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US 2010/0136801 A1Published application
Electrical connector
OwnerGeorge Limpkin, Simon Grant Rozenberginventors
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A two-part inductive connector comprises a primary part having a primary half core and a secondary part having a secondary half core, the primary part including first locking means which are engageable with second locking means on the secondary part, one of the primary or secondary parts further comprising a pin which is receivable in a recess formed in the other of the primary or secondary parts, the connector having an unlocked position in which the primary and secondary half cores are not aligned and in which the first and second locking means are not engaged, and a locked position in which the primary and secondary half cores are aligned and the first and second locking means engaged, the connector moving between the unlocked and locked positions by relative rotation of the primary and secondary parts about the pin.
A two-part inductive connector comprising a primary part having a primary half core and a secondary part having a secondary half core, the primary part including first locking means which are engageable with second locking means on the secondary part, one of the primary or secondary parts further comprising a pin which is receivable in a recess formed in the other of the primary or secondary parts, the connector having an unlocked position in which the primary and secondary half cores are not aligned and in which the first and second locking means are not engaged, and a locked position in which the primary and secondary half cores are aligned and the first and second locking means engaged, the connector moving between the unlocked and locked positions by relative rotation of the primary and secondary parts about the pin.
A connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the pin and recess each include an earth connection for providing a continuous earth line through the connection between the primary and secondary parts.
A connector according to any one of the preceding claims, in which each of the primary and secondary parts further includes one or more additional primary or secondary half cores respectively, the respective primary and secondary half cores being brought into alignment in the locked position.
A connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the primary part includes a generally planar contact face for contacting, in use, a contact face of the secondary part.
A connector according to any one of the preceding claims, in which an electrical wire is wound around each half core and in which at least one of the primary or secondary parts is coupled to a cable having electrical lines connected to the electrical wires wound around the half core of said primary or secondary parts for carrying a current to or from the electrical wires.
A connector according to any one of the preceding claims, in which an electrical wire is wound around each half core, the electrical wire of at least one of the primary or secondary parts being adapted to be connected directly in an electrical device.
A connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the half cores are shaped to allow an earth connection, data carrier or the like to pass through the connector.
A connector according to any one of the preceding claims in which the first and second locking means are frictionally engaged in the locked position.
A connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the first and second locking means resiliently clip or snap into engagement in the locked position.
A connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the locking means include magnets on the primary and secondary parts.
A connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the primary and secondary half cores are at least partially mounted in first and second housings respectively.
A connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one of the primary and secondary parts is provided with a USB connector.
An inductive connector for coupling to a second inductive connector, comprising an inductive half core, locking means for engaging with locking means on the second inductive connector and locating means selected from a pin or a recess to engage corresponding locating means on the second inductive connector and to allow rotation of the inductive connector relative to the second inductive connector about the locating means to bring the locking means into engagement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.