# US 12,191,611 B1 · Extension socket > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,191,611 B1 - Document ID: US12191611B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/431,494 - Filed: 2024-02-02 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2024-01-24 - Applicants: Yujun Huang - Inventors: Yujun Huang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12191611B1 ## CPC - H01R 13/72: Means for accommodating flexible lead within the holder - H01R 27/02: for simultaneous co-operation with two or more {dissimilar} counterparts - H02G 11/02: using take-up reel or drum - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES ## Abstract An extension socket includes a shell, a connecting wire, a wire box, a rotating shaft and a take-up reel. An electric connecting socket being formed in the shell, and a side wall of the shell being surrounded to form a first accommodating cavity. The electric connecting wire being electrically connected with the electric connecting socket. The wire box being arranged in the first accommodating cavity, and a side wall of the wire box being surrounded to form a second accommodating cavity. The rotating shaft being connected to an inner wall of the wire box. And the take-up reel being arranged in the second accommodating cavity and rotatably connected with the rotating shaft, and the take-up reel being used for winding the electric connecting wire. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An extension socket, comprising: a shell, an electric connecting socket being formed in the shell, and a side wall of the shell being surrounded to form a first accommodating cavity; an electric connecting wire, the electric connecting wire being electrically connected with the electric connecting socket; a wire box, the wire box being arranged in the first accommodating cavity, and a side wall of the wire box being surrounded to form a second accommodating cavity; a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft being connected to an inner wall of the wire box; and a take-up reel, the take-up reel being arranged in the second accommodating cavity and rotatably connected with the rotating shaft, and the take-up reel being used for winding the electric connecting wire. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The extension socket according to claim 1, wherein a first wire port is formed in the wire box, a second wire port is formed in the shell, the electric connecting wire is wound on the take-up reel, one end of the electric connecting wire is electrically connected with the electric connecting socket, and the other end of the electric connecting wire is exposed to the wire box and the shell through the first wire port and the second wire port in turn. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The extension socket according to claim 1, also comprising an elastic piece, one end of the elastic piece is connected with the rotating shaft, and the other end of the elastic piece is connected with the take-up reel; when the take-up reel rotates to a contracted position, the elastic piece is in a contracted state, and the electric connecting wire is wound in the take-up reel; and when the take-up reel rotates to an unfolded position, the elastic piece is in a stretched state, and the electric connecting wire is unfolded on the take-up reel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The extension socket according to claim 3, also comprising a toggle plate, wherein the toggle plate is rotatably connected with the take-up reel, and a sliding block is arranged on the toggle plate; an inner wall of the wire box is convexly provided with a first guide block, a second guide block, a third guide block, a fourth guide block and a fifth guide block, a contracted channel is formed among an outer side wall of the first guide block, an inner side wall of the second guide block, an inner side wall of the third guide block and an inner side wall of the fourth guide block, an unfolded channel is formed among an inner side wall of the fifth guide block, an outer side wall of the second guide block, an outer side wall of the third guide block and an outer side wall of the fourth guide block, and when the take-up reel rotates around the rotating shaft, the sliding block of the toggle plate can move in the contracted channel or the unfolded channel; the third guide block is located between the second guide block and the third guide block, the third guide block is provided with a first end and a second end, a first opening is formed between the first end and the second guide block, the outer side wall of the first guide block is provided with a first guide part protruding towards the second guide block, and when the take-up reel rotates from the contracted position to the unfolded position, the first guide part is used for pushing the sliding block to a first position, so that the sliding block can rotate along with the take-up reel to enter the unfolded channel through the first opening, and the sliding block can slide in the unfolded channel; a second opening is formed between the second end and the fourth guide block, a first clamping groove is formed in the second end, the inner side wall of the fifth guide block is provided with a second guide part protruding towards the outer side wall of the fourth guide block, and when the take-up reel rotates from the contracted position to the unfolded position, the second guide part is used for pushing the sliding block to a second position; when the second guide part pushes the sliding block to the second position and the take-up reel rotates from the unfolded position to the contracted position, the sliding block can rotate along with the take-up reel into the first clamping groove for clamping the take-up reel; an inner wall of the first clamping groove is provided with a third guide part, and when the take-up reel rotates from the contracted position to the unfolded position, the sliding block can rotate along with the take-up reel until the sliding block is separated from the first clamping groove, and the sliding block can enter the contracted channel through the second opening along the third guide part; and when the sliding block enters the contracted channel through the second opening and the take-up reel rotates from the unfolded position to the contracted position, the sliding block can slide in the contracted channel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The extension socket according to claim 4, wherein the inner wall of the first clamping groove is also provided with a fourth guide part, when the second guide part pushes the sliding block to the second position and the take-up reel rotates from the unfolded position to the contracted position, the sliding block can rotate along with the take-up reel and rotate into the first clamping groove along the fourth guide part for clamping the take-up reel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The extension socket according to claim 4, wherein the first clamping groove is a V-shaped first clamping groove. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The extension socket according to claim 4, wherein the third guide block is a third guide block with a narrow front end and a narrow rear end, the first end is arranged at the front end of the third guide block, and the second end is arranged at the rear end of the third guide block. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The extension socket according to claim 4, wherein the inner wall of the wire box is also provided with a sixth guide block, a contracted channel is formed among an outer side wall of the first guide block, an inner side wall of the second guide block, an inner side wall of the third guide block, the fourth guide block and an inner side wall of the sixth guide block, an unfolded channel is formed among an inner side wall of the fifth guide block, an outer side wall of the second guide block, an outer side wall of the third guide block, the fourth guide block and an outer side wall of the sixth guide block, and when the take-up reel rotates around the rotating shaft, the sliding block of the toggle plate can move in the contracted channel or the unfolded channel; the third guide block is located between one end of the second guide block and one end of the third guide block, the sixth guide block is located between the other end of the second guide block and the other end of the third guide block, the third guide block is provided with a third end and a fourth end, a third opening is formed between the third end and the fourth guide block, the outer side wall of the first guide block is provided with a fifth guide part protruding towards the fourth guide block, and when the take-up reel rotates from the contracted position to the unfolded position, the fifth guide part is used for pushing the sliding block to a third position, so that the sliding block can rotate along with the take-up reel to enter the unfolded channel through the first opening, and the sliding block can slide in the unfolded channel; a fourth opening is formed between the second end and the second guide block, a second clamping groove is formed in the fourth end, the inner side wall of the fifth guide block is provided with a sixth guide part protruding towards the outer side wall of the second guide block, and when the take-up reel rotates from the contracted position to the unfolded position, the sixth guide part is used for pushing the sliding block to a fourth position; when the first guide part pushes the sliding block to the fourth position and the take-up reel rotates from the unfolded position to the contracted position, the sliding block can rotate along with the take-up reel into the first clamping groove for clamping the take-up reel; an inner wall of the second clamping groove is provided with a seventh guide part, and when the take-up reel rotates from the contracted position to the unfolded position, the sliding block can rotate along with the take-up reel until the sliding block is separated from the second clamping groove, and the sliding block can enter the contracted channel through the fourth opening along the seventh guide part; and when the sliding block enters the contracted channel through the second opening and the take-up reel rotates from the unfolded position to the contracted position, the sliding block can slide in the contracted channel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The extension socket according to claim 8, wherein the inner wall of the second clamping groove is also provided with an eighth guide part, when the sixth guide part pushes the sliding block to the fourth position and the take-up reel rotates from the unfolded position to the contracted position, the sliding block can rotate along with the take-up reel and rotate into the second clamping groove along the eighth guide part for clamping the take-up reel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The extension socket according to claim 8, wherein the second clamping groove is a V-shaped second clamping groove. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The extension socket according to claim 8, wherein the sixth guide block is a sixth guide block with a narrow front end and a narrow rear end, the third end is arranged at the front end of the sixth guide block, and the fourth end is arranged at the rear end of the sixth guide block. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The extension socket according to claim 1, wherein the shell comprises an upper shell, a lower shell and an intermediate shell, an upper side of the intermediate shell is detachably connected with the upper shell, a lower side of the intermediate shell is detachably connected with the lower shell, the intermediate shell divides the first accommodating cavity into a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space, the first accommodating space is formed between the upper side of the intermediate shell and the upper shell, the second accommodating space is formed between the lower side of the intermediate shell and the lower shell, the electric connecting socket is formed in the upper shell, and the wire box is arranged in the second accommodating space. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The extension socket according to claim 12, also comprising a control mainboard, wherein the control mainboard is electrically connected with the electric connecting socket, and the control mainboard is located in the first accommodating space. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The extension socket according to claim 13, also comprising an electrode plate, wherein a fifth opening is formed in the wire box, the electrode plate is connected with the wire box, one end of the electrode plate is electrically connected with the electric connecting wire, and the other end of the electrode plate penetrates out of the wire box through the fifth opening and is electrically connected with the control mainboard and the electric connecting socket. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The extension socket according to claim 14, wherein a sixth opening is formed in the middle part of the intermediate shell, and the sixth opening communicates the second accommodating space with the first accommodating space, so that the electric connecting socket and the control mainboard are electrically connected with the electrode plate through the sixth opening. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The extension socket according to claim 12, wherein a first mounting groove is formed in the upper side of the intermediate shell, and a side wall of the first mounting groove is connected with an inner side wall of the upper shell; and a second mounting groove is formed in the lower side of the intermediate shell, and a side wall of the second mounting groove is connected with an outer side wall of the lower shell. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The extension socket according to claim 1, wherein the wire box comprises an upper box body and a lower box body, and the upper box body is detachably connected with the lower box body. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The extension socket according to claim 17, wherein the rotating shaft is connected to the lower box body. ### Claim 19 (depends on 3) The extension socket according to claim 3, wherein a first baffle plate is arranged on an upper side of the take-up reel, a lower side of the take-up reel extends to form a plurality of mutually spaced baffle blocks, a wire slot is formed between the first baffle plate and the baffle block, and the electric connecting wire is wound in the wire slot. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The extension socket according to claim 19, wherein a first clamping slit is formed in the rotating shaft, one end of the elastic piece is provided with a first bending part, the other end of the elastic piece is provided with a second bending part, the first bending part is detachably inserted into the first clamping slit, a second clamping slit is formed in the take-up reel, and the second bending part is detachably inserted into the second clamping slit.