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US 10,897,107 B2Granted
Smart socket
AssigneeYu-Hung Chu
InventorsYu-Hung Chu, Geng-You Liao
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Abstract
A smart socket is provided, including a main body and a smart system. The main body has at least two slots, each of the at least two slots extends linearly along an extension direction, each of the at least two slots is for a pin of a plug to insert thereinto along an insertion direction and slidable along the extension direction, and the extension direction is perpendicular to the insertion direction. The smart system can communicate and interact with an electronic device, and the smart system can switch the electronic device on or off remotely.
Claims9
A smart socket, comprising:
- a main body, having an electrical connection unit and at least two plug-in units, the electrical connection unit for being electrically connected with a power source, each of the at least two plug-in units having an electrical conduction unit and an insertion portion, the electrical conduction unit being electrically connected with the electrical connection unit, the insertion unit being for at least one plug to plug thereinto in an insertion direction to be electrically connected with the electrical conduction unit, wherein the insertion portion includes at least two slots, each of the two slots linearly extends along an extension direction, the extension direction is perpendicular to the insertion direction, each of the two slots is for a pin of the plug to plug thereinto in the insertion direction, and the pin of the plug is slidable along the extension direction;
- a smart system, disposed to the main body and having a processor, a wireless communication module and at least two switch modules, the wireless communication module and the at least two switch modules being respectively and independently electrically connected with the processor, the wireless communication module for being wirelessly communicated with a network system, the processor communicating with an electronic device through the wireless communication module, the at least two switch modules being controlled by the electronic device through the wireless communication module, a number of the at least two switch modules being equal to a number of the at least two plug-in units, the at least two switch modules being respectively electrically connected with and between the electrical conduction unit and the electrical connection unit of the at least two plug-in units, wherein the processor controls the switch module to turn on or off circuits of the electrical conduction unit and the electrical connection unit according to different signals from the electronic device;
- wherein the smart system includes at least two automatic electrical interruption modules, the at least two automatic electrical interruption modules are respectively electrically connected with the processor, a number of the at least two automatic electrical interruption modules is equal to the number of the at least two plug-in units, the at least two automatic electrical interruption modules are respectively electrically connected with and between the electrical conduction unit of each of the at least two plug-in units and the electrical connection unit, each of the at least two automatic electrical interruption modules includes a current examiner and a breaker, the current examiner detects a current value of the electrical conduction unit and sends the current value to the processor, the processor is default to have a current safety value, and when the processor determines that the current value is greater than the current safety value, the processor drives the breaker to break a communication between the electrical conduction unit and the electrical connection unit.
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