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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096817 | Rotatable and foldable electrical plug connector An electrical plug connector includes a rotary assembly, an electrical plug assembly having a live prong assembly, a neutral prong assembly, and a ground prong assembly and capable of rotating with respect to a first predetermined axis, and a linkage portion between... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7963779 | Electrical plug having adjustable prongs An electrical plug is provided. The plug includes a base, a cover, a live prong, a neutral prong, and a ground prong. The cover defines a first hole, a second hole, and a third hole through which the ground prong, the live prong, and the neutral prong, respectively ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7306471 | Universal power plug with adjustable rotating bodies A universal power plug comprises two plastic halves that are hinged together so they can open and close like a door hinge plate. Each half has a plug blade mounted in a cylindrical socket that allows them to freely rotate and best fit a particular wall socket. The h... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7160124 | Electrical plug with a slidable earth pin An electrical plug is disclosed with a slidable earth pin that can be manually positioned in a stored position in a plug body of the electrical plug when the electrical plug is not in use. The slidable earth pin is movable in the channel and retained by an interlock... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144266 | Rotatable earth pin in an electrical plug An electrical plug is disclosed having a rotatable earth pin that can be folded into a plug body by rotating the rotatable earth pin from an unfolded position to a folded position. In the unfolded position, the rotatable earth pin is interlocked with the plug body t... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7104813 | Power plug structure A power plug structure includes an insulating main body formed with a pair of receiving splits. A power cable having a first and a second electrodes mounted in the main body. A first and a second contact members mounted in the main body and respectively connected wi... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6939150 | Foldable electrical plug connector Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an electrical plug connector including a plurality of prongs capable of being coupled to an electrical power source and an outer body having at least one recess. A gearing mechanism is configured to cause retracti... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6934080 | High efficiency viewing screen A low-scatter polarization-preserving multilayer viewing screen. A substrate D, preferably a volume diffuser, for increasing the divergence of information-coded-light while preserving its polarization sense A as it passes therethrough has a discrimination of at leas... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6215671 | Method and apparatus for connecting circuit boards A circuit board assembly is provided for electrically coupling together two or more circuit boards, with one circuit board oriented at an acute angle relative to the other circuit board. The assembly includes a first circuit board having a first edge and ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5608604 | Hinge as an electrical conductor A hinge-EMI grounding conductor is disclosed for an electronic device which has hinged operating portions, for example, a portable computer having a display housing hingedly attached to a main body housing. The present invention not only allows the angle ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5213516 | Attachment plug Disclosed herein is an attachment plug which can be inserted in both grounded and nongrounded power plug sockets with no requirement for an adapter. An earth terminal pin is pivotably connected to a holder for the attachment plug at its mounting end, so t... | 05/25/1993 |
| 4954091 | Convertible ground safety plug A convertible ground safety plug is provided and consists of a grounding prong carried in an insulated housing. The ground prong can be moved between an active position projecting outwardly from the housing and an inactive position not projecting outwardl... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4846706 | Electric plug An electric plug for connection to an electric cable, the core of the plug having sidewall slots for the wires of a cable and a positive contact with the plug blades by a wiping action, thus obviating the need for threading wires through holes and the tig... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4381444 | Range surface unit receptacle The spadelike terminal pins of a conventional plug-in surface heating element for a domestic range of the electric type are received in a socket member hingedly mounted to the range by a clip structure including a spring-biased pin joint. The clip structu... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4174874 | Electric plug An electric plug that has a retractable ground terminal in addition to the customary two terminals. Novel means is used for electrically connecting the three wires to the three terminals without the need of screws functioning as binding posts between the ... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4173383 | Converter plug A converter plug which has two electrodes designed to be removably received in a standard electric outlet box and which has a "ground" terminal that may be swung into an inoperative and concealed position when the outlet box is not equipped with a socket ... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4169640 | Electric plug with novel means connecting wires to terminals An electric plug that has a pivoted "ground" terminal which may be swung from operative to an inoperative and protective position. The base for the "ground" terminal as well as the base for each of the two electrodes are provided with integral hook-shaped... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4160572 | Connector housing A connector housing which is formed of first and second sections which are shaped to form a hollow housing having a cable insert end and a connector opening when in assembled relationship. Cable clamps are used to secure a cable in the cable insert end an... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4081206 | Electric plug with retractable ground terminal An electric plug that has a retractable ground terminal in addition to the customary two terminals. This ground terminal is connected to the ground wire in the plug cable and when the ground terminal cannot be used, it is swung into a retracted or inopera... | 03/28/1978 |
| 3958849 | Electrical plug A convertible electrical plug is disclosed in which one of the prongs is a retractable grounding prong. A channel is provided in the plug body to receive the grounding prong. The channel in the plug body is generally parallel to the prongs and extends thr... | 05/25/1976 |
