EP 1170836 A1 20020109 - Universal adapter
Title (en)
Universal adapter
Title (de)
Universeller Adapter
Title (fr)
Adapteur universel
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 00305648 A 20000705
Abstract (en)
A universal adapter (10) is disclosed as including a body and a pair of electrically conductive pins (20), the body having at least a first end and a second end, in which output socket holes (22,24,26) are provided on the first end, in which at least two of the output socket holes are electrically connected with the pins (20), and the pins are selectively extensible through one of four pairs of apertures provided on the second end of the body portion to engage with a wall socket, and at least two pairs of the apertures are inclined to one another at an angle, whereby the adapter is engageable with a plurality of types of wall sockets. At least two pairs of the apertures are of different size. Each of the electrically conductive pins is engageable with an electrically insulating adapting pin when the electrically conductive pins extend through one of the pairs of apertures. The second end of the body portion includes two surfaces which are substantially perpendicular to each other, and at least one pair of apertures are provided on each of these two surfaces. The adapter includes an electrically insulating third pin for extending out through an additional aperture to engage with a ground pin hole of a wall socket. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01R 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H01R 31/06 (2013.01); H01R 24/22 (2013.01); H01R 24/30 (2013.01); H01R 2103/00 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [X] US 4626052 A 19861202 - RUMBLE CLIVE S [GB]
- [X] GB 2097202 A 19821027 - CORABELMENT AG
- [A] US 5474464 A 19951212 - DREWNICKI RICHARD [GB]
- [A] WO 9314540 A1 19930722 - ROSS GROUP PLC [GB]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 00305648 A 20000705