EP4346019A1 - Fiche électrique schuko à économie d'espace et corps de contact adaptés pour être agencés dans différentes positions par rapport au corps de fiche et au guide-câble - Google Patents

Fiche électrique schuko à économie d'espace et corps de contact adaptés pour être agencés dans différentes positions par rapport au corps de fiche et au guide-câble Download PDF

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EP4346019A1
EP4346019A1 EP23200012.5A EP23200012A EP4346019A1 EP 4346019 A1 EP4346019 A1 EP 4346019A1 EP 23200012 A EP23200012 A EP 23200012A EP 4346019 A1 EP4346019 A1 EP 4346019A1
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Michele FANTON
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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
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/502—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces

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  • the present patent concerns electrical plugs, and in particular space-saving electrical plugs. Specifically, the present patent concerns a new space-saving electrical plug in which the body holding the electrical contacts can be positioned differently with respect to the plug body or casing serving as grip and terminal container.
  • Said French-type or German-type plugs hereinafter simply referred to as Schuko, have a substantially cylindrical body with two parallel cylindrical pin-shaped contacts arranged along a diameter of the body itself and two contacts on the cylindrical wall of the body, parallel to the axis of said body.
  • Said Schuko plug body has, on the side opposite said parallel contacts, a part that serves as a grip and a guide for the electrical cable.
  • the grip and cable guide part of Schuko plugs is normally oriented generically coaxial with respect to the cylindrical body or generically lateral with respect to said cylindrical body orthogonal to said two contacts.
  • So-called space-saving Schuko plugs are known, of the type to be applied to the end of the electrical cable, whose grip and cable guide part, when the plug is inserted in the socket, protrudes from the electrical socket by approximately half a centimetre.
  • Said space-saving Schuko plugs make it possible to use Schuko plugs even in sockets that are located behind furniture set against the wall, or in other situations in which the space available in front of the socket is extremely limited.
  • Both the standard size and the space-saving Schuko plugs have their grip and cable guide part directed orthogonally to the plane of the two parallel cylindrical pin-shaped contacts.
  • the first section of electrical cable beyond the plug must be oriented in the direction generically orthogonal to the plane of the two cylindrical pin-shaped contacts.
  • the subject of the present patent is a new, space-saving Schuko-type electrical plug whose contact body can be positioned differently with respect to the grip and the cable guide.
  • the new electrical plug comprises, in its main parts, the following elements:
  • Said contact-holding body (C) is essentially cylindrical in shape, with an external outline that is equal to the outline of a common Schuko plug.
  • At least some of said projections (Cel) are laterally oriented in a direction generically orthogonal to said generically cylindrical surface (Cc).
  • At least some of said projections (Ce2) are oriented in the direction opposite said cylindrical pins (Ca, Cb) and are generally parallel to the axis of said contact-holding body (C).
  • the second containment half-shell (B) is generically in the shape of a rectangular tray.
  • the latter In proximity to the short side (Ba) of said containment half-shell (B), the latter is provided with a housing (Bb) that is thicker than the rest of said second containment half-shell (B) and suited to accommodate a cable clamp (Bc).
  • said second containment half-shell (B) is provided with elements or seats or projections (Be) suited to receive and to be coupled with said projection or projections (Cel) protruding laterally from said contact-holding body (C).
  • the first covering half-shell (A) is generically in the form of a rectangular tray suited to be coupled with said second containment half-shell (B).
  • Said first covering half-shell (A) and said second containment half-shell (B) are provided with couplings, elements, projections or other equivalent parts (Af, Bf) suited to connect and constrain said first covering half-shell (A) and said second containment half-shell (B).
  • the thickness of said first covering half-shell (A) joined to said second containment half-shell (B) is equal or comparable to the thickness of the known space-saving plugs.
  • Said first covering half-shell (A) and said second containment half-shell (B) are provided with holes (Bg) and seats (Ag) for the connection and stable closing of said two half-shells (A, B) with screws (D) or equivalent fixing elements.
  • the contact-holding body (C) is inserted into the hole (Bo) of said second containment half-shell (B) in such a way that said projections (Cel) of the contact-holding body (C) are coupled with said elements or seats or projections (Be) of said second containment half-shell (B), preventing the rotation of the contact-holding body (C) itself with respect to said second containment half-shell (B).
  • the first covering half-shell (A) is coupled and joined to said second containment half-shell (B) in such a way as to cover the cable clamp (Bc).
  • the new space-saving Schuko-type electrical plug made as described above has considerable advantages.
  • the new Schuko-type electrical plug occupies less space beyond the cover of the socket into which it is inserted.
  • the new Schuko-type electrical plug is not bound to a single predefined position of the cable with respect to the electrical contacts.
  • the new Schuko-type electrical plug allows the electrical contacts to be positioned with different inclinations with respect to the grip and cable guide part of the plug.
  • the new Schuko-type electrical plug can also be used with sockets that are located behind furniture set against the wall, or in other situations in which the space available in front of the socket is extremely limited.

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EP23200012.5A 2022-09-28 2023-09-27 Fiche électrique schuko à économie d'espace et corps de contact adaptés pour être agencés dans différentes positions par rapport au corps de fiche et au guide-câble Pending EP4346019A1 (fr)

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20170256899A1 (en) * 2016-03-02 2017-09-07 Vincent Mitchell System and Method for Providing Marine Shore Power
CN207149843U (zh) * 2016-11-01 2018-03-27 蓝旅有限公司 可接地的安全旅行转换插头
EP3467964A1 (fr) * 2017-10-06 2019-04-10 Powertech Industrial Co., Ltd. Dispositif de connecteur enfichable rétractable

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20170256899A1 (en) * 2016-03-02 2017-09-07 Vincent Mitchell System and Method for Providing Marine Shore Power
CN207149843U (zh) * 2016-11-01 2018-03-27 蓝旅有限公司 可接地的安全旅行转换插头
EP3467964A1 (fr) * 2017-10-06 2019-04-10 Powertech Industrial Co., Ltd. Dispositif de connecteur enfichable rétractable

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