Back to results
US 10,320,137 B2Granted
Continuously rotatable plug
AssigneeAlon Almouli
InventorAlon Almouli
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a 360°, continuously rotatble (swiveling) electric plug adaptor or socket. Specifically, the disclosure relates to a rotatble plug or socket comprising a toroidal component configured to maintain continuous, 360° conductive contact between a plugged male connector and a power source.
Claims10
A rotating electrical socket or plug adaptor comprising:
- a. a housing having a front surface defining an orifice therein;
- b. a faceplate rotatably coupled to the front surface of the housing across the orifice, the faceplate defining a plurality of slots therein, configured to receive and engage a plurality of male connector prongs;
- c. a plurality of female connector members, each of the plurality of female connector members operably coupled to each of the plurality of slots;
- and
- d. a toroidal ring component having an upper planar portion, a lower planar portion, an outer rotating arc surface and an inner rotating arc surface,
- i. the upper planar portion comprising a plurality of poloidally distributed conductor tracks extending toridally on the inner rotating arc surface;
- ii. the lower planar portion comprising a plurality of poloidally distributed conductor tracks extending toridally on the outer rotating arc surface, wherein each of the poloidally distributed conductor tracks extending toridally on the outer rotating arc:
- wherein at least one of the poloidally distributed conductor tracks extending toridally on the outer rotating arc surface is electrically slidably coupled, and wherein the each of the plurality of the female connector members is configured to electrically couple to a corresponding poloidally distributed conductor track extending toridally on the inner rotating arc surface of the toroidal ring component upon insertion of the male connector prong.
5 more elements
The socket of clam 1, wherein the orifice defined in the front surface further comprises a rearward extending circular ring and wherein the faceplate further defines a circular channel configured to rotatbly couple to the rearward extending ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.