TW202232835A - Thermochromic socket and thermochromic signal cable capable of presenting a specific color when temperature is higher than the critical temperature - Google Patents

Abstract

A thermochromic socket comprises a base. The base has a receiving space and two insertion holes communicating with the receiving space. The base comprises a thermochromic part and two female conductive terminals. The two female conductive terminals are disposed on the base and located in the receiving space. The two female conductive terminals are respectively correspondent to the two insertion holes. The thermochromic part has a first color at room temperature. When the thermochromic part is at a critical temperature higher than room temperature, the thermochromic part has a second color. The second color is different from the first color. Therefore, a user can be warned of temperature abnormal through the thermochromic socket. In addition, the present invention also discloses a thermochromic signal cable corresponding to the disclosed technology.

Description

Heat-up color change socket and heat-up color change signal line

The invention relates to a power socket and a signal line; in particular, it refers to a socket and a signal line that can change color in a specific temperature range.

Nowadays, electrical appliances and electronic products have become indispensable daily necessities for people. Whether it is in the workplace or in the home environment, it is inevitable to come into contact with various electrical appliances and electronic products. The power supply can only operate, among which the socket or the signal line is the most common power supply device.

However, the use of sockets or signal lines also implies danger. Fires in factories and homes are often caused by the high temperature of sockets or signal lines. The most common one is that the sockets are old and loose or the signal lines are aging, which makes the electrical appliances connect When the socket is in poor contact, it will cause overheating and fire. In addition, the socket is covered with dust or the internal conductive contacts are oxidized, which will form resistance. When a large amount of current flows through the socket and the signal line, extremely high temperature heat energy will be generated, causing the socket or signal line to catch fire. Combustion or high temperature ignites surrounding flammables. In addition, when the two ends of the socket are connected to form a short circuit, the temperature of the socket will also rise sharply. Various reasons may lead to the occurrence of fires, thereby causing the loss of people's lives and property.

In view of this, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a temperature-changing color changing socket and a temperature-changing color changing signal line. When the temperature of the socket or signal line increases, the socket or signal line will change color to achieve the purpose of warning the user.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides a temperature-changing color-changing socket, which includes a base, the base has an accommodating space and two jacks communicating with the accommodating space, and the base includes a temperature-raising and color-changing part and two female A conductive terminal, and a plurality of temperature-increasing and discoloring particles are embedded in the temperature-increasing and discoloring part, the two female conductive terminals are arranged on the base and located in the accommodating space, and the two female conductive terminals are respectively corresponding to the two jacks, wherein the temperature-increasing The color-changing particles have a first color at room temperature, and when the temperature-changing color-changing particles are at a critical temperature higher than room temperature, the temperature-changing particles have a second color, and the second color is different from the first color, and then The temperature-increasing discoloration portion is made to exhibit the first color at room temperature, and the second color when the temperature is higher than the critical temperature.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a temperature-increasing and color-changing signal line, which includes a main body and a signal terminal; the body has a male connecting portion and an extension line portion extending outward from the connecting portion, and the male connecting portion A plurality of temperature-changing color-changing particles are embedded in the middle; the signal terminal is made of conductors, and part of it is embedded in the male connection part, and part of it is exposed outside the male connection part; wherein, the temperature-raising color-changing particle has a first color at room temperature. a color, when the temperature-changing particle is at a critical temperature higher than room temperature, the temperature-changing particle has a second color, and the second color is different from the first color, so that the male connection part is at room temperature The first color is present, and the second color is present above the critical temperature.

The effect of the present invention is that the temperature-increasing color-changing socket and the temperature-changing color-changing signal line can present a specific color above the critical temperature. When the temperature of the socket increases, the color of the temperature-increasing color-changing part of the socket and the male connection part of the signal line will change to warn Users, so that users can take timely response measures to prevent the occurrence of disasters.

In order to describe the present invention more clearly, preferred embodiments are given and described in detail with the drawings as follows. Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4 , a temperature-increasing color-changing socket 100 according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a base 10 and two female conductive terminals 12 . The temperature-changing color changing socket 100 can be installed in a socket box (not shown in the figure), such as a wall socket box or an external socket box.

The base 10 has an accommodating space 10a and two insertion holes 14. The two insertion holes 14 communicate with the accommodating space 10a. In this embodiment, the base 10 includes a casing 16 and a base 18. The casing 16 and the base body 18 are made of plastic, and at least the plastic of the shell 16 is mixed with temperature-changing particles, so that a plurality of temperature-changing particles are embedded in the shell 16, so that the whole of the shell 16 is formed. a temperature-increasing discoloration part, the temperature-increasing discoloration particles have a first color at room temperature of 25°C, and when the temperature of the temperature-increasing discoloration particles is increased to a critical temperature of room temperature, the color of the temperature-increasing discoloration particles changes to a second color, Wherein the second color is different from the first color. The temperature-increasing color-changing particle is a temperature-sensitive color-changing material, which is coated with at least one color-changing dye by microcapsules. The critical temperature can be, for example, above 60°C to produce discoloration. The critical temperature is not limited to 60°C, and can also be 60°C. ~70°C. In this way, the temperature-increasing discoloration portion can exhibit the first color at room temperature, and exhibit the second color when the temperature is higher than the critical temperature. Microcapsule encapsulation can also encapsulate at least one color-changing dye and non-color-changing dye, the color-changing dye is the first color at room temperature, and the color-changing dye becomes transparent at the critical temperature, and shows the color of the non-color-changing dye ( second color).

In practice, the plastic of the base body 18 can also be mixed with temperature-changing and discoloring particles, so that at least a part of the base body 18 also becomes the temperature-temperature-changing part. In one embodiment, the temperature-increasing discoloration portion can also be set to maintain the first color in a temperature range from room temperature to a predetermined temperature, and the predetermined temperature range is between the room temperature and the critical temperature, and the predetermined temperature It can be, for example, 5~10°C different from the critical temperature, but not limited thereto, for example, the predetermined temperature is 50°C or 55°C; from the predetermined temperature to the temperature range of the critical temperature, the color of the temperature-raising and discoloring part varies with the temperature. When the temperature increases to the critical temperature, the color of the temperature-increasing discoloration portion changes to the second color. For example, the microcapsules are coated with two or more color-changing dyes, wherein the first color-changing dye changes color at a predetermined temperature, and the second color-changing dye changes color at a critical temperature. In practice, the temperature-increasing and color-changing particles may also be a mixture of a plurality of temperature-increasing and color-changing particles, one of which changes color at a predetermined temperature, and the other temperature-changing color-changing particles at a critical temperature.

The accommodating space 10a is formed between the housing 16 and the base body 18, and the housing 16 has the two insertion holes 14. More specifically, the housing 16 has a main body 16a and two connecting holes connected to the main body 16a. On the opposite side of the connecting portion 16b, the body 16a has the two insertion holes 14, and the interior of the body 16a has the accommodating space 10a. The bottom of the main body 16a and the two joint parts 16b are combined with the base body 18 . The base body 18 is provided with a guide structure 182 inside, and the guide structure 182 is used for the power wire 184 to be inserted.

The two female conductive terminals 12 are disposed on the base 10 and located in the accommodating space 10a. In this embodiment, one end of the two female conductive terminals 12 is connected to the conductive structure 182 inside the base body 18. The other ends of the conductive terminals 12 correspond to the two sockets 14 respectively.

In this embodiment, the number of the jacks 14 and the female conductive terminals 12 is illustrated by taking two as an example, but it is not limited to this, and it may be more than three.

In use, the pins of the plug (not shown) of the electrical equipment are inserted into the jacks 14 of the temperature-changing color changing socket 100. After the pins are in contact with the female conductive terminals 12, the power of the heating and color-changing socket 100 can be supplied for use. electrical equipment. In a normal state, the temperature of the temperature-raising and color-changing socket 100 is lower than the critical temperature, so the color of the temperature-raising and color-changing part of the base 10 is maintained at the first color. When abnormal, such as overload of electrical equipment, poor contact between pins and female conductive terminals, or aging of power wires, etc., when the temperature of the temperature-rising discoloration socket reaches above the critical temperature, the color of the temperature-rising discoloration part is converted to the second color. At this time, the user can visually judge that the temperature-increasing and discoloring socket is currently in a high temperature state, so as to carry out subsequent treatment, such as cutting off the power supply or unplugging, so as to avoid the occurrence of disasters.

5 is a temperature-changing and color-changing socket 200 according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, which has substantially the same structure as the first embodiment. 20a, more specifically, the temperature-raising and discoloring portion 20a is located at the position of the main body 22a of the casing 22 adjacent to the socket 24, so that when the temperature near the two sockets 24 is higher than a critical temperature, the temperature-raising and color-changing portion 20a will transition to this second color.

FIG. 6 is a temperature-changing and color-changing socket 300 according to the third preferred embodiment of the present invention. The temperature-changing and color-changing socket 300 is an independent socket, such as an adapter socket. The temperature-increasing color changing socket 300 includes a base 30 and two female conductive terminals (not shown), wherein the base 30 includes a casing 301 and a base 302 , and there is a space between the casing 301 and the base 302 . The housing 301 has two sockets 32 communicating with the accommodating space, the base 302 is provided with two pins 34 and the two pins 34 are electrically connected with the two female conductive terminals, the two pins 34 is used for inserting a power supply socket, and both the casing 301 and the base 302 have the temperature-raising and discoloring portion 30a with the same characteristics as the above. Since many adapter sockets on the market do not have the function of automatic power-off, when the adapter socket can not carry the load, it will lead to the disaster of wire fire. Therefore, through the heating and color changing socket 300, the user can watch the heating and color changing part at any time. 30a discoloration condition to ensure users use the socket at a safe temperature. In one embodiment, a temperature-increasing and discoloring portion 30a may also be disposed on one of the casing 301 and the base 302 .

FIG. 7 is a temperature-changing color changing socket 400 according to a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention. The temperature-changing color changing socket 400 has substantially the same structure as that of the third embodiment. In addition, a cover sheet 412 is included, the cover sheet 412 is disposed on the outer surface of the main body 411 and is located in the vicinity of the two sockets 42, wherein the cover sheet 412 has the temperature-changing part, when the temperature-changing color-changing socket 400 When the temperature is higher than a critical temperature, the color of the cover sheet 412 will also change to the second color. In other embodiments, the discoloration material of the temperature-increasing discoloration portion can also be covered on the outer surface of the body 411 of the base 40 by sticking or smearing.

FIG. 8 is a temperature-increasing and color-changing socket 500 according to a fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention, which has substantially the same structure as that of the third embodiment. The base 50 of the temperature-changing and color-changing socket 500 includes a base 501 and a casing 502. The base body 501 has the same temperature-changing and color-changing portion 50a as described above. 502 is transparent or translucent, whereby when the color of the temperature-changing portion 50a of the base body 502 changes, the user can see through the casing 502 and take countermeasures. In addition, the temperature-changing and color-changing socket 100 of the first embodiment can also be designed such that the base body 18 has a temperature-raising and color-changing part, and the shell 16 does not have a temperature-raising and color-changing part, which is transparent or translucent.

9 is a temperature-changing color changing socket 600 according to a sixth preferred embodiment of the present invention, which has substantially the same structure as the third embodiment, except that the base 60 has a temperature-changing color changing layer 601 and an outer layer 602, wherein the The temperature-temperature discoloration layer 601 constitutes the temperature-temperature discoloration portion, and the outer layer 602 covers the outside of the temperature-temperature discoloration layer 601, and the outer layer 602 is transparent or translucent. Through the outer layer 602 , the discoloration condition inside the temperature-increasing and discoloring socket 600 can be seen.

In addition, please refer to FIG. 10 , which is a temperature-changing color changing socket 700 according to a seventh preferred embodiment of the present invention. The heating and color-changing socket 700 is combined with the panel 70 of the socket box. The heating and color-changing socket 700 is based on the first embodiment, and further A switch 72 including a set is disposed on the base, the switch 72 is electrically connected to one of the female conductive terminals and used to conduct or block the power passing through the female conductive terminals. When the switch 72 is turned on, the socket is capable of supplying power. When the switch 72 is turned off, the socket is powered off. Therefore, when the socket is not connected to an electrical appliance or the electrical appliance is temporarily unused, the user can turn off the switch 72 to improve the safety of the socket. The design of the switch 72 can also be applied to the second to sixth embodiments.

In addition, please refer to FIG. 11 , which is a temperature-increasing and color-changing signal line 800 according to an eighth preferred embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the temperature-increasing and color-changing signal line 800 includes a main body 80 , a signal terminal 85 , a signal port 86 and a Wire 87. The main body 80 is made of insulating plastic, and the plastic is mixed with temperature-changing particles, and the main body 80 has a male connection portion 81 and an extension line portion 82 extending outward from the male connection portion 81 and connected to the The extension wire portion 82 is opposite to the female connection portion 83 at one end of the male connection portion 81 , so that the male connection portion 81 , the extension wire portion 82 and the female connection portion 83 made of the aforementioned plastic are embedded in a plurality of heating elements. Color-changing particles.

The signal terminal 85 , the signal port 86 and the wire 87 are all made of conductors, and the signal terminal 85 is partially embedded in the male connecting portion 81 and partially exposed outside the male connecting portion 81 . The signal port 86 is embedded in the female connection portion 82 . The wire 87 is embedded in the extension wire portion 83 and is electrically connected to the signal terminal 85 and the signal port 86 . In this embodiment, the signal line 800 is a power line, the signal terminal 85 is a metal insert, and the signal port 86 is a metal clip, but it is not limited to this, and can also be used in other implementations. Male and female headers that transmit other electrical signals.

In a normal state, the temperature of the temperature-changing signal line 800 is lower than the critical temperature, so the colors of the male connection portion 81 , the extension line portion 82 and the female connection portion 83 are maintained at the first color. When the temperature of the male connection part 81 , the extension wire part 82 or the female connection part 83 reaches the critical temperature or higher due to abnormal power usage, the abnormality of the male connection part 81 , the extension wire part 82 or the female connection part 83 The color of the color will be converted to the second color. At this time, the user can visually judge that the temperature-changing signal line 800 is currently in a high temperature state, and can immediately carry out follow-up treatment to avoid the occurrence of disasters, and the user can also pass through the discoloration area. It can be immediately known that the section of the male connection part 81, the extension wire part 82 or the female connection part 83 is abnormal, and it can be further checked whether it is the male connection part 81, the extension wire part 82 or the female connection. The part 83 corresponds to the abnormality caused by the storage or use environment, so as to achieve the effect of avoiding the occurrence of the next disaster through the improvement of the use environment.

In addition, in addition to burying the temperature-changing color-changing particles in the male connection portion 81, the extension line portion 82 or the female connecting portion 83 at the same time, in other embodiments, the temperature-changing color-changing particles can only be embedded in places that are more likely to generate high temperature To achieve the purpose of the above-mentioned warning, the dangerous male connection part and the female connection part. In addition, if there is no female connection part (such as a power cord directly connected to an electrical appliance), the above-mentioned temperature-changing particles can also be embedded only in the male connection end and the extension part, or only in the male connection end. purpose.

It is worth mentioning that due to factors such as overloading of electrical equipment, poor contact or aging of power wires, the internal conductors start to heat up, but the area that the user can see is only the outer surface of the socket or signal line. High temperature melting has begun, but the outer surface may still be in normal condition. Therefore, in order to make the heating and color changing sockets or the heating and color changing signal wires start to heat up, the user can know at the first time that the bases of the heating and color changing sockets are fabricated on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiments. , and the plastic used for the body of the temperature-changing signal line, in addition to mixing temperature-changing particles, heat-conducting particles with insulating and high thermal conductivity properties (such as carbon nanospheres, carbon nanotubes, ceramic powder, thermally conductive silicone, etc.). In this way, when the inside of the temperature-changing color-changing sockets and the temperature-changing color-changing signal line start to heat up due to abnormal electricity consumption, the heat energy can be quickly conducted to the outside, causing the temperature-changing color-changing particles on the outer layer to produce color changes, which can be used in the first Time to achieve the effect of rapid warning.

According to the above, the temperature-increasing color-changing socket and the temperature-increasing and color-changing part of the heating and color-changing signal line of the present invention can present the second color above the critical temperature, so as to achieve the effect of warning the user, so that the user can take countermeasures in time to prevent the occurrence of disasters. occur.

The above descriptions are only preferred feasible embodiments of the present invention, and any equivalent changes made by applying the description of the present invention and the scope of the patent application should be included in the patent scope of the present invention.

[this invention] 100: heating and discoloration socket 10: Pedestal 10a: Accommodating space 12: Female conductive terminal 14: jack 16: Shell 16a: Ontology 16b: junction 18: seat body 182: Conduction structure 184: Power Wire 200: Heating and color changing socket 20a: heating discoloration part 22: Shell 22a: Ontology 24: jack 300: heating and discoloration socket 30: Pedestal 30a: heating discoloration part 301: Shell 302: Seat 34: pin 400: heating and discoloration socket 40: Pedestal 41: Shell 411: Ontology 412: Coverslip 42: jack 500: heating and discoloration socket 50: Pedestal 50a: heating discoloration part 501: Seat 502: Shell 600: heating and discoloration socket 60: Pedestal 601: heating and discoloration layer 602: Outer Layer 700: heating and discoloration socket 70: Panel 72: switch 80: heating and discoloration signal line 81: Male connector 82: Extension line 83: Female connector 84: Signal terminal 86: Signal port 87: Wire

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the temperature-increasing and color-changing socket according to the first preferred embodiment. FIG. 2 is a top view of FIG. 1 . FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of FIG. 2 . FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the discoloration of the temperature-increasing discoloration portion of FIG. 1 . FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the temperature-increasing color-changing socket according to the second preferred embodiment. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a temperature-increasing and color-changing socket according to a third preferred embodiment. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the temperature-increasing and color-changing socket according to the fourth preferred embodiment. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the temperature-increasing and color-changing socket according to the fifth preferred embodiment. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the temperature-increasing and color-changing socket according to the sixth preferred embodiment. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the temperature-increasing and color-changing socket according to the seventh preferred embodiment. FIG. 11 is a temperature-increasing color-changing signal line of the eighth preferred embodiment.

100: heating and discoloration socket

10: Pedestal

14: jack

16: Shell

18: seat body

Claims (14)

A heating and color changing socket, comprising: a base having an accommodating space and two jacks communicating with the accommodating space; the base includes a temperature-increasing and discoloring part, and the temperature-increasing and discoloring part has a plurality of temperature-increasing and discoloring particles; and Two female conductive terminals are disposed on the base and located in the accommodating space, and the two female conductive terminals correspond to the two jacks respectively; Wherein, the temperature-changing particles have a first color at room temperature, and when the temperature-changing particles are at a critical temperature higher than room temperature, the temperature-changing particles have a second color, and the second color is different from the first color a color, so that the temperature-increasing discoloration part exhibits the first color at room temperature, and exhibits the second color when the temperature is higher than the critical temperature. The temperature-changing color-changing socket described in claim 1, wherein the base comprises a base and a casing, the accommodating space is formed between the base and the casing, and the casing has the two sockets and the temperature-temperature-changing part . The temperature-increasing and color-changing socket of claim 2, wherein a part of the housing is the temperature-increasing and color-changing part. The temperature-increasing and color-changing socket of claim 2, wherein the entire shell is the temperature-increasing and color-changing part. The temperature-changing and color-changing socket of claim 1, wherein the base comprises a body, the two sockets are located on the body, and the temperature-temperature and color-changing portion is disposed on the outer surface of the body. The temperature-increasing and color-changing socket of claim 5, wherein the base includes a cover sheet, the cover sheet has the temperature-increasing and color-changing portion, and the cover sheet is disposed on the outer surface of the main body. The temperature-changing color-changing socket of claim 1, wherein the base comprises a base and a casing, the accommodating space is formed between the base and the casing, the base has the temperature-changing part, and the casing has The two jacks. The temperature-increasing color-changing socket described in claim 7, wherein the shell is transparent or translucent. The temperature-increasing and color-changing socket described in claim 1, wherein the base has a temperature-increasing and discoloring layer and an outer layer, the temperature-increasing and discoloring layer constitutes the temperature-increasing and discoloring portion, the outer layer is located outside the temperature-increasing and discoloring layer, and the outer layer is transparent or translucent . In the temperature-changing and color-changing socket of claim 1, wherein the base is further coated with a plurality of thermally conductive particles, and the thermally conductive particles are made of insulating materials with high thermal conductivity. A heating and color changing signal line, comprising: a main body, which has a male connection portion and an extension line portion extending outward from the connection portion, and the male connection portion has a plurality of temperature-raising and color-changing particles; a signal terminal, made of conductors, partially embedded in the male connection portion and partially exposed outside the male connection portion; a lead wire, made of conductors, embedded in the extension wire portion, and electrically connected to the signal terminal; Wherein, the temperature-changing particles have a first color at room temperature, and when the temperature-changing particles are at a critical temperature higher than room temperature, the temperature-changing particles have a second color, and the second color is different from the first color a color, so that the male connection part exhibits the first color at room temperature, and exhibits the second color when the temperature is higher than the critical temperature. The temperature-changing color-changing signal line of claim 11, wherein the extension line portion also has the temperature-temperature changing color-changing particles. The temperature-changing signal line of claim 11 further has a signal port made of conductors, and the main body further has a female connecting portion connected to an end of the extension line portion opposite to the male connecting portion, and the signal port is further It is embedded in the female connection part, and is electrically connected with the wire; wherein, the female connection part also has the temperature-changing and color-changing particles. In the temperature-increasing and discoloring socket of claim 11, wherein the main body is covered with a plurality of thermally conductive particles, and the thermally conductive particles are made of insulating materials with high thermal conductivity.

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