. Furthermore, they can be electrically conductive over their entire outer circumference, which reduces the electrical resistance between the plug contacts 25 and the sockets 26. To improve the electrical insulation, the plug contacts 25 can be relatively widely spaced from each other, for example, as far as provided for Europe plug contacts 49 of the plug attachment 43rd
  • further guide means may be provided, for example further guide projections 53 on the inner side surfaces 19 of the plug-in receptacle 17, which correlate with corresponding guide grooves 52 with the plug attachments 12, 43, 44, 45.
  • guide grooves 52 are present on the plug attachment.
  • FIG. 2 shows an alternative base part 70 to the base part 11.
  • the base member 70 is similar to the base member 11, so that the same or similar components are given the same reference numerals.
  • the housing of the base part 70 is smaller than the housing 60 of the base part 11.
  • the base part 70 has a connection cable 71, with which the base part 70 can be electrically connected, for example, to a mobile telephone.
  • the base part 70 includes, for example, a charging adapter, with which a charging current for charging electrical batteries of the mobile telephone, not shown, can be provided.
  • housing forms other than base portions 11 and 70 are possible, e.g. cylindrical or barrel-shaped housing.

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  1. Dispositif à fiche avec une pièce de base (11) et au moins un adaptateur électrique enfichable (12) spécifique au pays embrochable sur la pièce de base (11), pour l'insertion du dispositif à fiche dans une prise électrique (13) spécifique au pays, l'adaptateur ou les adaptateurs (12) étant verrouillables sans outil par un dispositif de verrouillage (21) dans une position de montage et démontables de la pièce de base (11) après déverrouillage du dispositif de verrouillage (21), et la pièce de base (11) comportant un logement de fiche (17) où un épaulement (16) de l'adaptateur (12) est insérable par l'avant, des contacts électriques à fiche (25) faisant perpendiculairement saillie d'une face de base (28) du logement de fiche (17) et s'engageant en position de montage dans des prises (26) sur l'adaptateur ou les adaptateurs (12), une face avant (30) de l'épaulement (16) reposant sur un plan contre la face de base (28) du logement de fiche (17) et des surfaces latérales extérieures (18) reposant sur un plan contre des surfaces intérieures latérales (19) des parois latérales (29) du logement de fiche (17), caractérisé en ce que les contacts électriques à fiche (25) du logement de fiche (17) et des contacts électriques à fiche spécifiques au pays (27, 49, 50) de l'adaptateur (12) présentent le même sens d'insertion (15), et en ce que l'adaptateur (12) comporte une butée latérale (31) qui repose en position de montage sensiblement sur un plan contre des faces frontales (32) des parois latérales (29) du logement de fiche (17).
  2. Dispositif à fiche selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'une profondeur de la butée (31) correspond sensiblement à une épaisseur des parois latérales (29), de manière à former une transition essentiellement lisse de la pièce de base (11) à l'adaptateur (12) en position de montage de l'adaptateur (12).
  3. Dispositif à fiche selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'épaulement (16) présente un contour extérieur rectangulaire ou circulaire ou elliptique, et le logement de fiche (17) un contour intérieur correspondant au contour extérieur.
  4. Dispositif à fiche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que, sur une surface latérale (23) de l'épaulement (16), une rainure de guidage (22) est disposée pour l'engagement d'une saillie de guidage (24) sur une surface latérale extérieure (18) de l'épaulement (16).
  5. Dispositif à fiche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'adaptateur (12) ne peut pratiquement pas être pivoté transversalement au sens d'insertion (15) en position de montage.
  6. Dispositif à fiche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de verrouillage (21) comporte au moins une saillie d'enclenchement (36) s'engageant dans un évidement d'enclenchement (37), et en ce que la ou les saillies d'enclenchement (36) ou l'évidement d'enclenchement (37) associé sont disposés sur un élément d'actionnement élastique (38).
  7. Dispositif à fiche selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que l'élément d'actionnement (38) fait au moins partiellement saillie de la surface extérieure de la pièce de base (11) et/ou de l'adaptateur (12) en cas de non actionnement.
  8. Dispositif à fiche selon la revendication 6 ou 7, caractérisé en ce que l'élément d'actionnement (38) est réalisé comme une languette élastique étant partie intégrante de l'épaulement (16), et en ce que la saillie d'enclenchement (36) est disposée entre un renvoi (30) sur la face avant (30) de l'épaulement (16) et une saillie d'actionnement (40) de l'élément d'actionnement (38).
  9. Dispositif à fiche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les contacts électriques à fiche (25) ne font pas saillie du logement de fiche (17).
  10. Dispositif à fiche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les contacts à fiche (25) sont des contacts à fiche (25) propriétaires, non prévus pour des fiches spécifiques au pays, et en ce que les contacts à fiche (25) sont plus minces que les contacts électriques à fiche spécifiques au pays (27).
  11. Dispositif à fiche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'adaptateur (12) est guidé dans une position angulaire de rotation définie lors de l'insertion dans le logement de fiche (17) par au moins un dispositif de guidage (20) pour le guidage de l'adaptateur (12) orienté suivant un angle de rotation en position de montage, avant même la pénétration des contacts à fiche (25) dans les prises (26) de l'adaptateur ou des adaptateurs (12), si bien que les contacts à fiche (25) seront vis-à-vis des prises (26) et pourront pénétrer dans celles-ci.
  12. Dispositif à fiche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'adaptateur ou les adaptateurs (12) est disposable avec sécurité de polarisation dans une seule position de rotation définie.
  13. Dispositif à fiche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la pièce de base (11) comprend un dispositif électrique, en particulier une ampoule électrique et/ou un bloc d'alimentation électrique et/ou un dispositif de charge pour des accumulateurs électriques et/ou un transformateur et/ou un onduleur de courant et/ou un convertisseur de courant et/ou un appareil d'adaptation électrique.
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DE50306118T DE50306118D1 (de) 2003-08-21 2003-08-21 Steckervorrichtung mit Steckvorsatz
AT03018962T ATE349788T1 (de) 2003-08-21 2003-08-21 Steckervorrichtung mit steckvorsatz
DK03018962T DK1517412T3 (da) 2003-08-21 2003-08-21 Stilkanordning med adapter
EP03018962A EP1517412B1 (fr) 2003-08-21 2003-08-21 Dispositif connecteur avec adaptateur
ES03018962T ES2275982T3 (es) 2003-08-21 2003-08-21 Clavija de enchufe con adaptador de enchufe.
US10/849,112 US7223126B2 (en) 2003-08-21 2004-05-20 Plug device with a plug adapter
CNB2004100578484A CN100440641C (zh) 2003-08-21 2004-08-19 具有插接附件的插头装置

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