IP Library Granted Patent US 11,223,171
Granted Patent B2
US 11,223,171 · App. 17/035,649 · Granted Jan 11, 2022

Multifunctional plug and power adapter

Inventor: Deyong Zhang (Guangdong, CN)
H01R27/00H01R13/5025H01R31/06
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Patent No.
US 11,223,171
App. No.
17/035,649
Granted
Jan 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multifunctional plug, including a main body and a pin piece. The main body is provided with a holding slot for holding the pin piece. The pin piece includes a pin and a rotating shaft. The pin can rotate out of the holding slot with the rotating shaft as the rotating center, and the pin can extend into the slot of other plug and is conductive connection with the plug piece assembly of the other plug. The main body is provided with a first clamping portion, and further includes the first conductive spring piece fixed in the main body. A power adapter, including a multifunctional plug, other plug and a housing. The multifunctional plug is fixed on the housing, and the other plug is detachable and clamped on the multifunctional plug.

Claims (11)

1. A multifunctional plug, which is used to realize multi-plug switching with an other plug, the multifunctional plug comprising a main body and a pin piece, wherein the main body is provided with a holding slot for the pin piece, the pin piece comprises a pin and a rotating shaft arranged at a tail end of the pin, the pin is able to rotate out of the holding slot with the rotating shaft as a rotation center, and the pin is able to extend into a slot of the other plug and conductively connected with a pin assembly of the other plug; the main body is provided with an inserting portion;

further comprising a conductive contact piece is fixed in the main body, one end of the conductive contact piece is elastically abutted on the tail end of the pin, and the other end extends out of the main body to form an output contact.

2. The multifunctional plug according to claim 1 , wherein the inserting portion is formed in an area between two pins in the holding slot.

3. The multifunctional plug according to claim 2 , wherein the inserting portion is a T-shaped block protruding from a bottom surface of the holding slot.

4. The multifunctional plug according to claim 1 , wherein the inserting portion comprises a protruded portion protruding from a bottom surface of the holding slot and a T-shaped slot arranged on the protruded portion.

5. The multifunctional plug according to claim 4 , wherein two sides of the inserting portion close to the pin are protruded to form a first convex bar.

6. The multifunctional plug according to claim 5 , wherein an inner bottom surface of the holding slot is protruded to form a second convex bar.

7. The multifunctional plug according to claim 4 , wherein an inner wall of the holding slot is recessed to form a first clamping slot.

8. The multifunctional plug according to claim 4 , wherein a bottom surface of the T-shaped slot is recessed to form a positioning slot.

9. The multifunctional plug according to claim 4 , wherein the rotating shaft is integrally molded at the tail end of the pin through injection molding.

10. A power adapter, comprising the multifunctional plug, the other plug according to claim 1 and a housing, the multifunctional plug is fixed on the housing, and the other plug is detachable and clamped on the multifunctional plug.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2020
From: ZHANG, DEYONG
To: SHENZHEN YONGMINGSHANDER TECHNOLOGY & DEVELOPMENT CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 053909/0440 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010035180.2 · Jan 13, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210218205A1 · Jul 15, 2021
Cited By (2)
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