Electrical power transmission and outlet system

• US 10,361,504 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2016
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shanutec(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shanutec(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhu, Wenting, Geng, Enhua, Wu, Guoxin, Luo, Nan, Zhang, Quangang, Chen, Yan, Lu, Bowei
• Primary Examiner(s): Duverne, Jean F
• Application Number:
  US15/735,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20180316121A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,141 Days
• Field of Search: 439138
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/193 Means for increasing contact pressure at the end of engagement of coupling part , e.g. zero insertion force or no friction
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/4532 Rotating shutter
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5213 Covers
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5227 with evacuation of penetrating liquids
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/70 with additional earth or shield contacts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/006 the coupling part being secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. duplex wall receptacle
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/14 Rails or bus-bars constructed so that the counterparts can be connected thereto at any point along their length supporting elements for lighting devices, displaceable along guiding elements and making electrical contact with conductors running along the guiding elements F21V21/35
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/142 Their counterparts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/145 Details, e.g. end pieces or joints H01R25/147 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/38 Arrangements for parallely feeding a single network by two or more generators, converters or transformers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/56 Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/76 Power conversion electric or electronic aspects

Abstract

An electrical power transmission and outlet system. The electrical power transmission and outlet system may include an electrical power transmission and outlet device and an external power storage unit (1110). The electrical power transmission and outlet device may include a housing (1060) having an opening for receiving an external plug (1220), a connector (1070) in the housing (1060) for connecting with the external power storage unit (1110); and a plurality of electrical conductors in the housing (1060) connected to the connector (1070). When the external plug (1220) is inserted into the opening, the conductors are electrically connected to the external plug (1220) and disconnected from the connector (1070), and when the external plug (1220) is pulled out of the opening, the conductors are electrically disconnected from the external plug (1220) and reconnected to the connector (1070).

Claims

1. An electrical power transmission and outlet device, comprising

a housing comprising an opening;

a plurality of concave slots formed inside the housing;

a plurality of electrical conductors placed in at least some of the plurality of concave slots; and

a water-proof and dust-proof cover for sealing the opening comprises a rotation shaft,

wherein when an external plug is inserted into the opening, the plurality of conductors in the slots are electrically connected to the external plug and the rotation shaft rotates downwards, and when the external plug is pulled out, the rotation shaft restores.

2. The electrical power transmission and outlet device of claim 1, wherein the cover is made of an elastic material which bends downwards when the external plug is inserted into the opening and restores when the external plug is pulled out.

3. The electrical power transmission and outlet device of claim 1, further comprising a drainage unit.

4. The electrical power transmission and outlet device of claim 3, wherein the drainage unit is a guiding gutter.

5. The electrical power transmission and outlet device of claim 1, wherein an outer side of the housing is configured to be mounted to a surface.

6. The electrical power transmission and outlet device of claim 5, wherein the surface is a wall, a ceiling, a floor or a table.

7. The electrical power transmission and outlet device of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of elastic embossments placed inside the housing and opposite to the plurality of electrical conductors.

8. An electrical power transmission and outlet device, comprising

a housing having an opening for receiving an external plug;

a connector in the housing for connecting with an external device;

a plurality of electrical conductors in the housing connected to the connector; and

a water-proof and dust-proof cover for sealing the opening,

wherein when an external plug is inserted into the opening, the plurality of electrical conductors are electrically connected to the external plug and disconnected from the connector, and when the external plug is pulled out of the opening, the plurality of electrical conductors are electrically disconnected from the external plug and reconnected to the connector, and

wherein the cover comprises a rotation shaft which rotates downwards when the external plug is inserted into the opening and restores when the external plug is pulled out.

9. The electrical power transmission and outlet device of claim 8 further comprising an elastic component installed inside the housing, wherein when the external plug is inserted into the opening, the connector is displaced from an original position and when the external plug is pulled out of the opening, the elastic component moves the connector back to the original position.

10. The electrical power transmission and outlet device of claim 9, wherein the elastic component is a spring.

11. The electrical power transmission and outlet device of claim 8, wherein the external plug can be inserted at a plurality of locations of the opening.

12. The electrical power transmission and outlet device of claim 8, wherein two of the plurality of electrical conductors is electrically connected to a hot wire, and a neutral wire, respectively.

13. An electrical power transmission and outlet system, comprising:

an external power storage unit; and

an electrical power transmission and outlet device, comprising

a housing having an opening for receiving an external plug;

a connector in the housing for connecting with the external power storage unit;

a plurality of electrical conductors in the housing connected to the connector; and

a water-proof and dust-proof cover for sealing the opening,

wherein when an external plug is inserted into the opening, the plurality of electrical conductors are electrically connected to the external plug and disconnected from the connector, and when the external plug is pulled out of the opening, the plurality of electrical conductors are electrically disconnected from the external plug and reconnected to the connector, and

wherein the cover comprises a rotation shaft which rotates downwards when the external plug is inserted into the opening and restores when the external plug is pulled out.

14. The electrical power transmission and outlet system of claim 13, wherein the external power storage unit is a battery, a power source, a capacitor, or a power adaptor.

15. The electrical power transmission and outlet system of claim 13, wherein the external power storage unit is connected to a power generator.

16. The electrical power transmission and outlet system of claim 15, wherein the power generator is a solar panel or a wind turbine.

17. The electrical power transmission and outlet system of claim 15, wherein the external power storage unit supplies electricity to the electrical conductors when the external plug is pulled out of the opening.

18. The electrical power transmission and outlet system of claim 13, wherein the external power storage unit is placed inside the housing.