ELECTRIC RECEPTACLE MODULE

• US 20110304209A1
• Filed: 02/23/2011
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Powertech Industrial Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Powertech Industrial Company Limited
• Inventors: LEE, YU-LUNG, LIN, TSUNG-CHIH
• Granted Patent: US 8,749,093 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/40
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/7038 making use of a remote controlled switch, e.g. relais, solid state switch activated by the engagement of the coupling parts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/003 the coupling part being secured only to wires or cables

Abstract

An electric receptacle module is disclosed. The receptacle module includes a remote control device and a power outlet device. The remote control device has a signal transmission unit and an adjusting key. The signal transmission unit launches a timing signal when the adjusting key is pressed, and the adjusting key comprises a plus key and a minus key. The power outlet device has a signal receiving unit, a counting unit, a full-time power output interface and a timed power output interface. The power outlet device is configured to receive a power, the counting unit starts to count a predetermined time when the signal receiving unit receives the timing signal, the full-time power output interface supplies the power at all times, the timed power output interface supplies the power during the predetermined time.

Claims

1. An electric receptacle module, comprising:

a remote control device, having a signal transmission unit and an adjusting key, wherein the signal transmission unit launches a timing signal when the adjusting key is pressed, and the adjusting key comprises a plus key and a minus key; and

a power outlet device, remotely controlled by the remote control device, in which the power outlet device has a signal receiving unit, a counting unit, a full-time power output interface and a timed power output interface, wherein the power outlet device is configured to receive a power, the counting unit starts to count a predetermined time when the signal receiving unit receives the timing signal, the full-time power output interface supplies the power at all times, the timed power output interface supplies the power during the predetermined time, the predetermined time will be increased when the plus key is pressed, and the predetermined time will be decreased when the minus key is pressed.

2. The electric receptacle module as in claim 1, wherein the remote control device comprises:

a body, in which the signal transmission unit is disposed on the body;

an input unit, disposed on the body, for receiving an external operation, and outputting a command signal according to the external operation;

a display unit, disposed on the body; and

a first micro-control unit, installed in the body, in which the micro-control unit is coupled with the input unit, the display unit and the signal transmission unit, wherein the first micro-control unit is configured to obtain the predetermined time according to the command signal and control the display unit to display the predetermined time, and the signal transmission unit is configured to transfer the predetermined time to the timing signal and launch the timing signal to the power outlet device.

3. The electric receptacle module as in claim 2, wherein the power outlet device comprises:

a casing, in which the signal receiving unit, the full-time power output interface and the timed power output interface are disposed on the case; and

a power input interface, disposed on the casing, for receiving the power;

a power switch unit, coupled with the power input interface and the timed power output interface, in which the power switch unit is configure to operate in a short-circuit condition or a open-circuit condition, for controlling the power input interface to electrically connect to or separate from the timed power output interface; and

a second micro-control unit, coupled with the signal receiving unit and the power switch unit, in which the second micro-control unit is configured to receive the timing signal, and control the power switch unit to operate in the short-circuit condition for a continuous time according to the timing signal, and the continuous time is equal to the predetermined time.

4. The electric receptacle module as in claim 2, wherein the second micro-control unit is coupled with the counting unit, in which the second micro-control unit controls the counting unit to start to count the predetermined time when the second micro-control unit receives the timing signal, and the second micro-control unit controls the power switch unit to operate in the open-circuit condition after the predetermined time elapsed.

5. The electric receptacle module as in claim 4, further comprising an indicating unit, in which the indicating unit is disposed on the casing and coupled with the second micro-control unit, wherein the second micro-control unit is configured to control the indicating unit to output a indicating signal according to a counting result of the counting unit.

6. The electric receptacle module as in claim 5, wherein the indicating unit is an audio-broadcasting unit or a light-emitting unit.

7. The electric receptacle module as in claim 3, wherein the timed power output interface is labeled with color, pattern, frame line, or character.

8. An electric receptacle module, comprising:

a remote control device, having a display unit, a signal transmission unit, an adjusting key, and a confirming key, wherein a predetermined time displayed on the display unit is adjustable according to pressing the adjusting key, and the remote control device launches a timing signal according to the predetermined time when the confirming is pressed; and

a power outlet device, remotely controlled by the remote control device, in which the power output device has a signal receiving unit, a counting unit, a full-time power output interface and a timed power output interface, wherein the power outlet device is configured to receive a power, the counting unit starts to count a predetermined time when the signal receiving unit receives the timing signal, the full-time power output interface supplies the power at all times, and the timed power output interface supplies the power during the predetermined time.

9. The electric receptacle module as in claim 8, wherein the adjusting key comprises a plus key and a minus key, wherein the predetermined time displayed on the display unit will be increased when the plus key is pressed, the predetermined time displayed on the display unit will be decreased when the minus key is pressed, and the predetermined time is flickeringly displayed on the display unit at a certain frequency before the manipulating unit is pressed.

10. The electric receptacle module as in claim 9, wherein the full-time power output interface and the timed power output interface are alternative current sockets with two or three holes, and the full-time power output interface and the timed power output interface are labeled with different colors, different patterns, different frame lines, or different characters.

11. The electric receptacle module as in claim 9, wherein the remote control unit launches a turn-off signal to the power outlet device when the confirming key is pressed repeatedly or continuously for a while, and the timed power output interface stops supplying the power.

12. An electric receptacle module, comprising:

a remote control device, having a signal transmission unit and a adjusting key, wherein the signal transmission unit launches a timing signal when the adjusting key is pressed, and the adjusting key comprises a plus key and a minus key; and

a power outlet device, remotely controlled by the remote control device, in which the power outlet device has a manipulating unit, a signal receiving unit, a counting unit, a full-time power output interface and timed power output interface, wherein the power outlet device is configured to receive a power, the counting unit starts to count a predetermined time when the signal receiving unit receives the timing signal, the full-time power output interface supplies the power at all times, the timed power output interface supplies the power during the predetermined time, the predetermined time will be increased when the plus key is pressed, the predetermined time will be decreased when the minus key is pressed, and the timed power output interface stop supplying the power when the manipulating unit is pressed.

13. An electric receptacle module, comprising:

a remote control device, having a signal transmission unit and a adjusting key, wherein the signal transmission unit launches a timing signal when the adjusting key is pressed, and the adjusting key comprises a plus key and a minus key; and

a power outlet device, remotely controlled by the remote control device, in which the power outlet device has a manipulating unit, a signal receiving unit, a counting unit, a full-time power output interface and timed power output interface, wherein the power outlet device is configured to receive a power, the counting unit starts to count a predetermined time when the signal receiving unit receives the timing signal, the timed power output interface supplies the power during the predetermined time, the predetermined time will be increased when the plus key is pressed, the predetermined time will be decreased when the minus key is pressed, and the full-time power output interface and the timed power output interface stop supplying the power when the manipulating unit is pressed.