ELECTRICAL ADAPTER SYSTEM

• US 20120244732A1
• Filed: 03/26/2012
• Published: 09/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC
• Original Assignee: Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC
• Inventors: Fullerton, Larry W., Roberts, Mark D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,702,437 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/236
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6205 Two-part coupling devices held in engagement by a magnet
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/622 Screw-ring or screw-casing H01R13/623 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6675 with built-in power supply
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/065 with built-in electric apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 33/22 for screw type base, e.g. for lamp

Abstract

An electrical adapter, the adapter including an Edison screw base configured to receive a primary voltage from a voltage source, a voltage converter circuit configured to convert the primary voltage to the secondary voltage, and a first electrical connector part configured to be detachably coupled to a second electrical connector part of an electrical fixture configured to be powered by the secondary voltage.

Claims

1. An electrical adapter, the adapter comprising:

an Edison screw base configured to receive a primary voltage from a voltage source;

a voltage converter circuit configured to convert the primary voltage to the secondary voltage; and

a first electrical connector part configured to be detachably coupled to a second electrical connector part of an electrical fixture configured to be powered by the secondary voltage.

2. The electrical adapter of claim 1, wherein the primary voltage is greater than the secondary voltage.

3. The electrical adapter of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first electrical connector part or the second electrical connector part serves as a male portion, and the other electrical connector part serves as a female portion.

4. The electrical adapter of claim 1, wherein the primary voltage is applied to the electrical adapter when the Edison screw base is screwed into an Edison screw socket.

5. The electrical adapter of claim 1, wherein said first electrical connector part comprises:

a first contact portion configured to provide power to the electrical fixture;

a second contact portion configured to provide ground to the electrical fixture; and

a third contact portion configured to provide at least one of a control signal or a data signal to the electrical fixture.

6. The electrical adapter of claim 1, wherein said electrical adapter further comprises an electrical socket that outputs a voltage based on the primary voltage.

7. The electrical adapter of claim 1, wherein said first electrical connector part comprises a first magnetic structure having a plurality of emission sources with polarities positioned according to a first pattern and the second electrical connector part comprises a second magnetic structure having a plurality of emissions sources with polarities positioned according to a second pattern, wherein the second pattern has a complementary correlation to the first pattern.

8. The electrical adapter of claim 7, wherein the first magnetic structure and the second magnetic structure are configured to have a fixed position when magnetically aligned.

9. The electrical adapter of claim 8, wherein the first magnetic structure and the second magnetic structure are configured to be movable within a bounded area when magnetically aligned.

10. The electrical adapter of claim 9, wherein the first electrical connector part comprises a mechanical lock configured to lock and unlock the second electrical connector part in place relative to the first electrical connector part.

11. The electrical adapter of claim 7, wherein the first magnetic structure comprises a first coding pattern and the second magnetic structure comprises a second coding pattern having one or more fully or partially correlated positions with the first coding pattern.

12. The electrical adapter of claim 7, wherein the first magnetic structure and the second magnetic structure comprise multi-level correlated magnetic structures.

13. The electrical adapter of claim 1, wherein said electrical fixture comprises a light emitting diode lamp, wherein the voltage converter circuit enables variation of the secondary voltage to control brightness and power consumption of the light emitting diode lamp.

14. The electrical adapter of claim 1, wherein the first electrical connector part is further configured to be detachably coupled to a stackable electrical adapter comprising:

a third electrical connector part configured to be detachably coupled to the first part electrical connector of the electrical adapter; and

a fourth electrical connector part configured to be detachably coupled to the second electrical connector part of the electrical fixture.

15. An electrical system, comprising:

an electrical adapter comprising;

an Edison screw base configured to receive a primary voltage from a voltage source; and

a voltage converter circuit configured to convert the primary voltage to the secondary voltage; and

an electrical fixture configured to be powered by the secondary voltage,

wherein the electrical adapter is configured to be electrically connected to the electrical fixture using a two part electrical connector.

16. The electrical system of claim 15, wherein the two part electrical connector comprises a first electrical connector part and a second electrical connector part, wherein the electrical adapter further comprises the first electrical connector part and the electrical fixture comprises the second electrical connector part.

17. The electrical adapter of claim 15, wherein said first electrical connector part comprises a first magnetic structure having a plurality of emission sources with polarities positioned according to a first pattern and the second electrical connector part comprises a second magnetic structure having a plurality of emissions sources with polarities positioned according to a second pattern, wherein the second pattern has a complementary correlation to the first pattern.

18. The electrical adapter of claim 17, wherein the first magnetic structure and the second magnetic structure are configured to have a fixed position when magnetically aligned.

19. The electrical adapter of claim 17, wherein the first magnetic structure and the second magnetic structure are configured to be movable within a bounded area when magnetically aligned.

20. The electrical adapter of claim 19, wherein the first electrical connector part comprises a mechanical lock configured to lock and unlock the second electrical connector part in place relative to the first electrical connector part.

21. The electrical adapter of claim 17, wherein the first magnetic structure comprises a first coding pattern and the second magnetic structure comprises a second coding pattern having one or more fully or partially correlated positions with the first coding pattern.

22. The electrical adapter of claim 17, wherein the first magnetic structure and the second magnetic structure comprise multi-level correlated magnetic structures.