Self-locking electric jack with safety door

By designing a self-locking mechanism with safety doors at the electrical jack, the self-locking function of the jack is realized by using the coordination of the reset column and the safety door, the problem of existing electrical sockets failing to effectively cut off the power supply when no electricity is used. , providing higher power safety guarantees.

CN119495981AActive Publication Date: 2025-02-21HAIFENG COUNTY ZHENHUA ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Patent Information

Application Number
CN202411424448.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-10-12
Publication Date
2025-02-21
Estimated Expiration
2044-10-12

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Technical Problem

Existing electrical sockets fail to effectively cut off the power when they are not in use, resulting in the possibility of electric shock from children or babies and fail to meet the growing safety requirements for electricity use.

Method used

Design a self-locking electrical jack with safety door. By setting a reset stop and safety door at the jack, the safety door will rotate to align with the insertion hole only after the plug is properly inserted and rotated, so as to achieve the plug and metal contact sheet. and automatically reset and lock when pulled out to prevent illegal rotation.

Benefits of technology

While not hindering the convenience of electricity, it minimizes the risk of electric shock and provides comprehensive safety protection, preventing children or infants from trying to insert the reset barrier and rotating the safety door through other tools.

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Abstract

The invention discloses a self-locking electric jack with a safety door, which comprises an upper shell, a lower shell, a safety door and a reset bumping post, and is characterized in that the lower shell is arranged below the upper shell; the number of the safety door is at least one, the safety door is arranged on the upper shell and can rotate and reset clockwise and / or anticlockwise on the upper shell, and the safety door is provided with at least one jack; the number of the reset bumping post is at least one, the reset bumping post is fixed on the lower shell and extends to the jack, and when the reset bumping post is not pressed, the reset bumping post blocks the rotation path of the safety door and blocks the rotation of the safety door; and when the reset bumping post is pressed downwards, the reset bumping post is far away from the rotating path of the safety door and allows the safety door to rotate. Therefore, the safety door cannot be rotated, so that the safety door has a self-locking function, and the risk of electric shock is reduced to the greatest extent while the power utilization convenience is not hindered.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of electric connectors, and more particularly to a self-locking electric socket with a safety door. Background Art

[0002] In daily life, power strips or sockets are usually used to connect and control the connection and disconnection of power. Although traditional power strips or sockets on the market are designed with safety devices, there are still safety hazards. Generally, a control switch is added to the power strip or socket. When electricity is needed, the control switch is pressed and the plug is inserted to turn on the power. When electricity is not needed, the control switch is turned off to cut off the power. Although this structure is safe enough when used correctly, in real life, people often do not turn off the control switch when not using electricity. When children turn on the switch again, or forget to turn off the control switch, infants or children accidentally put their fingers into the socket and get electric shock. It cannot achieve a safety effect, and does not meet people's growing demand for electricity safety, and cannot provide comprehensive safety protection.

[0003] Although some sockets adopt the design of safety door, such as the Chinese patent with application number CN201621262086.6 which discloses "Safety Door Mechanism and European Socket", a rotating shaft is added to the safety door so that the safety door can be rotated to expose the two insertion holes before the plug and the socket can be connected. It can also play a certain protective role, but for infants or children, inserting and rotating the plug is still an easy operation to achieve, and there is still a risk of electric shock, and it still cannot get comprehensive safety protection. Summary of the invention

[0004] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is how to reduce the risk of electric shock to the greatest extent without hindering the convenience of electricity use, so as to provide comprehensive safety protection for children and infants.

[0005] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions: In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a self-locking electrical socket with a safety door, which includes an upper shell, a lower shell, a safety door and a reset stop column, wherein the lower shell is arranged below the upper shell; there is at least one safety door, which is arranged on the upper shell and can rotate clockwise and / or counterclockwise and reset on the upper shell, and each of the safety doors is provided with at least one socket; there is at least one reset stop column, which is fixed on the lower shell and extends to the socket, and when the reset stop column is not pressed, the reset stop column blocks the rotation path of the safety door and prevents the safety door from rotating, and when the reset stop column is pressed downward, it stays away from the rotation path of the safety door and allows the safety door to rotate.

[0006] As a preferred embodiment of the self-locking electrical socket with a safety door provided by the present invention, there are at least two sockets, the two sockets include at least a first socket and a second socket, there are two reset stop posts, the two reset stop posts include a first stop post and a second stop post, the first stop post is located on the upper side of the first socket, and the second stop post is located on the lower side of the second socket.

[0007] As a preferred embodiment of the self-locking electrical socket with a safety door provided by the present invention, the reset stop post includes a stop post and a spring sleeved on the stop post.

[0008] As a preferred embodiment of the self-locking electrical socket with a safety door provided by the present invention, a middle shell is arranged between the upper shell and the lower shell.

[0009] As a preferred embodiment of the self-locking electrical socket with a safety door provided by the present invention, a placement groove is provided on the middle shell body, a torsion spring is arranged in the placement groove, a torsion column is provided on the lower surface of the safety door, and the torsion spring is sleeved on the torsion column.

[0010] As a preferred embodiment of the self-locking electrical socket with a safety door provided by the present invention, a blocking column hole is opened on the middle shell, and the blocking column hole is sleeved on the reset blocking column.

[0011] As a preferred embodiment of the self-locking electrical socket with a safety door provided by the present invention, a boss is provided on the lower surface of the safety door located at the non-rotation center, and a limiting groove corresponding to the boss is opened on the middle shell.

[0012] As a preferred embodiment of the self-locking electrical socket with a safety door provided by the present invention, a base is provided below the lower shell, and a metal contact piece is fixed on the base.

[0013] As a preferred embodiment of the self-locking electrical socket with a safety door provided by the present invention, the cross-sectional shape of the safety door is circular.

[0014] As a preferred embodiment of the self-locking electrical socket with safety doors provided by the present invention, there are two safety doors, the two safety doors include a first safety door and a second safety door, the first safety door is provided with two sockets, and the second safety door is provided with three sockets.

[0015] The present invention has the following beneficial effects: When in normal use, the plug is directly inserted into the socket and rotated before being inserted. When the plug is inserted, the outer end of the plug can press the reset stop post at the socket downward, so that the reset stop post is away from the rotation path of the safety door, and the plug can drive the safety door to rotate. After rotating a certain angle, it is aligned with the insertion hole on the base, so that the plug can be inserted into the insertion hole and contact the metal contact sheet on the base. When the plug is pulled out, the safety door is reset, and the reset stop post is also reset after the safety door is reset, so that the safety door is locked. At the same time, the area of ​​the reset stop post can be made very small, such as the cross-sectional area of ​​the reset stop post is one-fifth of the socket area, so that even if babies or children use other tools such as scissors, chopsticks, etc. to play, they still cannot accurately insert the reset stop post, so that the safety door cannot be rotated, so that it has a self-locking function, and even if they can insert the reset stop post using these tools, it is difficult to rotate the safety door, so that it does not hinder the convenience of electricity use while minimizing the risk of electric shock, thereby obtaining comprehensive safety protection. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the scheme in the present application, a brief introduction is given below to the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying any creative work.

[0017] Figure 1 The present invention provides a schematic structural diagram of a self-locking electrical socket with a safety door.

[0018] Figure 2 for Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the decomposition structure.

[0019] Figure 3 for Figure 1 Top view of the .

[0020] Figure 4 for Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the structure of the middle and lower shells.

[0021] Figure 5 for Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the structure of the middle base and the metal contact piece.

[0022] Figure 6 for Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the structure of the middle shell.

[0023] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the structure at the safety door.

[0024] Figure 8A schematic structural diagram of a self-locking electrical socket with a safety door provided by the present invention applied to a power strip.

[0025] Description of Figure Numbers: Upper shell 1; lower shell 2; safety door 3; reset stop column 4; base 5; metal contact piece 6; plug hole 31; middle shell 7; placement groove 71; torsion spring 8; torsion column 32; convex column 33; stop column hole 72; limit groove 73. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the scheme of the present invention, the technical scheme in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work should fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0027] The present invention provides a self-locking electrical socket with a safety door, which includes an upper shell, a lower shell, a safety door and a reset stop column, wherein the lower shell is arranged below the upper shell; there is at least one safety door, which is arranged on the upper shell and can be reset by rotating clockwise and / or counterclockwise on the upper shell, and at least one socket is provided on the safety door; there is at least one reset stop column, which is fixed on the lower shell and extends to the socket, and when the reset stop column is not pressed, the reset stop column blocks the rotation path of the safety door and prevents the safety door from rotating, and when the reset stop column is pressed downward, it stays away from the rotation path of the safety door and allows the safety door to rotate.

[0028] When in normal use, the plug is directly inserted into the socket and rotated before being inserted. When the plug is inserted, the outer end of the plug can press the reset stop post at the socket downward, so that the reset stop post is away from the rotation path of the safety door, and the plug can drive the safety door to rotate. After rotating a certain angle, it is aligned with the insertion hole on the base, so that the plug can be inserted into the insertion hole and contact the metal contact sheet on the base. When the plug is pulled out, the safety door is reset, and the reset stop post is also reset after the safety door is reset, so that the safety door is locked. At the same time, the area of ​​the reset stop post can be made very small, such as the cross-sectional area of ​​the reset stop post is one-fifth of the socket area, so that even if babies or children use other tools such as scissors, chopsticks, etc. to play, they still cannot accurately insert the reset stop post, so that the safety door cannot be rotated, so that it has a self-locking function, and even if they can insert the reset stop post using these tools, it is difficult to rotate the safety door, so that it does not hinder the convenience of electricity use while minimizing the risk of electric shock, thereby obtaining comprehensive safety protection.

[0029] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The present invention is described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments, and examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals throughout represent the same or similar elements or elements with the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to be used to explain the present invention, and are not to be construed as limitations on the present invention.

[0030] Example 1, please refer to Figures 1 to 5 , a self-locking electrical socket with a safety door provided by the present invention, comprising an upper shell 1, a lower shell 2, a safety door 3 and a reset stop column 4, the lower shell 2 is arranged below the upper shell 1; there is at least one safety door 3, the safety door 3 is arranged on the upper shell 1 and can rotate clockwise and / or counterclockwise on the upper shell 1 and reset, that is, the safety door 3 can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise on the upper shell 1, or can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise, and can reset after rotation, a base 5 is arranged below the lower shell 2, an insertion hole is arranged on the base 5, a metal contact sheet 6 is fixed in the base 5 located at the insertion hole, and when factory-set, the socket 31 on the safety door 3 and the socket 32 ​​on the base 5 are connected. The metal contact pieces 6 are staggered, that is, the safety door 3 needs to be rotated a certain angle before the plug can be inserted into the metal contact piece 6. Each safety door 3 is provided with at least one socket 31. Under normal circumstances, two or three sockets 31 are correspondingly arranged for one safety door 3. Of course, in other cases, a corresponding number of sockets 31 can also be arranged as needed, which should all fall within the protection scope of the present invention; there is at least one reset stop column 4, which is fixed on the lower shell 2 and extends to the socket 31. When the reset stop column 4 is not pressed, the reset stop column 4 blocks the rotation path of the safety door 3 and prevents the safety door 3 from rotating. When the reset stop column 4 is pressed downward, it stays away from the rotation path of the safety door 3 and allows the safety door 3 to rotate.

[0031] During normal use, the plug is directly inserted into the socket 31 and rotated before being inserted. When the plug is inserted, the outer end of the plug can press the reset stop column 4 at the socket 31 downward, so that the reset stop column 4 is away from the rotation path of the safety door 3, and the plug can drive the safety door 3 to rotate. After rotating to a certain angle, it is aligned with the insertion hole on the base 5, so that the plug can be inserted into the insertion hole and contact the metal contact piece 6 on the base 5. When the plug is unplugged, the safety door 3 is reset, and the reset stop column 4 is also reset after the safety door 3 is reset, so that the safety door 3 is locked. At the same time, the area of ​​the reset stop column 4 can be made very small, such as the cross-sectional area of ​​the reset stop column 4 is one-fifth of the area of ​​the socket 31. In this way, even if babies or children use other tools such as scissors, chopsticks, etc. to play, they still cannot accurately insert the reset stop column 4, so that the safety door 3 cannot be rotated, making it have a self-locking function, and even if they can insert the reset stop column 4 using these tools, it is difficult to rotate the safety door 3, so that it does not hinder the convenience of electricity use while minimizing the risk of electric shock, thereby obtaining comprehensive safety protection.

[0032] That is, the use process of the self-locking electrical socket with a safety door provided by the present invention is dislocation insertion, automatic unlocking, rotation alignment and continued insertion to utilize electricity. When pulled out, the safety door 3 and the reset stop column 4 can be automatically reset to achieve the self-locking function.

[0033] In other implementations, plugs of special shapes can also be used, and some electrical appliances that are taken away after use can be provided. The following takes an electric kettle as an example. The electric kettle uses a special plug, and the shape of the socket 31 corresponds to the shape of the special plug. When the electric kettle is used up, it is usually taken away from the socket, so that any other ordinary plug cannot be inserted into the plug well, that is, there is no good tool to unlock the socket. Even if some plugs, chopsticks, etc. can be inserted and the reset stop column 4 is pressed, they cannot rotate the safety door 3 well. If the shapes do not correspond, when the safety door 3 is rotated, its end will slide away from the reset stop column 4, so that the reset stop column 4 automatically resets and blocks the safety door 3 so that it cannot rotate, thereby minimizing the risk of electric shock without hindering the convenience of electricity use, thereby obtaining comprehensive safety protection.

[0034] In the present embodiment, there are two safety doors 3, which include a first safety door and a second safety door. The first safety door has two sockets 31, and the second safety door has three sockets 31. In other embodiments, there may be one safety door 3 with two sockets 31 or three sockets 31, or any other number of sockets 31. There may also be multiple safety doors 3, such as a power strip, which requires multiple safety doors 3. All of these should fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0035] Furthermore, there are at least two sockets 31, which include at least a first socket and a second socket. There are two reset stop posts 4, which include a first stop post and a second stop post. The first stop post is located on the upper side of the first socket, and the second stop post is located on the lower side of the second socket. In this way, when the reset stop post 4 is pressed using other tools, the first stop post and the second stop post cannot be pressed at the same time. Even if the first stop post and the second stop post can be pressed at the same time, they are easy to slide off the first stop post and the second stop post when the safety door 3 is rotated, so that the reset stop post 4 automatically resets and blocks the safety door 3 so that it cannot rotate, thereby minimizing the risk of electric shock without hindering the convenience of electricity use, thereby obtaining comprehensive safety protection.

[0036] Furthermore, the reset stop post 4 includes a stop post and a spring sleeved on the stop post. The stop post plays a blocking role. The spring allows the stop post to be pressed downward without blocking the safety door 3, and allows the stop post to be reset after the safety door 3 is reset.

[0037] Example 2, please refer to Figure 2 , Figure 6 and Figure 7 As a further optimization scheme of Example 1, in this embodiment, a middle shell 7 is arranged between the upper shell 1 and the lower shell 2, and a placement groove 71 is opened on the middle shell 7, and a torsion spring 8 is arranged in the placement groove 71. A torsion column 32 is arranged on the lower surface of the safety door 3, and the torsion spring 8 is sleeved on the torsion column 32, so that the safety door 3 can be reset by the action of the torsion spring 8 when rotating.

[0038] Furthermore, a blocking post hole 72 is provided on the middle shell 7 , and the blocking post hole 72 is sleeved on the reset blocking post 4 , and the blocking post hole 72 can play a positioning role.

[0039] Furthermore, a boss 33 is provided on the lower surface of the safety door 3 located at the non-rotation center, and a limit groove 73 corresponding to the boss 33 is opened on the middle shell 7. The limit groove 73 can limit the rotation distance of the safety door 3, so that the safety door 3 can be designed to be aligned with the insertion hole on the base 5 when it is rotated to the end, making it more convenient to insert the plug and align it with the insertion hole, thereby avoiding affecting the convenience of electricity use.

[0040] Further, the cross-sectional shape of the safety door 3 is circular. Of course, in other embodiments, other shapes such as ellipse, triangle, quadrilateral, etc. can also be adopted. The circular safety door 3 can rotate better and prevent dust and foreign matter from entering the interior of the socket.

[0041] See also Figure 3 The present invention provides a three-pin socket for a self-locking electrical socket with a safety door, wherein the neutral wire and live wire holes in the three-pin socket are provided with a three-pin plug hole and a two-pin plug hole, and the three-pin plug hole and the two-pin plug hole are provided overlappingly.

[0042] See also Figure 8 The self-locking electrical socket with a safety door provided by the present invention can also be used in electrical appliances such as sockets and power strips.

[0043] In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms “center”, “longitudinal”, “lateral”, “length”, “width”, “thickness”, “up”, “down”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inside”, “outside”, “clockwise”, “counterclockwise”, “axial”, “radial”, “circumferential”, etc., indicating orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as limiting the present invention.

[0044] In addition, the terms "first", "second", and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first", "second", and "third" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0045] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", "connected", "fixed" and the like should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral one; it can be a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, or communication with each other; it can be a direct connection, or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements, unless otherwise clearly defined. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0046] Obviously, the embodiments described above are only some embodiments of the present application, rather than all embodiments. The preferred embodiments of the present application are given in the accompanying drawings, but they do not limit the patent scope of the present application. The present application can be implemented in many different forms. On the contrary, the purpose of providing these embodiments is to make the understanding of the disclosure of the present application more thorough and comprehensive. Although the present application is described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, for those skilled in the art, it is still possible to modify the technical solutions recorded in the aforementioned specific implementation methods, or to perform equivalent replacement of some of the technical features therein. Any equivalent structure made using the contents of the specification and drawings of this application, directly or indirectly used in other related technical fields, is similarly within the scope of patent protection of this application.

Claims

1. A self-locking electrical socket with a safety door, characterized in that: It includes: Upper shell; A lower housing, which is arranged below the upper housing; A safety door, at least one of which is disposed on the upper shell and can rotate and reset clockwise and / or counterclockwise on the upper shell, and each of the safety doors is provided with at least one plug hole; There is at least one reset stop post, which is fixed on the lower shell and extends to the insertion hole. When the reset stop post is not pressed, the reset stop post blocks the rotation path of the safety door and prevents the safety door from rotating. When the reset stop post is pressed downward, it stays away from the rotation path of the safety door and allows the safety door to rotate.

2. The self-locking electrical socket with a safety door according to claim 1, characterized in that: There are at least two sockets, the two sockets at least include a first socket and a second socket, there are two reset stop posts, the two reset stop posts include a first stop post and a second stop post, the first stop post is located on the upper side of the first socket, and the second stop post is located on the lower side of the second socket.

3. The self-locking electrical socket with a safety door according to claim 1, characterized in that: The reset stop post comprises a stop post and a spring sleeved on the stop post.

4. The self-locking electrical socket with a safety door according to claim 1, characterized in that: A middle shell is arranged between the upper shell and the lower shell.

5. The self-locking electrical socket with a safety door according to claim 4, characterized in that: The middle shell is provided with a placement groove, a torsion spring is arranged in the placement groove, a torsion column is arranged on the lower surface of the safety door, and the torsion spring is sleeved on the torsion column.

6. The self-locking electrical socket with a safety door according to claim 4, characterized in that: The middle shell is provided with a blocking post hole, and the blocking post hole is sleeved on the reset blocking post.

7. The self-locking electrical socket with a safety door according to claim 4, characterized in that: A convex column is arranged on the lower surface of the safety door at the non-rotation center, and a limiting groove corresponding to the convex column is opened on the middle shell.

8. The self-locking electrical socket with a safety door according to claim 1, characterized in that: A base is arranged below the lower shell, and a metal contact sheet is fixed on the base.

9. The self-locking electrical socket with a safety door according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cross-sectional shape of the safety door is circular.

10. The self-locking electrical socket with a safety door according to claim 1, characterized in that: There are two safety doors, which include a first safety door and a second safety door. The first safety door has two sockets, and the second safety door has three sockets.

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