Global Patent Index - EP 1917701 B1

EP 1917701 B1 20090930 - A UNIVERSAL POWER SOCKET

Title (en)

A UNIVERSAL POWER SOCKET

Title (de)

UNIVERSELLE STECKDOSE

Title (fr)

PRISE ELECTRIQUE UNIVERSELLE

Publication

EP 1917701 B1 20090930 (EN)

Application

EP 06795200 A 20060803

Priority

  • IB 2006002117 W 20060803
  • CN 200510006661 A 20050803

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2007015156A2] An electrical socket for receiving an electrical plug, the socket comprising a first socket region and a second socket which are electrically connected for alternative use, each of said first and said second socket regions comprising a base pair of contact receptacles and a third contact receptacle which are located at the vertices of an isosceles triangular arrangement with the base pair of contact receptacles disposed at the base vertices of the isosceles triangular arrangement, said first socket region and said second socket region being adapted for receiving electrical plugs of a first type and a second type respectively, wherein an electrical plug of said first type and an electrical plug of said second type comprise at least a pair of base contact prongs which are respectively insertable into the pair of base contact receptacles of said first and said second socket regions respectively, and the foot-print of a pair of base contact prongs of an electrical plug of the first type falls within the foot-print of the pair of base contact receptacles of the second socket region, and the foot-print of a pair of base contact prongs of an electrical plug of said second type exceeds the foot-print of the pair of base contact receptacles of said first socket region.

IPC 8 full level

H01R 27/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP GB KR)

H01R 13/11 (2013.01 - KR); H01R 13/453 (2013.01 - GB); H01R 13/4534 (2013.01 - EP GB); H01R 13/652 (2013.01 - EP); H01R 24/78 (2013.01 - EP); H01R 25/00 (2013.01 - KR); H01R 27/02 (2013.01 - EP GB); H01R 25/00 (2013.01 - EP); H01R 2103/00 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2007015156 A2 20070208; WO 2007015156 A3 20070621; AT E444581 T1 20091015; AU 2006274636 A1 20070208; AU 2006274636 B2 20101223; AU 2010246500 A1 20101223; AU 2010246500 B2 20110707; CN 101317308 A 20081203; DE 602006009528 D1 20091112; EP 1917701 A2 20080507; EP 1917701 B1 20090930; GB 0802516 D0 20080319; GB 2442426 A 20080402; GB 2442426 B 20110622; HK 1111819 A1 20080815; KR 101128092 B1 20120329; KR 101260485 B1 20130506; KR 20080041680 A 20080513; KR 20110098011 A 20110831; NZ 565679 A 20110128

DOCDB simple family (application)

IB 2006002117 W 20060803; AT 06795200 T 20060803; AU 2006274636 A 20060803; AU 2010246500 A 20101129; CN 200680034556 A 20060803; DE 602006009528 T 20060803; EP 06795200 A 20060803; GB 0802516 A 20060803; HK 08106363 A 20080610; KR 20087005310 A 20060803; KR 20117018123 A 20060803; NZ 56567906 A 20060803