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US 5,857,875 AGranted
Multi-outlet electrical adapter
OwnerI-Ching Hsu, I Cheng Hsuinventors
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Abstract
A multi-outlet electrical adapter having a plug unit at one side adapted for connecting to a power outlet socket of a computer mainframe, an electrical outlet adapted for receiving an electrical plug of an electrical cable of a computer peripheral equipment, and one receptacle unit disposed at a second side, the receptacle unit and the receptacle unit being so designed that a plurality of multi-outlet electrical adapters can be connected together by connecting the plug unit of one multi-outlet electrical adapter to the receptacle unit of another.
Claims2
A multi-outlet electrical adapter comprising:
- a plug unit at one side adapted to be connected to a power outlet socket of a computer mainframe;
- an electrical outlet adapted for receiving an electrical plug of an electrical cable of a computer peripheral equipment, said electrical outlet being connected to said plug unit by electrical conductors arranged to receive electrical power from said plug unit and supply it to said electrical outlet;
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- one receptacle unit disposed at a second side and surrounded by a groove, said receptacle unit being connected to said plug unit by additional electrical conductors arranged to receive electrical power from said plug unit and supply it to said receptacle unit, the size of said plug unit fitting said receptacle unit so that a plurality of multi-outlet electrical adapters can be connected together by connecting the plug unit of said multi-outlet electrical adapter to the receptacle unit of another multi-outlet electrical adapter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.