Portable adapter

• US 7,422,437 B1
• Filed: 07/27/2007
• Issued: 09/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Powertech Industrial Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Powertech Industrial Company Limited
• Inventors: Hsu, Jung-Hui, Kuo, Ming-Chou, Lin, Yi-Ching
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen; Gary F.
• Application Number:
  US11/829,480
• Publication Number:
  US 20080227338A1
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: 439/11, 439/640, 439/638
• US Class Current: 439/11
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/06 Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/94
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 35/04 Turnable line connectors with limited rotation angle with frictional contact members

Abstract

A portable adapter includes a first body; a second body; a pivoting unit, mounted between the first body and the second body; a power input, mounted on the first body; a power output, mounted on the first body near to the pivoting unit; and at least one connector, mounted on the second body. The pivoting unit unfolds the first body and the second body in a manner such that the power output is partially hidden between the first body and the second body. The foldable structure of the portable adapter has a reduced volume and the power output is partially hidden during travel. When in use with a laptop, the first body and the second body unfold to an angle of 90 degrees relative to each other by means of the pivoting unit, so that the connector can be plugged with an electronic device.

Claims

1. A portable adapter used for travel, comprising:

a first body;

a second body;

a pivoting unit, mounted between the first body and the second body;

a power input, mounted on the first body;

a power output, mounted on the first body near to the pivoting unit; and

at least one connector, mounted on the second body,

wherein the pivoting unit unfolds the first body and the second body in a manner such that the power output is at least partially hidden between the first body and the second body.

2. The portable adapter of claim 1, wherein the first body comprises a first half part and a second half part, the first half part and the second half part being assembled together, the first body further having a first accommodating space inside thereof for receiving a first circuit board, the portable adapter being electrically connected to the first circuit board which has a protruding wave protection circuit.

3. The portable adapter of claim 1, wherein the first body has a first opening and a second opening formed at opposite sides thereof, the power input being received in the first opening, and the power output being received in the second opening.

4. The portable adapter of claim 1, wherein the second body comprises a first half part and a second half part, the first half part and the second half part of the second body being assembled together, the second body having a second accommodating space inside for receiving a second circuit board which is electrically connected to the connectors and has a protruding wave protection circuit.

5. The portable adapter of claim 1, wherein the second body further has a third opening for receiving the connectors.

6. The portable adapter of claim 1, wherein the pivoting unit includes two axial holes and two rotating axils, the axial holes being formed through the first body, the two rotating axils being placed through opposite sides of the second body to correspond to the axial holes, so that the first body and the second body are pivotally connected to each other by the pivoting unit.

7. The portable adapter of claim 1, wherein the number of the connectors is two.

8. The portable adapter of claim 1, wherein the connectors are connectors for telephone lines or internet cables.