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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087946 | Power adapter having a replaceable plug A power adapter having a replaceable plug has a body having a recess formed in the body and an engagement mechanism inside the recess. A plug, slidably mounted inside the recess, has a bottom board having an engagement mechanism thereon and is slid so that the engag... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7972154 | Rotatable feed Implementations of the invention relate generally to an electrical feed, in particular a CEE feed, for the external supply of electrical power to the power supply system of a mobile load, in particular a mobile home or a recreational vehicle or a boat. This feed can... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7946868 | Power adapter having a replaceable and rotatable plug A power adapter having a replaceable and rotatable plug has a body having an annular chamber, two conducting elements inside the annular chamber, four channels recessed on a top thereof to communicate with the annular chamber, and an engagement slot abutting each of... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7874853 | Converter with position adjustable plug A converter has a casing and a plug. The casing has a mounting recess, multiple position posts, multiple conductive slices and multiple mounting protrusions. The mounting recess is formed in the casing. The position posts are formed on and protrude from the mounting... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7794251 | Electronic device having replaceable plug An electronic device includes a main body, a plug and a fixing member. The main body includes a plug-receiving portion and a plurality of conductive portions. The plug-receiving portion is defined by a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a bottom surface. The firs... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7654838 | Universal-conversion power cable The present invention publishes a universal conversion power cable, comprising a plug subassembly built by the clamping of a plug socket equipped with conductive components on the inside and a replaceable plug, wherein a power cord connected correspondingly to the c... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7621765 | Power adapter with replaceable plug A power adapter includes a body and a plug. The body has a concave portion formed on a corner portion thereof, which includes a supporting wall, a blocking wall perpendicularly connected to the supporting wall and projecting a wedging portion, a base projecting from... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7597571 | Fan and plug thereof The present invention provides a fan having a frame and a plug. The frame includes an accommodating portion and at least two fixed holes. Each of the fixed holes is disposed on the two sides of the accommodating portion. The plug has a terminal seat with at least tw... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7591657 | Reversible universal serial bus (USB) connector A reversible receptacle for coupling with a USB A-type standard connector, including a first set of four electrical contact regions and a second set of four electrical contact regions, the contact regions configured such that in a first coupling orientation of the r... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7547219 | Electrical safety adaptor with replaceable head unit An electrical safety adaptor includes a receptacle including a plug housing and at least two resilient conductors, a replaceable head unit including a supporting platform slidably fitted on the plug housing in a detachably attaching manner and at least two plugging ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7439709 | Charger unit for an electronic device including a system for protective storage of an adapter plug A charger unit for an electronic device that includes a housing, a plurality of charging contacts provided on the housing, and a recess provided in the housing, preferably on a rear face thereof. A plug having a plurality of prongs may be selectively attached to and... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7362090 | Automated tray transfer device for prevention of mixing post and pre-test dies, and method of using same A method of sorting automated tray transfer trays includes detecting if a die remains in the tray. The method includes the ability to interrupt the automated tray transfer process to prevent mixing processed and unprocessed dice. An apparatus includes a sensor for d... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7265517 | Charger unit for an electronic device including a system for protective storage of an adapter plug A charger unit for an electronic device that includes a housing, a plurality of charging contacts provided on the housing, and a recess provided in the housing, preferably on a rear face thereof. A plug having a plurality of prongs may be selectively attached to and... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264514 | Rotary socket assembly The present invention relates to a rotary socket assembly comprising an upper casing having at least a set of insert slots at its top surface and a dummy cover on both sides; a terminal set having a terminal pillar for connecting the terminals, a circuit and a termi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7214102 | Socket with rotatable socket core The present invention relates to an electrical socket with rotatable socket core. It comprises a cover having at least one opening; a base plate; an electrode bracket having at least one opening which is disposed in between the cover and the base plate; and at least... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207844 | Connector assembly with angular positioning structure A connector assembly comprising a pair of male connecting piece and female connecting piece which are connected to each other, and angular positioning means between the male connecting piece and the female connecting piece achieved by matching and inserting an angul... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7183743 | Adapter system for recharging portable electronic devices and its associated method of use A recharging system for portable electronic devices that have specialized recharging ports and accept only specifically shaped connectors. The recharging system includes a plug connector for engaging an external power source. A generic terminal connector is also pro... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7175450 | Portable loudspeaker with replaceable insertion base A portable loudspeaker with a replaceable insertion base comprises: the loudspeaker; an insertion base; and a push mechanism. An insertion slot is formed on the loudspeaker for placing the insertion base. A first trench and a second trench are formed on the bottom o... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175448 | Compressor having a terminal cluster block with locking end fittings A connector block assembly has a connector block and a plurality of end fittings which are attached to at least one wire. Each end fitting is secured to the connector block by being inserted into the connector block and then being rotated to trap the end fitting wit... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168969 | Adjustable right angle electrical plug with an interchangeable plug assembly An adjustable right angle electrical plug with an interchangeable plug assembly has a casing, an interchangeable plug assembly and an electric cord. The casing is hollow and has a base, a cover and two resilient contacts. The cover is mounted on the base and has a p... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160125 | Reversible universal serial bus (USB) device and connector A reversible connector for coupling with a USB A-type standard connector, including a first set of four electrical contacts deployed on a first slidingly retractable block and a second set of four electrical contacts deployed on a second slidingly retractable block,... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7125265 | Electronic device with various signal transmission connectors An electronic device with various signal transmission connectors. The electronic device comprises a main body, a first signal transmission module slidably disposed in the main body and a second signal transmission module slidably disposed in the main body. The first... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125267 | Extendable USB male plug An extendable USB male plug is disclosed. The extendable USB male plug comprises a button for controlling the terminal block. The terminal block is outwardly extendable by pressing and shifting the button so the length of the USB male plug is elongated. Thus, it fac... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121850 | Dual-purpose male/female connector A dual-purpose male/female connector is disclosed. A push button for controlling a terminal base, which is mounted in a USB female socket and includes a connection terminal, to enable the terminal base to extend from or draw back in the female socket is mounted on t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118425 | Socket structure and method for forming the same A socket and a method for forming the same are provided. The socket includes a main body, at least a terminal mounted on the main body, wherein the terminal includes a central pillar having a first end and a second end, a first ring mounted on the central pillar and... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118399 | Electronic device with replaceable plug An electronic device with a replaceable plug is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a main body, a fixing element and a plug. The main body has an upper casing and a lower casing, and a plug-receiving portion is disposed at the bottom of the lower casing. The... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7094086 | Reversible universal serial bus (USB) device and connector A reversible connector for coupling with a USB A-type standard connector, including a first set of four electrical contact regions and a second set of four electrical contact regions, the contact regions configured such that in a first coupling orientation of the re... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094085 | Electrical socket adapter The present invention relates to an electrical socket adapter for selectively providing electrical pins and insertion holes in different configurations, the adapter comprising a casing with openings in a front side of the casing and at least one pin holder being rem... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7066745 | Power supply connector A power supply connector includes a housing and a prong unit. The housing has opposite first and second housing walls, a peripheral wall extending between the first and second housing walls to define an accommodation space, a prong slot having a first slot section f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059878 | Epicardial pacer extension cable system The invention provides an extension cable system for connecting electrodes to a medical device such as an External Pacing Generator. The system further provides a connector separator for maintaining electrode receiving connectors in a fixed relationship relative to ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7038463 | Method and apparatus for battery reconfiguration for radio control application A method and apparatus to reconfigure battery systems for r/c model vehicles that permit the rapid reconfiguration of battery cells to connect to many different vehicle systems with various serial and parallel configurations employing standard r/c battery connectors... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037120 | Extendable USB male plug An extendable USB male plug is disclosed. The extendable USB male plug comprises a button for controlling the terminal block. The terminal block is outwardly extendable by pressing and shifting the button so the length of the USB male plug is elongated. Thus, it fac... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7008246 | Electric plug with replaceable head unit An electric plug includes a receptacle having an engaging seat and at least two resilient conductors spacedly provided on the engaging seat of the plug housing, and a detachable head unit including a supporting platform slidably fitted into the engaging seat in a de... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994575 | Desktop charger with adjustable connector module A charger having an adjustable connector accommodates a plurality of electronic devices having different form factors. In one embodiment, the charger includes at least one pocket for receiving an electronic device, like a cellular telephone. Within the pocket, an el... | 02/07/2006 |
