EP1978607A1 - Elektrisches Ladegerät, das mit einem Gelenkverbindungskontakt ausgestattet ist - Google Patents

Elektrisches Ladegerät, das mit einem Gelenkverbindungskontakt ausgestattet ist Download PDF

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EP1978607A1
EP1978607A1 EP07290407A EP07290407A EP1978607A1 EP 1978607 A1 EP1978607 A1 EP 1978607A1 EP 07290407 A EP07290407 A EP 07290407A EP 07290407 A EP07290407 A EP 07290407A EP 1978607 A1 EP1978607 A1 EP 1978607A1
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electrical connection
housing
charger according
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Damien Francois
Guillaume Ponticelli
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Modelabs Technologies Ltd
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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
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/28—Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
    • H01R24/30—Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable with additional earth or shield contacts
    • 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
    • H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/652—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding   with earth pin, blade or socket
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2103/00—Two poles
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R35/00—Flexible or turnable line connectors, i.e. the rotation angle being limited
    • H01R35/04—Turnable line connectors with limited rotation angle with frictional contact members

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  • the present invention relates to a charger for electrical apparatus.
  • the size of such a charger is often important, especially because of its thickness, so that when it is shipped to a customer by a mail delivery service, it can not be considered a simple letter to the seen its dimensions, but as a much larger and expensive package to send to the sender. It is therefore impossible to get this type of loader into the slot of standard letterbox fold recovery or most mailboxes of customers (individuals, companies) because its dimensions are too large.
  • the charger can be shipped only in the form of a package, which requires opening the mailbox of the customer and therefore to have the key. However, this is not always the case, especially if a private parcel forwarding company is used. The delivery of the loader is therefore more expensive and often longer, which can be a disadvantage for the customer as well as for the shipper who risks losing sales.
  • An object of the present invention is therefore to solve the problem mentioned above with a solution that is simple to implement, reliable and inexpensive.
  • An electric charger 1 according to the present invention is shown in exploded perspective on the figure 1 .
  • This charger 1 has the function of supplying power or recharging electronic equipment, such as a camera, a cell phone or a media player, via a suitable cable (not shown).
  • the charger 1 is adapted to be plugged into a standard power outlet, for example to the British standard.
  • the charger 1 comprises a hollow housing 10 enclosing an electronic card 5, a shutter plate 20 closing the housing 10 and in particular supporting two electrical connection pads 12 and 14, a cover 30 adapted to be mounted on the shutter plate 20 , a hood 40 hinged to the cover 30, and a support arm 50 for a third electrical connection pad 16.
  • the housing 10, the sealing plate 20, the cover 30, the cover 40 and the support arm 50 are made of non-electrically conductive plastics material.
  • the housing 10 has a thickness E less than or equal to 21 mm, which dimension corresponds to the width of a standardized mailbox slot, especially in Great Britain.
  • the housing 10 is provided, opposite its upper face 5, a universal USB bus (Universal Serial Bus) connected to the electronic card 5 and allowing the charger to be connected to the electronic device to supply or to recharge.
  • USB bus Universal Serial Bus
  • the first and second electrical connection pads 12 and 14 form the phase and the neutral, while the third electrical connection pad 16 constitutes the ground connection pad. These three pads are identical and made of electrically conductive metal such as copper.
  • the two studs 12 and 14 are parallel to each other and stand perpendicular to an upper face 21 of the casing carried by the closure plate 20.
  • the support arm 50 is articulated on a hinge axis 52 perpendicular to the sealing plate 20 and located between the first and the second electrical connection pad. More specifically, the hinge axis 52 is arranged closer to the electrical connection pad 14.
  • the cover 30 is slid around the electrical connection pads 12 and 14 before being fixed on the closure plate 20, for example by clipping. Openings 32 and 34 having the same section as that of the studs 12 and 14 are provided for this purpose in the cover 30 (see figure 1 ).
  • the cover 40 is hinged to a front edge 31 of the cover 30 by means of pivot pins 35 made in the form of small thin rods of metal. As will be described later in relation to the Figures 5 and 6 , the cover 40 can be raised relative to the upper face 21 of the closure plate 20, or folded thereon.
  • the cover 40 is provided on its front edge 41 with a protuberance 43 intended to cooperate with the support arm 50 in order to lock it in position.
  • loader 1 is in a state of delivery, that is to say that it is sent to the client in this configuration.
  • the support arm 50 of the third electrical connection pad 16 is disposed in a first position in which it is placed laterally with respect to the housing, along the nearest side 11 of the second electrical connection pad 14. In this position, the support arm 50 and the third electrical connection pad 16 do not exceed the thickness E of the housing 10.
  • the loader 1 according to the present invention is shipped to the customer in its first delivery position simply in the form of a letter that can be deposited in a standard letterbox fold receptions.
  • This solution avoids having to send the charger in a more expensive package and more bulky that can not be deposited in the mailbox of the postal service and, often, that can not be delivered in the standard mailbox of the customer.
  • the figure 6 illustrates an intermediate state in which the charger 1 of the present invention can be placed after being received and then removed from its packaging for use.
  • the support arm 50 of the third electrical connection pad 16 is placed in a second operating position.
  • the user must rotate the support arm 50 about 90 ° on its hinge axis 52, that is to say parallel to the upper face 21, to bring it frontally with respect to the housing 10, facing its front face 15.
  • the three electrical connection pads 12, 14 and 16 are arranged in a triangle so that they can be introduced into openings in the standard socket.
  • the cover 40 In order to be able to pivot the support arm 50 on its hinge axis 52, the cover 40 must be in its raised position illustrated by the Figures 5 and 6 .
  • the figure 4 illustrates the final state of use of the charger 1 according to the present invention. After having pivoted the support arm 50 by about 90 ° according to the arrow R ( figure 6 ) in order to place it in its second operating position, the cover 40 is folded over the closure plate 20 in order to cover its upper face 21 in collaboration with the cover 30.
  • the protrusion 43 of the cover 40 forms a stop against which bears a corresponding portion 53 of the support arm 50 to block the latter in its second position.
  • the cover 40 has two lugs 45 on a lower face 44.
  • USB type connection socket can be replaced by any other type of plug adapted for this type of use, for example a Jack.

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WO2012163745A1 (de) * 2011-05-27 2012-12-06 Taller Gmbh Steckerbrücke für einen klappbaren 3-pol-stecker
WO2013131757A1 (en) * 2012-03-08 2013-09-12 Thomson Licensing Electrical power supply module comprising two mechanical elements to be assmbled before use

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US5213516A (en) * 1990-11-05 1993-05-25 Nichido Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Attachment plug
GB2381669A (en) * 2001-10-30 2003-05-07 Nigel Malcolm Ogier Folding plug
EP1387448A2 (de) * 2002-08-01 2004-02-04 Comarco Wireless Technologies, Inc. Faltbarer elektrischer Steckverbinder
US20040097114A1 (en) * 2002-11-19 2004-05-20 Tohru Shiroshita Coalescent type power supply conversion plug adapter
GB2417621A (en) * 2004-08-30 2006-03-01 Astec Int Ltd Electrical plug with slidable earth pin
GB2417620A (en) * 2004-08-30 2006-03-01 Astec Int Ltd Electrical plug with rotatable earth pin

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5213516A (en) * 1990-11-05 1993-05-25 Nichido Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Attachment plug
GB2381669A (en) * 2001-10-30 2003-05-07 Nigel Malcolm Ogier Folding plug
EP1387448A2 (de) * 2002-08-01 2004-02-04 Comarco Wireless Technologies, Inc. Faltbarer elektrischer Steckverbinder
US20040097114A1 (en) * 2002-11-19 2004-05-20 Tohru Shiroshita Coalescent type power supply conversion plug adapter
GB2417621A (en) * 2004-08-30 2006-03-01 Astec Int Ltd Electrical plug with slidable earth pin
GB2417620A (en) * 2004-08-30 2006-03-01 Astec Int Ltd Electrical plug with rotatable earth pin

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2012163745A1 (de) * 2011-05-27 2012-12-06 Taller Gmbh Steckerbrücke für einen klappbaren 3-pol-stecker
WO2013131757A1 (en) * 2012-03-08 2013-09-12 Thomson Licensing Electrical power supply module comprising two mechanical elements to be assmbled before use

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