Cordless electrical appliances and connectors therefor
AssigneeStrix Limited
InventorJohn Crawshaw Taylor
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Abstract
A male connector and mating female connector for use in a cordless electric water heater jug. The male connector has a cup-shaped body with an open base within which are located a central pin terminal and two concentric annular terminals. The body of the female connector is dimensioned to fit within the male connector and has openings to receive the pin and inner annular terminal so that they may engage two female terminals. A further female terminal projects from the side wall of the female connector for engagement with the outer annular male terminal.
Claims13
A cordless electrical liquid water heating appliance comprising a cordless electrical power connector, the connector comprising:
- a male connector part including a first terminal, a second terminal arranged outwardly of the first terminal, and a third terminal arranged outwardly of the second terminal;
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- a female connector part capable of receiving the male connector part and including terminals for engaging with the corresponding terminals of the male connector, thereby forming respective radially innermost, radially intermediate, and radially outermost terminal pairs, the radially outermost terminal pair comprising:
- an annular terminal with an inwardly facing contact surface provided on one of the connector parts;
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- a resilient electrical terminal projecting through an outwardly facing circumferential surface of the other connector part for engagement with the annular terminal when the two connector parts are assembled together, wherein the male and female connector are configured so as to be capable of engagement in any relative rotational orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.