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US 8,007,295 · App. 12/759,222 · Granted Aug 30, 2011

Rotatable and concealable electrical power receptacle

Assignee: Powertech Industrial Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,007,295
App. No.
12/759,222
Granted
Aug 30, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a reversible and concealable electrical power receptacle, comprising: a main body, a shaft section, an accommodating section, and an electrical outlet assembly. The electrical outlet assembly is disposed on the main body; the accommodating section is for receiving the main body; the shaft section, comprises a first shaft member and a second shaft member. The second shaft member, being coupled to the main body and is perpendicular to the first shaft member, and the main body is rotatable with respect to the first and the second shaft members transversely respectively. Consequently, the main body is able to rotate transversely and perpendicularly with respect to the accommodating section in accordance with the rotational movements of the first shaft and the second shaft members, for resulting in an exposed state in use or a concealed state when not in use, thereby achieving effective space utilization.

Claims (18)

1. A rotatable and concealable electrical power receptacle, comprising:

a main body;

an accommodating section, forming a receiving space inside, for receiving the main body;

a shaft section, being coupled to the main body and the accommodating section, comprising:

a first shaft member, being coupled to the main body and being rotatable along a axis of the first shaft member transversely, in which the main body is capable of rotating along the axis of the first shaft member transversely; and

a second shaft member, being coupled to the accommodating section and the first shaft member, in which the axis of the first shaft member is perpendicular to a axis of the second shaft member and the first shaft member is capable of rotating with respect to the axis of the second shaft member transversely in accordance with the rotational movement of the second shaft member; and

at least one electrical outlet assembly, being disposed on the main body.

2. The rotatable and concealable electrical power receptacle according to claim 1 , further including an electrical power cable, being connected to the electrical outlet assembly and disposed inside the first shaft member.

3. The rotatable and concealable electrical power receptacle according to claim 1 , further including a pulling member, being disposed on a periphery of the main body.

4. The rotatable and concealable electrical power receptacle according to claim 3 , wherein the accommodating section incorporates with the pulling member to dispose an accommodating space for receiving the pulling member.

5. The rotatable and concealable electrical power receptacle according to claim 1 , wherein the main body further includes:

a first housing member; and

a second housing member, being coupled to the first housing member to form the main body.

6. The rotatable and concealable electrical power receptacle according to claim 5 , wherein the electrical outlet assembly is disposed on the first housing member or the second housing member.

7. The rotatable and concealable electrical power receptacle according to claim 5 , further including at least one USB jack assembly, at least one standard RJ11 connector, or at least one RJ45 connector, being disposed on the first housing member or the second housing member.

8. The rotatable and concealable electrical power receptacle according to claim 5 , further including a power switch disposing on the second housing member or the first housing member for controlling the electrical power supply.

9. The rotatable and concealable electrical power receptacle according to claim 5 , further including an indicator disposing on the second housing member or the first housing member for displaying the rotatable and concealable electrical power receptacle either in a conduction mode or in a cutoff mode.

10. The rotatable and concealable electrical power receptacle according to claim 5 , wherein the receiving space is capable of receiving the main body entirely to allow an outer surface of either the first housing member or the second housing member aligned to the accommodating section in the same horizontal plane.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2010
From: LIN, MEI-JU
To: POWERTECH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 99101500 A · Jan 20, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110177703A1 · Jul 21, 2011