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US 12,555,990 B2Granted
Configurable electrical receptacles
AssigneeSwidget Corp.
InventorsDonald Lowell Misener, Christopher Adamson
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Abstract
This invention relates to configurable electrical receptacles and more particularly to electrical receptacles that accept in-situ replacement of an insert providing a specific functionality within an electrical receptacle which is configurable to function or user accessible feature.
Claims24
A system comprising:
- a receptacle comprising a cavity disposed with a front face of the receptacle wherein the cavity comprises:
- a first portion of a keying mechanism;
- and
- a plurality of first electrical contacts disposed upon a rear surface of the cavity;
- a demountable insert configured to fit within the cavity where the demountable insert comprises:
- a second portion of the keying mechanism;
- and
- a plurality of second electrical contacts disposed upon a back surface of the demountable insert;
- wherein
- the keying mechanism prevents insertion of at least one of an incompatible demountable insert;
- electrical connections between the plurality of second electrical contacts and a subset of the plurality of first electrical contacts are only made when the keying mechanism is successfully engaged.
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A system comprising:
- a receptacle comprising a cavity disposed with a front face of the receptacle and another cavity disposed within the front face of the receptacle wherein:
- the cavity comprises a plurality of first electrical contacts disposed upon a rear surface of the cavity;
- and
- the another cavity comprises a plurality of second electrical contacts disposed upon a rear surface of the cavity;
- a demountable insert configured to fit within the cavity of the receptacle where the demountable insert comprises a plurality of third electrical contacts disposed upon a back surface of the demountable insert;
- another demountable insert configured to fit within the another cavity of the receptacle where the demountable insert comprises a plurality of fourth electrical contacts disposed upon a back surface of the demountable insert.
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A system comprising:
- a receptacle comprising at least one of one or more cavities disposed with a front face of the receptacle and one or more other cavities disposed within the front face of the receptacle wherein:
- each cavity of the one or more cavities a plurality of first electrical contacts disposed upon a predetermined surface of the cavity;
- and
- each other cavity of the one or more other cavities comprises a plurality of second electrical contacts disposed upon a predetermined surface of the other cavity;
- one or more demountable inserts each configured to fit within a cavity of the one or more cavities of the receptacle where each demountable insert comprises a plurality of third electrical contacts disposed upon a predetermined surface of the demountable insert;
- and
- one or more other demountable inserts each configured to fit within an other cavity of the one or more other cavities of the receptacle where each other demountable insert comprises a plurality of fourth electrical contacts disposed upon a predetermined surface of the other demountable insert;
- wherein
- the predetermined surface of a demountable insert of the one or more demountable inserts is proximate the predetermined surface of the cavity of the one or more cavities when the demountable insert of the one or more demountable inserts is inserted into the cavity of the one or more cavities;
- and
- the predetermined surface of an other demountable insert of the one or more other demountable inserts is proximate the predetermined surface of the other cavity of the one or more other cavities when the other demountable insert of the one or more other demountable inserts is inserted into the other cavity of the one or more cavities.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.