EP3754789B1 - Protector and electrical socket provided with the protector - Google Patents

Protector and electrical socket provided with the protector Download PDF

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EP3754789B1
EP3754789B1 EP19382523.9A EP19382523A EP3754789B1 EP 3754789 B1 EP3754789 B1 EP 3754789B1 EP 19382523 A EP19382523 A EP 19382523A EP 3754789 B1 EP3754789 B1 EP 3754789B1
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electrical socket
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Jordi Arderiu Costas
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Priority to PT193825239T priority patent/PT3754789T/pt
Priority to CN202080043775.0A priority patent/CN113994546A/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
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
    • H01R13/447—Shutter or cover plate
    • H01R13/453—Shutter or cover plate opened by engagement of counterpart
    • H01R13/4538—Covers sliding or withdrawing in the direction of engagement
    • 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
    • H01R13/502—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
    • 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
    • H01R13/52—Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases
    • H01R13/5213—Covers
    • 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
    • H01R24/76—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure with sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. to a wall
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to protectors for electrical sockets intended to cover the housing of the socket when nothing is plugged in, and more particularly of the type comprising a moving cover that is moved when pressed with a male plug provided with prongs, for which the mobile cover is provided with holes coinciding with the prongs and the electrical contacts of the electrical socket.
  • the electrical sockets comprising a base and a protector
  • the protector comprising a cover and a cover guiding channel, which coincides with the socket well, such that the cover is mobile between a lower position, where the male plug is coupled to the electrical socket, and an upper position in the channel, where the cover acts as a cover that prevents the dust to enter the housing
  • the protector comprises means for generating a force on the cover directed from the lower position towards the upper position. This force is a feeble force that can be easily overcome when pushing with the male plug.
  • the known electrical sockets present disadvantages.
  • the cover is subjected to a force which presents high variability along the way of the cover between the upper position and the sunken position.
  • DE2925849A1 discloses a safety cover for electrical sockets.
  • WO2015/182987A1 discloses a safety electrical outlet.
  • KR20160024739A discloses a safety receptacle.
  • KR20130111113A discloses a safety outlet for guiding a plug.
  • the present invention proposes a protector for electrical sockets, according to claim 1.
  • the force pushing back the cover to the upper position is not generated by means of merely a spring mechanically coupled to the cover.
  • a magnetic force exerted by a lower magnet or a magnetic force exerted by an upper magnet generates a force that drives the cover to the covering configuration.
  • This technical difference decreases mechanical wear of the internal parts of the electrical socket and decreases the noise produced when the cover moves between the upper and the sunken position.
  • the means for generating the force are mechanically coupled to the cover, it is easier to separate the cover from the guide or the socket, making the electrical socket easy to assemble and disassemble.
  • the invention essentially lies in the use of magnetic forces by means of localized magnets so that a force can be exerted on a mobile magnet arranged in the cover.
  • the same inventive concept covers an embodiment based on a repulsion force, by means of at least one lower magnet arranged in a lower position, or an embodiment based on an attractive force, by means of at least one upper magnet arranged in an upper position, as well as two magnets arranged to exert two summed up forces having the same direction, one that repels from the lower position and another that attracts from the upper position.
  • the chosen embodiment within the scope of the invention will depend on the type of magnets available, and especially the intensity of the force that can be achieved with them. It will also depend, as will be seen in preferred embodiments, on the uniformity of the force sought in the stroke of the cover between its two extreme positions.
  • the protector comprises a pair of upper magnets, a pair of lower magnets and a pair of mobile magnets, so that the repulsion and attraction forces are distributed.
  • the plurality of magnets set can be arranged so as to cause a particular user experience.
  • the arrangement of the plurality of pairs/sets of lower magnet (upper magnets) and mobile magnet is such that when the user applies a particular force on a particular section of the cover, the cover moves in a particular manner.
  • magnet means any magnetic element or ferromagnetic element that allows to establish a repulsion magnetic force on the cover with respect to the bottom of the well and / or an attraction magnetic force with respect to the opening of the well.
  • the invention relates to a protector B for electrical sockets P2, which comprises a cover 2 and a cover guiding channel 1 such that the cover 2 is mobile between a lower position Pinf and an upper position Psup in the channel 1.
  • the protector B comprises means for generating a force F on the cover 2 directed from the lower position Pinf towards the upper position Psup.
  • the means for generating a force F comprise:
  • the protector B comprises one or more ferromagnetic elements or upper magnets M3 arranged close to the upper position Psup such that an attractive force is established between each upper magnet M3 and each mobile magnet M2.
  • the effect of putting attractive magnets M3 on the upper end of the cover stroke is that the interactions between mobile magnets M2 and lower magnets M1 on the one hand and the interactions between mobile magnets M2 and upper magnets M3 on the other hand lead to combining the forces of both interactions for obtain the profile of forces in function of the cover stroke shown in figure 7 . In this way, more uniformity in the spatial profile of the force is guaranteed, and in particular it is guaranteed that in half a stroke two forces are added that tend to bring the cover 2 to its upper position Psup.
  • the channel 1 is defined by a side wall 11.
  • the channel 1 would also be defined in an embodiment consisting of a top ring, which defines the opening and therefore the upper position Psup of the cover 2, top ring from which guides could extend downwards for guiding the cover 2 in its stroke form the upper position to the lower or sunken position and vice versa.
  • the protector comprises cover guiding means 14, S2 in its displacement between the lower position Pinf and the upper position Psup, the guiding means 14, S2 having a longitudinal direction and being arranged on a periphery of the cover 2 and on the side wall 11.
  • the guiding means 14, S2 comprise grooves 14 arranged on the side wall 11 cooperating with projections S2 arranged on the perimeter of the cover 2.
  • the magnets M1/M2/M3 and the guiding means S2/14 are arranged angularly in different positions. Now, it can well be conceived that the two functions are carried out in the same guide.
  • the channel disposed between the magnets M1 and M3 of FIGS. 1A to 5B constitute guides by themselves, although they would allow a certain balancing of the cover 2.
  • the mentioned guidance sets are 14 / S2 precisely provided.
  • the cover comprises holes H1, H2 for the insertion of prongs.
  • the side wall 11 comprises the guiding means S2, 14 and the lower magnets M1, such that the protector B is an independent accessory destined to be engaged in an electrical socket P2.
  • the protector B comprise flaps C1 destined to be engaged in complementary cavities arranged in an electrical socket P2 base.
  • the side wall 11 comprises the upper magnets M3.
  • the upper magnets can be integrated in another independent component, like for example an outer frame, or the external frame of an electrical socket, as shown in figures 10 to 15 .
  • FIGs 5A to 6B A preferred embodiment of the electrical socket is shown in Figs 5A to 6B .
  • an electrical socket P2 base which comprises a base frame P21 provided with an opening, the opening defining the upper position of the cover 2.
  • a lateral wall P11 extends downwards from the base frame P21 to a lower part P23.
  • This lower part encloses electrical connections and thanks to the invention it does not need space anymore to house a spring for urging the cover 2 towards the opening.
  • the lateral wall P11 and the upper surface P24 of the lower part P23 define a well O for housing an independent protector B that can be engaged therein.
  • the electrical socket P2 base comprises a base frame P21 provided with an opening.
  • a lateral wall P11 extends downwards from the base frame P21 to a lower part P23 enclosing electrical connections, such that a well O is defined between the lateral wall P11 and the upper surface P24 the of lower part P23.
  • the lateral wall P11 corresponds to the side wall 11 of the protector B, and the lower magnets M1 are integrated in the lower part P23 close to the upper surface P24 of the well O or in the lateral wall P11 close to the bottom of the well O.
  • Figures 10 to 15 which are self-explanatory, show all the arrangement that are possible depending on the parts that bear the different components of the protector B.
  • FIG 10 an embodiment is shown in which the side walls 11 of an accessory comprise the upper magnets M3, while the lower magnets M1 are joined to a socket base P2.
  • the socket is completed with an internal frame and an external frame, so that the set is designed so that the cover 2 is flush with the frames.
  • Another embodiment consists in placing the upper M3 magnets in the frame instead of arranging them in a separate accessory, as shown in Figure 14 .

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PL19382523.9T PL3754789T3 (pl) 2019-06-21 2019-06-21 Ochronnik i gniazdo elektryczne wyposażone w ochronnik
EP19382523.9A EP3754789B1 (en) 2019-06-21 2019-06-21 Protector and electrical socket provided with the protector
ES19382523T ES2933201T4 (es) 2019-06-21 2019-06-21 Protector y toma de corriente provisto del protector
PT193825239T PT3754789T (pt) 2019-06-21 2019-06-21 Protetor e tomada elétrica fornecida com o protetor
CN202080043775.0A CN113994546A (zh) 2019-06-21 2020-06-22 保护器及设有该保护器的电插座
PCT/EP2020/067341 WO2020254687A1 (en) 2019-06-21 2020-06-22 Protector and electrical socket provided with the protector

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EP19382523.9A EP3754789B1 (en) 2019-06-21 2019-06-21 Protector and electrical socket provided with the protector

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EP3754789A1 EP3754789A1 (en) 2020-12-23
EP3754789B1 true EP3754789B1 (en) 2022-10-19

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CN (1) CN113994546A (pl)
ES (1) ES2933201T4 (pl)
PL (1) PL3754789T3 (pl)
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EP4583321A1 (en) * 2024-01-04 2025-07-09 Schneider Electric España, S.A. Electrical power outlet

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WO2011007908A1 (ko) * 2009-07-16 2011-01-20 Ji Young Ju 콘센트
FR2967829B1 (fr) 2010-11-18 2012-11-02 Legrand France Prise electrique comportant des montants lateraux mobiles en translation
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EP4583321A1 (en) * 2024-01-04 2025-07-09 Schneider Electric España, S.A. Electrical power outlet

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CN113994546A (zh) 2022-01-28
PT3754789T (pt) 2022-12-19

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