Socket panel protection structure

Abstract

The present invention provides a socket panel protection structure, which may include a mounting bottom embedded in a wall and a mounting top presented on the outer surface of the wall, wherein the mounting bottom has a plurality of conductive contacts for providing power built in, and a protective component is provided on the inner side of the mounting top, the protective component may be a circular rotating member, the circular rotating member having a plurality of slots penetrating the surface of its body, the slots being used to rotate the circular rotating member and align it with the conductive contacts when the plug of an electric plug is inserted. The present invention can effectively avoid or at least alleviate the defects or safety hazards in the background technology.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention mainly relates to a wall-mounted, movably mounted socket, and in particular to an improvement on the protective structure of this type of socket. Background Art

[0002] Currently, the sockets arranged in the home environment, especially the wall socket panels, are generally directly exposed to the user, which poses certain safety hazards. For example, it is not possible to effectively prevent dust and moisture, or it is not possible to prevent children from accidentally touching or inserting foreign objects into the power socket, thereby causing danger. Therefore, effective improvements need to be made to the structure of current sockets, especially wall-mounted sockets.

[0003] A protective door structure can be added to the back of the socket panel to avoid the above-mentioned misoperation or dust and moisture deposition at the power outlet. However, the current protective door structure mainly adopts an open-close structure that is opened by the stress extrusion of the plug contact, which requires adding elastic elements (such as springs) on both sides of the open-close structure to maintain the reciprocating movement of such an open-close structure. Such a conventional structure does not save the internal space of the socket panel and is relatively complicated to install, and is accompanied by the complexity of replacement due to the frequent damage of the opening and closing components caused by such a complex structure. Summary of the invention

[0004] The present invention can effectively avoid or at least alleviate the above defects or safety hazards. According to the design principle of the present invention, the opening and closing structure on the back of the panel of the original wall socket can be replaced with a rotatable baffle, and the baffle can be restored to the initial state of shielding the power outlet when the user does not use the wall socket for power operation, so that the socket of the wall socket can be effectively isolated, and such a structure is stable and easy to install.

[0005] Moreover, as a prominent advantage, when a foreign object is used to penetrate the power outlet without inserting the correct power plug, the baffle cannot be effectively rotated. Based on this, the baffle can be designed as a circular rotatable portion, or can also be designed into other shapes as needed, and a slot corresponding to the outlet is provided on the circular rotatable portion.

[0006] This structure can better utilize the space inside the socket body to achieve the shielding effect. In some implementations, the rotating operation of the circular rotating part can be achieved by any torsion spring with suitable torque. This can avoid the problem of the conventional elastic component accidentally popping out due to the lack of a fixed fulcrum when the socket panel is removed, and the baffle design space on the surface of each power socket can be saved by arranging the rotating component longitudinally.

[0007] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose and effect, the technical solution disclosed in the present invention is: a socket panel protection structure, which may include an installation bottom embedded in the wall and an installation top presented on the outer surface of the wall, wherein the installation bottom has a plurality of conductive contacts built in to provide power.

[0008] The improvement of the socket panel is that the mounting top may include:

[0009] A protective component attached to the inner side of the mounting top, the protective component may be a circular rotating member, the circular rotating member having a plurality of slots penetrating the surface of the body thereof, the slots being used to rotate the circular rotating member and align it with the conductive contact piece when the plug of the electrical plug is inserted; and

[0010] A rotating shaft is coupled to the center of the circular rotating member, wherein the rotating shaft is used to drive the circular rotating member to return to its initial position after the plug of the power plug inserted into the wall socket is removed.

[0011] In one embodiment, the circular rotating member further has an arc-shaped groove penetrating through its body, and the arc-shaped groove is used to limit a locking piece that is inserted into the arc-shaped recessed portion to a critical position when the circular rotating member rotates.

[0012] In another embodiment, the rotating shaft has a torsion spring sleeved on the rotating shaft body, which is used to generate restoring damping when the circular rotating member rotates.

[0013] Preferably, the circular rotating member further has a groove on the surface of the circular rotating member which smoothly extends in an arc direction along each slot.

[0014] In addition, the protective component may also have an irregular shape or at least include an irregular shaped portion, such as a curved surface extending outward relative to the wall, may have a convex or concave shape, or a shape portion with layered changes, so that the plug can be more appropriately plugged into the above-mentioned slot. Regardless of the shape of the protective component, a mounting groove matching the shape is provided on the mounting base so that the protective component can be installed therein. In the specification of the present invention, for the structure or irregular shaped portion in the protective structure, the "front" or "front side" indicates a smooth extension from the installation bottom toward the installation top, that is, toward the outside, and the "back" or "back side" indicates a smooth extension into the wall surface. As long as the direction is not specified, in general, the "back side" indicates a shape structure extending into the building surface, which can also be expressed as "backward" or "bottom side". BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] The best implementation or means of the present invention will be described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but this does not limit the technical solution of the present invention. In addition, there are multiple features, elements and components appearing in each of the following texts and drawings, and different symbols or numbers are marked for convenience, but they all represent components with the same or similar structures or functions.

[0016] Figure 1 A partial exploded view of a plug-in panel seat protection structure of the present invention is schematically depicted.

[0017] Figure 2 The front schematic diagram of the circular rotating part is shown in more detail.

[0018] Figure 3 A schematic front view showing another example of a circular rotating member. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] References in this specification to "one embodiment" or "example" mean that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in conjunction with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. The appearance of the phrase "in one embodiment" in various places in the specification does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment.

[0020] In addition, in the specification and claims attached to the present disclosure, the terms "coupled" and "coupled" and their derivatives may be used. The skilled person should understand that these terms are not intended to be synonymous with each other. "Coupled" is used to indicate that two or more elements that may or may not be in direct physical or electrical contact with each other operate or interact with each other, and "coupled" is used to indicate the establishment of communication between two or more elements that are coupled to each other.

[0021] Figure 1 The socket panel protection structure of the rotating member embodiment is schematically depicted. The socket panel includes a mounting bottom 1 embedded in the wall and a mounting top 3 presented outside the wall, wherein the mounting bottom 1 has a plurality of conductive contacts built in to provide power (since there is no specific improvement feature, the common structure in the socket base in the prior art is used, so Figure 1 (not shown), the surface of the mounting top 3 is provided with a socket 301 for plugging in an electric plug. In a preferred example, the socket 301 is a three-wire socket (i.e., including a live wire L, a neutral wire N, and an earth wire E), and the socket 301 can be used to draw electricity using both a two-wire (L, N) and a three-wire plug. In a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the mounting top 3 mainly includes:

[0022] (1) a circular rotating member 20 attached to the inner side of the mounting top 3 (i.e., the back side that is blocked in the figure), wherein the circular rotating member 20 has three slots 201 (corresponding to the live wire L, the neutral wire N, and the ground wire E) penetrating the body thereof, and these slots 201 are used to rotate the circular rotating member 20 and align it with the conductive contact when the plug of the electric plug is inserted; and

[0023] (2) A rotating shaft 221 coupled to the center 208 of the circular rotating member 20, wherein the rotating shaft 221 is used to drive the circular rotating member 20 to return to its initial position after the plug of the electrical plug inserted into the socket is removed.

[0024] In one embodiment, in combination Figure 2 As shown, the circular rotating member 20 also has an arc groove 202 that penetrates through its body. The arc groove 202 is used to limit the locking piece 206 that is inserted into the arc groove 202 at the limit position shown in the figure when the circular rotating member 20 rotates.

[0025] The arc groove 202 takes the center of the rotating shaft 221 as the center of the circle, and the angle corresponding to the arc length of the arc groove 202 is at least equal to the rotation angle R of the circular rotating member 20. This ensures that when the circular rotating member 20 rotates to the critical positions at both ends of the arc groove 202, on the one hand, the plug of the power plug can be inserted into the slot 201, and on the other hand, when the power plug is pulled out when the power operation is not needed, the circular rotating member 20 will not deviate from the initial position under the action of the restoring force. Generally, Figure 2 A locking piece 204 is schematically indicated by a dotted line in the figure. The locking piece 204 will slide in the arc-shaped groove 202 during the rotation of the circular rotating member 20.

[0026] In addition, according to the above method, when the plug of the power plug presses the surface of the circular rotating member 20 to rotate the circular rotating member 20 until it is plugged into the conductive contact in the socket, the slot 201 will move to the limit position 203, so that each slot 201 rotates by an angle R.

[0027] In one embodiment, the rotating shaft 221 has a torsion spring 231 covering its body, which is used to generate restoring damping when the circular rotating member 20 rotates. Figure 1 In the example shown, one end of the torsion spring 231 can be retained in a retaining groove in the mounting axis 111 in the mounting base 1, so that the other end of the torsion spring 231 is fixed in the back center 208 position of the circular rotating member 20, so that when a rotational motion occurs, the torsion spring 231 generates a return damping. It should be understood that the damping size of the torsion spring 231 can be changed according to the (for example) thickness or number of winding turns of the spring.

[0028] For example, when installing Figure 1In the structure of the embodiment shown, the rotating shaft 221 can be divided into two parts, the first part is installed at the center 208 of the front side of the circular rotating member 20 as a cap-shaped structure, one end of the second part is used to penetrate into the above-mentioned installation axis 111, and the other end is inserted into the center 208 of the back side of the circular rotating member 20 and then pivoted to the cap-shaped structure, and then the torsion spring 231 is inserted into the second part, wherein the diameter of the first part is larger than the second part, and the cap-shaped structure can be installed in the circular groove on the back side of the above-mentioned installation top 3 to fix its installation position, so that the installation of the main part of the above-mentioned wall socket protection structure can be completed when the installation top 3 is buckled onto the front side of the installation bottom 1. It should be understood that such an installation method is extremely convenient.

[0029] Further, refer to Figure 1 and 2 In order to facilitate the user to insert the power plug more conveniently and safely, the circular rotating member 20 also has a groove 211 extending smoothly in an arc direction along each slot 201 on the surface of the circular rotating member 20 .

[0030] exist Figure 3 In one example shown, the groove 211 may be a concave cylindrical structure, or a structure whose depth gradually increases toward each slot 201. In order to guide the insert into the slot 201, at the initial position, the initial position of the groove 211 is reserved corresponding to the position of the socket 301, so as to form the guiding action. For example, grooves 211 and 212 with different depths may also be designed, wherein the depth of the groove 212 is significantly greater than that of the groove 211. Different groove depth designs may enable the insert to be inserted into the slot 201 faster and with guidance.

[0031] In another example, the groove 211 is smoothly extended in an arc upward along the slot 201 used to align the conductive contact of the ground wire E. Generally, the length of the ground wire E plug of the power plug is slightly longer than the length of the other two plugs, so that the grooves of the L and N wire slots can be simplified in design. When the E wire plug contacts the groove 211 of the circular rotating member 20, the circular rotating member 20 can be driven to rotate, so that the L and N wire slots can appear after a certain amount of rotation. In this way, the size of the rotation corresponds to the excess length of the ground wire E plug compared to the other two plugs.

[0032] In addition, in order to prevent other tools from trying to penetrate the socket 301, the width of the groove 211 in the radial direction of the circular rotating member 20 is greater than the width of the plug of the power plug. This has the effect that the circular rotating member 20 can only rotate when the groove 211 is pressed with a large enough area and facing the surface of the mounting top 3.

Claims

1. A socket panel protection structure, comprising a mounting bottom (1) embedded in a wall and a mounting top (3) coupled to the mounting bottom and presented on the wall surface, the mounting bottom being connected to a power source, the mounting bottom and the mounting top being provided with matching socket jacks, a rotatable protection component being provided between the mounting top (3) and the mounting bottom (1), and when the protection component is rotated to a limit position, a slot provided on the protection component is aligned with the socket jack, wherein: The installation bottom (1) is provided with an installation groove (10) having the same shape as the protection component, and the protection component is arranged in the installation groove, wherein The protective component is a circular rotating member (20), and at least three slots (201) are provided on the surface thereof and penetrate the body of the circular rotating member (20), wherein the circular rotating member (20) further comprises: An arc-shaped groove (202) is arranged on the circular rotating member (20), wherein the arc-shaped groove (202) takes the rotating shaft (221) of the circular rotating member (20) as its center; A rotating shaft (221) coupled to the center (208) of the circular rotating member (20), the rotating shaft (221) being provided with a return spring, the circular rotating member (20) being provided with a slide groove extending smoothly in an arc direction along each slot (201), the rotating shaft (221) being used to drive the circular rotating member (20) to return to an initial position after the power plug inserted into the socket hole is removed; and A locking member is capable of moving in the arc-shaped groove (202) as the circular rotating member (20) rotates. The arc-shaped groove (202) is used to limit the locking member inserted into the arc-shaped groove (202) to a limit position (203) when the circular rotating member (20) rotates.

2. The socket panel protection structure according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The arc-shaped groove (202) takes the center of the rotating shaft (221) as the center of the circle, and the angle corresponding to the arc length of the arc-shaped groove (202) is at least equal to the rotation angle of the circular rotating member (20).

3. The socket panel protection structure according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The return spring on the rotating shaft (221) is a torsion spring (231) covering the outer surface of the rotating shaft body, and is used to generate return damping when the circular rotating member (20) rotates. One end of the torsion spring (231) can be locked in a locking groove in the installation axis (111) in the installation bottom (1), and the other end of the torsion spring (231) is fixed in the center (208) position of the back side of the circular rotating member (20). When the rotation action is generated, the torsion spring (231) is twisted to generate return damping, wherein The damping magnitude of the torsion spring (231) is changed according to the thickness of the spring or the number of winding turns.

4. The socket panel protection structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that The rotating shaft (221) is divided into two parts: The first part is mounted at the center (208) of the front side of the circular rotating member (20) as a cap-shaped structure; One end of the second part is used to penetrate into the installation axis (111) of the installation groove (10), and the other end is inserted into the center (208) of the back side of the circular rotating member (20) and is pivotally connected to the cap-shaped structure. The torsion spring (231) is then inserted into the second part, and the cap-shaped structure is installed in the circular groove on the back side of the above-mentioned installation top (3) to fix the installation position.

5. The socket panel protection structure according to claim 4 is characterized in that: Among them The diameter of the first portion is larger than that of the second portion.

6. The socket panel protection structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: The slide groove is a concave cylindrical structure or a structure whose depth gradually increases towards each slot (201). At the initial position, the initial position of the groove (211) is reserved corresponding to the position of the socket (301) opened on the installation top (3).

7. The socket panel protection structure according to claim 6, characterized in that: The groove (211) smoothly extends upward in an arc only along the slot (201) used for aligning the electrical plug used as the ground wire.

8. The socket panel protection structure according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that: The width of the groove (211) in the radial direction of the circular rotating member (20) is greater than the width of the power plug.

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