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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182276 | Multi-way sliding plug The invention relates to a multi-way sliding plug (11), comprising a housing (13) and at least two plug contacts (40,50) of differing standards, which can be slid into the housing (13) into a passive position and out of the housing into a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8038456 | Tamper prevention system having a shroud to partially cover a release mechanism Apparatuses, devices, systems, and methods are provided for prevention of tampering with cables and associated systems. In one aspect, an anti-tamper adapter is provided that can inhibit or prohibit cable tampering for existing cables. In a further aspect, dummy plu... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033846 | Electrical charger locking assembly There is provided an electrical charger including a charger assembly and a locking assembly. The charger assembly includes a base unit configured for being electrically coupled to an electronic device, and an adaptor unit configured for being electrically coupled to... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033847 | Power adapter having a replaceable and positionable plug A power adapter having a replaceable and positionable plug has a body and a plug. The body has two conducting terminals and a ground terminal mounted on a top of the body. The plug has a ground hole and multiple arced holes mounted through a bottom thereof, an inter... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029303 | Multi-in-one-connector A multi-in-one connector has a casing and a plug assembly. The casing has a cavity and a front opening communicating with the cavity. The plug assembly is mounted in the cavity and extends through the front opening and has a first plug and a second plug. The second ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025514 | Shroud to prevent manipulation of a release mechanism of a plug Apparatuses, devices, systems, and methods are provided for prevention of tampering with cables and associated systems. In one aspect, an anti-tamper adapter is provided that can inhibit or prohibit cable tampering for existing cables. The provided embodiments can e... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7857643 | XLR cable connector The XLR cable connector comprises a sliding element, by means of whose displacement between a retracted and an advanced end position, the XLR cable connector can be converted between a plug and a socket, and that has a first, a second, a third, and a fourth channel,... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7632119 | Power adapter A power adapter has a main body. A top of the main body defines a recess and an annular sidewall enclosing the recess. The recess has a locating depression arranged at a bottom thereof to be deviated from the center of the bottom. A plug is rotatably and detachably ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7614892 | Electrical plug/socket adaptor An electrical plug/socket adaptor for establishing an electrical connection between a electrical plug and an electrical socket, said adaptor comprising a housing with at least one electrical plug receiving zone to receive an electrical plug of a kind selected from a... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7597570 | Universal battery charger and/or power adaptor A universal power adapter has a choice of configurations for use in different countries and with different items of electronic equipment. A plug base for pivot connection with the adapter body has conducting pins for connection with an electrical socket and correspo... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7549877 | Dual plug electronic device charger An electrical device charger is provided. In various embodiments the charger includes a dual plug pivotally mounted within a plug reservoir of a charging unit. The dual plug includes a set of first pins and a set of second pins, wherein the first pins are fixedly or... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7537471 | Systems of reliably interconnectable reversible USB connectors Systems of reversible USB type-A connectors which can be functionally mated with standard USB type-A connectors in each of two coupling orientations can also be reversibly mated with each other. Each plug and each receptacle includes at least one displaceable elemen... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7497707 | Foldable electrical connector and power supply apparatus having same A power supply apparatus includes a main body, a first power connecting part and a foldable electrical connector. The main body includes a power converting circuit therein and has a first socket at a first side thereof. The first power connecting part has an end con... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7465176 | Adjustable power plug adapter structure An adjustable power plug adapter structure comprises an insulating case, a first inserted member, a second inserted member, and a plug. The insulating case has two side arms and a pivoting portion. The first and second inserted members are oppositely joined in the i... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7438574 | Isolated dual AC-DC plug Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to electrical plug apparatus for selectively connecting a device such as a battery charger, for example, to sources of AC and DC electrical power and comprise a housing, a first connector attached to the hous... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438575 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an enclosure, a male member, a female member, and an operating member. The enclosure defines an opening in an end thereof. The female member is slidably mounted in the enclosure, and includes a housing defining a plurality of through... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7410377 | Electrical mains plug and sockets system A plug and socket system for electrical coupling of mains power, and safety socket cap devices are disclosed. The devices are an in line plug device FIG. 2 with a removable Semi hollow plug spigot 6 that houses removable electrical pin means 9/10 | 08/12/2008 |
| 7381059 | Power supply device with rotatable plug A power supply device (10) includes a base (20) and a plug (30). The base includes a top wall (22), a recessed portion (24) defined in the top wall, and a locating portion (280) formed in the recessed portion. The plug is ro... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7354286 | Adapter for connectors An adapter for connectors to couple connectors and power supply sockets of different specifications to establish electric connection between them includes two terminal sets that are insertable into the power supply sockets. The two terminal sets are pivotally couple... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347735 | Controller with information conveying backlight module and cable for connecting the controller to an automated tool A controller that controls an automated tool that comprises a monochromatic display, a backlighting module, and a processor. The monochromatic display comprises a plurality of pixels that are selectively activated and deactivated to convey information to a user. The... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338328 | Cigarette lighter adapter device that interfaces with an external device via a port interface A CLA device comprises a CLA plug that is insertable into an external CLA socket, for example, a DC CLA socket inside a vehicle. The CLA device has a housing coupled to the CLA plug, for example, by integration or via a tethered wire, with the housing having a suppo... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329136 | Bi-directional electronic device with USB interface The present invention provides a bi-directional electronic device with USB interface, comprising a two-in-one USB connector and a USB OTG controller. The two-in-one USB controller has a USB standard-A type male connector and a USB standard-B type female controller, ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316578 | Electronic device test apparatus with optical cables The present invention provides a test apparatus which comprises: a test head which applies a test pattern to the electronic device; a main frame which includes multiple frame-side connectors and which supplies control signals to the test head via the frame-side conn... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311533 | Light socket structure A light socket structure includes a main body, a plug, a switch control element, and sockets. The plug is movably jointed with the main body. The switch control element is disposed on the main body for controlling the plug to be accommodated within or exposed out fr... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303416 | Compound conversion plug structure with adjustable angle and adapter A compound conversion plug structure with an adjustable angle includes an adapter and a plug component. The adapter includes an outer shell, a moving block, a plurality of transfer pieces, a plurality of metal inserting pieces, and a plurality of engaging pieces. Th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300297 | Power supply with a changeable plug A power source supplier able to change its plug includes a main body and a plug. The main body has a recess provided with a plug engage block and plural elastic conducting strips. The recess has the opposite sides of its lower side bored with two position-limiting n... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287991 | Multi-sectional plug rotating and positioning structure of a power connector In a multi-sectional plug rotating and positioning structure, a power connector includes a casing, a plug having a pivotal axle pivotally coupled to the casing and a rotating route, a gear disposed on the pivotal axle and driven by the pivotal axle and having a plur... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287994 | Modular plug device A modular plug device includes an adapter and a plug. The adapter has an insulating casing and a locking button. The insulating casing has two side arms and is provided with pivoting portions. One side arm is provided a projecting portion on the surface of the inner... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7273384 | Universal battery charger and/or power adaptor A universal power adapter has a choice of configurations for use in different countries and with different items of electronic equipment. A plug base for pivot connection with the adapter body has conducting pins for connection with an electrical socket and correspo... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272008 | Portable power inverter with pass through device A portable power inverter having a pass through device to facilitate connection and operation of both A.C. and D.C. power consuming devices to a single outlet of a single D.C. power source. Inverter circuitry is electrically coupled to the external D.C. power source... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255567 | Pivoting adapter structure for assembling plugs A composite simple plug comprises an insulation case, a plurality of terminals, a connector, and a plug of a network line or a plug of a phone line. The insulation case has a trough. The terminals are set in the insulation case and appeared on the trough. The connec... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241169 | Adapter for power supply An adapter for power supply is disclosed. The adapter comprises a body containing a peg module connected a connector of a plug, characterized in that one side of the body of the adapter is a common socket engaged with an engaging slot formed on the housing, the top ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234954 | International electrical receptacle An electrical receptacle is disclosed, which is configured to fit and mount into an outlet box and has a front panel configured to receive different internationally standardized plug pin arrangements. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232322 | Power adapter with optional types of replaceable plug A power supply with optional types of plugs, composed by one universal body and replaceable plug, is disclosed. The universal body includes a plurality of blocks, a circular recess, an elastic switch key, and two conductive plates; whereas the plugs could be differe... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7223126 | Plug device with a plug adapter A plug device for fitting into a country specific electrical wall socket comprises a base part and at least one country specific electrical plug adapter, able to be secured to the base part, for fitting into the country specific line socket. The at least one plug ad... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220139 | Universal power adapter A universal power adapter to allow only the plug desired to stick out smoothly in a simple construction and allowing convenient operation is comprised of a lid, a base, a rotary switch, and multiple plugs; multiple channels being disposed on the external wall of the... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217896 | Staked printed circuit board terminals for switch cases A staked terminal rivet system and method configured to mount a switch device onto a printed circuit board is disclosed as an alternative to traditional molded-in or staked-on secondary terminal systems. An electrically conductive rivet functioning as a terminal red... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7179105 | Power supply with a changeable plug element A power supply with a changeable plug element includes a plug housing and a plug element mounted moveably on the plug housing. The plug housing includes a front cover (1), a circuit board (2), a rear cover (4) and a pair of connecting sheets ( | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175474 | Power adapter having replaceable plugs A power adapter having replaceable plugs includes a main body, a socket module, a conducting wire, a rotating casing and a household plug. The main body includes a wire containing groove, an automobile plug and a connecting base formed on both sides of the wire cont... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168968 | Plug adapter A plug adapter includes a holder and a plug. An adaptation ring is provided on the holder; the adaptation ring containing multiple gaps. A mounting plate from the plug is snapped into the adaptation ring and turns in a given direction. The mounting plate is secured ... | 01/30/2007 |
