Rotary socket module

Abstract

The utility model is suitable for the technical field of electrical equipment, and provides a rotary socket module which comprises a rotating assembly, a first supporting part and a second supporting part, and the rotating assembly is rotatably installed between the first supporting part and the second supporting part around a rotating axis. The first supporting part is provided with a null line annular conductive part, and the second supporting part is provided with a live line annular conductive part. A null line contact end is arranged on the side, facing the first supporting part, of the rotating assembly, and the null line contact end makes contact with the null line annular conductive part. The side, facing the second supporting part, of the rotating assembly is provided with a live wire contact end, and the live wire contact end makes contact with the live wire annular conductive part. And at least one plug plugging area is arranged on the circumferential side surface of the rotating assembly along the rotating direction. By rotating the rotating assembly, the orientation of the plug plugging area on the rotating assembly is adjusted, so that the plug plugging area on the rotating assembly and the plug plugging areas in other adjacent socket modules in the extension socket can be smoothly plugged with plugs, and the utilization rate of the plug plugging areas in the extension socket is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of electrical equipment, and more specifically, to a rotating socket module. Background Art

[0002] With the popularization of electronic devices, power strips (also known as power strips or sockets) have become an indispensable power distribution tool in people's lives. Power strips are usually provided with multiple plug insertion areas for multiple plugs to be inserted. However, the multiple plug insertion areas of existing power strips are usually arranged on the same side of the power strip, and the spacing between two adjacent plug insertion areas is limited. When a plug is inserted into one of the two adjacent plug insertion areas, the plug on the plug insertion area may block at least part of the area of ​​the other plug insertion area, making it impossible to insert other plugs into the other plug insertion area, and the utilization rate of the plug insertion area is low. Utility Model Content

[0003] The purpose of the embodiments of the present application is to provide a rotating socket module, aiming to solve the technical problem of low utilization rate of the plug insertion area of ​​the power strip in the prior art.

[0004] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the technical solution adopted in the present application is: to provide a rotating socket module, including a rotating component, a first supporting part and a second supporting part, the first supporting part and the second supporting part are arranged in sequence along a first direction, the rotating component is rotatably installed between the first supporting part and the second supporting part around a rotating axis, and the rotating axis is parallel to the first direction; a neutral wire annular conductive part is arranged on the first supporting part, and a live wire annular conductive part is arranged on the second supporting part; a neutral wire contact end is arranged on the side of the rotating component facing the first supporting part, and the neutral wire contact end is in contact with the neutral wire annular conductive part, and a live wire contact end is arranged on the side of the rotating component facing the second supporting part, and the live wire contact end is in contact with the live wire annular conductive part; at least one plug insertion area is arranged on the circumferential side surface of the rotating component along the rotation direction.

[0005] In a possible design, a plurality of the plug insertion areas are provided on the peripheral side surface of the rotating component along the rotation direction, and the plurality of the plug insertion areas are arranged at intervals along the rotation direction of the rotating component.

[0006] In one possible design, the number of the plug insertion areas is four, two of which are spaced apart and disposed opposite to each other along the second direction, and the other two are spaced apart and disposed opposite to each other along the third direction, and the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are disposed perpendicular to each other in pairs.

[0007] In a possible design, the rotating assembly includes a shell and an insulating bracket, and the shell is rotatably connected to the first support part and the second support part respectively; the shell has an inner cavity, the insulating bracket is installed in the inner cavity, the neutral wire contact end is installed on the side of the insulating bracket close to the first support part, and the live wire contact end is installed on the side of the insulating bracket close to the second support part.

[0008] In a possible design, a neutral wire adapter portion is installed on the side of the insulating bracket facing the first supporting portion, the neutral wire contact end is protrudingly arranged on the neutral wire adapter portion, the neutral wire contact end is elastically connected to the neutral wire adapter portion, and the neutral wire contact end abuts against the neutral wire annular conductive portion; a live wire adapter portion is installed on the side of the insulating bracket facing the second supporting portion, the live wire contact end is protrudingly arranged on the live wire adapter portion, the live wire contact end is elastically connected to the live wire adapter portion, and the live wire contact end abuts against the live wire annular conductive portion.

[0009] In a possible design, the insulating bracket is respectively provided with a first positioning structure and a second positioning structure on opposite sides in the first direction; the shell has a first side wall and a second side wall spaced apart along the first direction, the first side wall is penetrated by a first positioning hole, and the second side wall is penetrated by a second positioning hole; the neutral wire adapter is penetrated by a first through hole, and the live wire adapter is penetrated by a second through hole; the first positioning structure is sequentially penetrated in the first through hole and the first positioning hole, and the second positioning structure is sequentially penetrated in the second through hole and the second positioning hole.

[0010] In a possible design, one of the first supporting portion and the neutral line annular conductive portion is provided with a first plug-in portion, and the other is provided with a first plug-in hole, and the first plug-in portion is plugged into the first plug-in hole;

[0011] One of the second supporting portion and the live wire ring-shaped conductive portion is provided with a second plug-in portion, and the other is provided with a second plug-in hole, and the second plug-in portion is plugged into the second plug-in hole.

[0012] In a possible design, at least one of the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion is provided with a first damping structure, and a second damping structure is provided on the side of the shell facing the first damping structure; one of the first damping structure and the second damping structure is a gear, and the other is an elastic abutting portion, the axis of the gear coincides with the rotation axis, and the elastic abutting portion abuts on the gear.

[0013] In a possible design, the rotating socket module also includes a ground wire ring-shaped conductive part, the axis of the ground wire ring-shaped conductive part coincides with the rotation axis, the ground wire ring-shaped conductive part is installed between the first support part and the second support part, and a ground wire contact end is also provided on the rotating assembly, and the ground wire contact end is in contact with the ground wire ring-shaped conductive part.

[0014] In a possible design, the ground wire contact end and the ground wire annular conductive portion are both cylindrical structures, and the ground wire contact end is sleeved on the outer circumference of the ground wire annular conductive portion.

[0015] The beneficial effect of the rotating socket module provided by the present application is that: compared with the prior art, the rotating socket module provided by the present application, by respectively arranging the neutral line annular conductive part and the live line annular conductive part on the first support part and the second support part, and respectively arranging the neutral line contact end and the live line contact end on the rotating assembly, the neutral line contact end and the live line contact end are respectively in contact with the neutral line annular conductive part and the live line annular conductive part, so that the neutral line contact end and the live line contact end can move on the neutral line annular conductive part and the live line annular conductive part respectively around the rotation axis driven by the rotating assembly. It can be seen from the above that the rotating assembly can rotate at any angle around the rotation axis relative to the first support part and the second support part, thereby driving the plug insertion area to rotate at any angle around the rotation axis, and will not affect the electrical connection between the neutral line contact end and the neutral line annular conductive part and between the live line contact end and the live line annular conductive part.

[0016] The rotating socket module provided in the present application can be applied to power strips. When at least one rotating socket module provided in the present application is provided in the power strip, the orientation of the plug plugging area on the rotating component can be adjusted by rotating the rotating component, so that the plug plugging area on the rotating component and the plug plugging area in the adjacent socket module are oriented in different directions. In this way, it is possible to effectively avoid interference between the plug on the plug plugging area in the rotating component and the plug on the adjacent plug plugging area, so that the plug can be smoothly inserted into the plug plugging area on the rotating component and the plug plugging area in the adjacent socket module, thereby improving the utilization rate of the plug plugging area in the power strip. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only 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.

[0018] Figure 1 This is a structural schematic diagram of a rotating socket module provided by an embodiment of the present application from one perspective;

[0019] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the exploded parts of a rotary socket module provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0020] Figure 3 It is an exploded schematic diagram of some parts of a rotary socket module provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0021] Figure 4 It is a structural schematic diagram of a neutral line transfer part in a rotary socket module provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0022] Figure 5 It is a structural schematic diagram of a live wire adapter in a rotary socket module provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0023] Figure 6 It is a structural schematic diagram of a first supporting portion and a neutral line annular conductive portion in a rotary socket module provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0024] Figure 7 It is a structural schematic diagram of a second supporting portion and a live wire annular conductive portion in a rotary socket module provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0025] Figure 8 It is a structural schematic diagram of a ground wire adapter portion and a ground wire ring-shaped conductive portion in a rotary socket module provided by an embodiment of the present application.

[0026] The reference numerals in the above drawings are as follows:

[0027] 10. Socket module;

[0028] 110, rotating assembly; 111, housing; 1111, bottom shell; 1112, upper cover; 1113, second damping structure; 1114, first positioning hole; 1115, second positioning hole; 112, insulating bracket; 1121, first positioning structure; 1122, second positioning structure; 113, plug insertion area; 1131, first socket; 1132, second socket; 1133, third socket;

[0029] 120. first supporting portion; 121. first plug hole;

[0030] 130. second supporting portion; 131. second plug hole; 132. first damping structure;

[0031] 141, zero line annular conductive part; 1411, first plug-in part; 142, live line annular conductive part; 1421, second plug-in part; 143, ground line annular conductive part;

[0032] 150, neutral line transfer part; 151, first slot; 152, neutral line contact end; 153, first via hole;

[0033] 160, live wire adapter; 161, second slot; 162, live wire contact end; 163, second via hole;

[0034] 170. Ground wire transfer portion; 171. Third slot; 172. Ground wire contact terminal. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and beneficial effects to be solved by the present application more clearly understood, the present application is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present application and are not used to limit the present application.

[0036] It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "fixed to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or indirectly connected to the other element.

[0037] It should be understood that the orientation or position relationship indicated by terms such as "length", "width", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside" and "outside" are based on the orientation or position relationship shown in the drawings and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the structure or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present application.

[0038] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" 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. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of this application, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more, unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0039] In order to illustrate the technical solution described in this application, a detailed description is given below in conjunction with specific drawings and embodiments.

[0040] like Figures 1 to 7As shown, an embodiment of the present application provides a rotating socket module 10, including a rotating assembly 110, a first support portion 120 and a second support portion 130, the first support portion 120 and the second support portion 130 are arranged in sequence along the first direction, and the rotating assembly 110 is rotatably installed between the first support portion 120 and the second support portion 130 around a rotation axis, and the rotation axis is parallel to the first direction. A zero line annular conductive portion 141 is arranged on the first support portion 120, and a live line annular conductive portion 142 is arranged on the second support portion 130. A zero line contact terminal 152 is arranged on the side of the rotating assembly 110 facing the first support portion 120, and the zero line contact terminal 152 contacts the zero line annular conductive portion 141. A live line contact terminal 162 is arranged on the side of the rotating assembly 110 facing the second support portion 130, and the live line contact terminal 162 contacts the live line annular conductive portion 142. At least one plug insertion area 113 is arranged on the peripheral side surface of the rotating assembly 110 along the rotation direction. In the embodiment of the present application, the axes of the neutral line annular conductive portion 141 and the live line annular conductive portion 142 coincide with the rotation axis. In the embodiment of the present application, the first direction can be a vertical direction, a horizontal direction, or other inclined directions. For ease of description, the following description is based on the vertical direction as an example.

[0041] In the embodiment of the present application, the first support portion 120 and the second support portion 130 are connected to each other, and the first support portion 120 and the second support portion 130 can be connected by screw connection, snap connection, or plug-in connection.

[0042] In the embodiment of the present application, the neutral wire annular conductive part 141, the live wire annular conductive part 142, the neutral wire contact end 152 and the live wire contact end 162 are all made of conductive materials, the neutral wire annular conductive part 141 is used to electrically connect to the neutral wire, and the live wire annular conductive part 142 is used to electrically connect to the live wire.

[0043] In one example, the neutral line annular conductive portion 141, the live line annular conductive portion 142, the neutral line contact end 152 and the live line contact end 162 are all made of metal materials (such as copper, etc.). When the neutral line contact end 152 contacts the neutral line annular conductive portion 141, an electrical connection can be achieved between the neutral line contact end 152 and the neutral line annular conductive portion 141. When the live line contact end 162 contacts the live line annular conductive portion 142, an electrical connection can be achieved between the live line contact end 162 and the live line annular conductive portion 142.

[0044] Compared with the related art, the rotating socket module 10 provided in the embodiment of the present application is configured such that a neutral line annular conductive portion 141 and a live line annular conductive portion 142 are respectively arranged on the first support portion 120 and the second support portion 130, and a neutral line contact terminal 152 and a live line contact terminal 162 are respectively arranged on the rotating component 110. The neutral line contact terminal 152 and the live line contact terminal 162 are respectively in contact with the neutral line annular conductive portion 141 and the live line annular conductive portion 142. In this way, the neutral line contact terminal 152 and the live line contact terminal 162 can be driven by the rotating component 110 to move on the neutral line annular conductive portion 141 and the live line annular conductive portion 142 around the rotation axis respectively. It can be seen from the above that the rotating assembly 110 can rotate at any angle around the rotation axis relative to the first support part 120 and the second support part 130, thereby driving the plug insertion area 113 to rotate at any angle around the rotation axis without affecting the electrical connection between the neutral wire contact end 152 and the neutral wire annular conductive part 141 and between the live wire contact end 162 and the live wire annular conductive part 142.

[0045] The rotating socket module 10 provided in the embodiment of the present application can be applied to a power strip. When the rotating socket module 10 is applied to a power strip, at least one rotating socket module 10 provided in the embodiment of the present application is arranged in the shell of the power strip, and the first support portion 120 and the second support portion 130 are used to connect with adjacent socket modules 10. In this way, by rotating the rotating assembly 110, the orientation of the plug insertion area 113 on the rotating assembly 110 is adjusted, so that the plug insertion area 113 on the rotating assembly 110 and the plug insertion area 113 in the adjacent socket module 10 are respectively oriented in different directions. In this way, the plug on the plug insertion area 113 in the rotating assembly 110 and the plug on the adjacent plug insertion area 113 can be effectively prevented from interfering with each other, so that the plug insertion area 113 on the rotating assembly 110 and the plug insertion area 113 in the adjacent socket module 10 can be smoothly inserted with a plug, thereby improving the utilization rate of the plug insertion area 113 in the power strip.

[0046] In the related art, a power strip is usually provided with a plurality of socket modules 10 , and each socket module 10 is usually provided with only one plug insertion area 113 .

[0047] In one possible design, Figure 1 and Figure 2As shown, a plurality of plug insertion areas 113 are arranged on the peripheral side surface of the rotating component 110 along the rotation direction, and the plurality of plug insertion areas 113 are arranged at intervals along the rotation direction of the rotating component 110. In this arrangement, by setting a plurality of plug insertion areas 113, and because the plurality of plug insertion areas 113 are arranged at intervals around the rotation direction of the rotating component 110, that is, the orientations of the plurality of plug insertion areas 113 are all different, so that the same rotating socket module 10 can be inserted with multiple plugs. When the rotating socket module 10 is applied to a power strip, and the number of plug insertion areas 113 required to be arranged is certain, the number of socket modules 10 in the power strip can be effectively reduced, thereby reducing the volume of the power strip.

[0048] In some optional embodiments, such as Figure 3 As shown, a neutral line adapter 150 is installed on one side of the rotating assembly 110 close to the first support portion 120, and a live line adapter 160 is installed on one side of the rotating assembly 110 close to the second support portion 130. Figure 4 As shown, the neutral line contact end 152 is protrudingly disposed on the neutral line transfer portion 150. Figure 5 As shown, the live wire contact end 162 is protrudingly arranged on the live wire adapter 160. Both the neutral wire adapter 150 and the live wire adapter 160 are made of conductive materials. Figure 4 As shown, the zero line adapter 150 is an annular structure, and the axis of the zero line adapter 150 coincides with the rotation axis. The zero line adapter 150 has a first outer side away from its own axis. A plurality of first slots 151 are arranged on the first outer side of the zero line adapter 150. The plurality of first slots 151 are arranged one by one corresponding to the plurality of plug insertion areas 113. Figure 5 As shown, the live wire adapter 160 is also an annular structure, and the axis of the live wire adapter 160 coincides with the rotation axis. The live wire adapter 160 has a second outer side that is away from its own axis. A plurality of second slots 161 are provided on the second outer side of the live wire adapter 160. The plurality of second slots 161 are also provided in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of plug insertion areas 113. When any plug insertion area 113 is inserted into a plug, the neutral wire pin of the plug is inserted into the first slot 151 and contacts the inner wall of the first slot 151, and the live wire pin of the plug is inserted into the second slot 161 and contacts the inner wall of the second slot 161.

[0049] In an optional example, the neutral wire adapter part 150, the live wire adapter part 160, the neutral wire contact terminal 152 and the live wire contact terminal 162 are all made of copper, and the neutral wire adapter part 150 and the neutral wire contact terminal 152 are connected to form an integral structure by an integral bending molding method, and the live wire adapter part 160 and the live wire contact terminal 162 are also connected to form an integral structure by an integral bending molding method.

[0050] In one possible design, Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the number of plug insertion areas 113 is four, of which two plug insertion areas 113 are spaced and arranged opposite to each other along the second direction, and the other two plug insertion areas 113 are spaced and arranged opposite to each other along the third direction, and the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are arranged perpendicular to each other. In this way, the multi-side areas on the peripheral side of the rotating component 110 are effectively utilized to set the plug insertion areas 113, so that not only the number of plugs that can be inserted into the rotating socket module 10 is increased to a certain extent, but also the spacing between two adjacent plug insertion areas 113 on the rotating component 110 is relatively large. When the rotating socket module 10 is applied to the power strip, the plug insertion area 113 on the socket module 10 adjacent to the rotating socket module 10 can be made to face the area between the two adjacent plug insertion areas 113 on the rotating component 110 by rotating the rotating component 110 around the rotation axis at a certain angle (for example, 45 degrees), so that the plugs on the two adjacent plug insertion areas 113 are effectively avoided from interfering with each other, thereby improving the utilization rate of the plug insertion areas 113 in the power strip.

[0051] In one example, if Figure 4 and Figure 5 As shown, both the neutral line adapter 150 and the live line adapter 160 are octagonal ring structures. The first outer side surface of the neutral line adapter 150 is formed by eight first surfaces connected end to end, and one of any two adjacent first surfaces is provided with a first slot 151, that is, the first surface provided with the first slot 151 is arranged at intervals along the rotation direction of the rotating component 110, and the first surface without the first slot 151 is respectively located between two adjacent first surfaces provided with the first slot 151. The second outer side surface of the live line adapter 160 is formed by eight second surfaces connected end to end, and one of any two adjacent second surfaces is provided with a second slot 161, that is, the second surface provided with the second slot 161 is arranged at intervals along the rotation direction of the rotating component 110, and the second surface without the second slot 161 is respectively located between two adjacent second surfaces provided with the second slot 161.

[0052] In one possible design, Figure 2 and Figure 3As shown, the rotating assembly 110 includes a housing 111 and an insulating bracket 112, and the housing 111 is rotatably connected to the first support portion 120 and the second support portion 130 respectively. The housing 111 has an inner cavity, and the insulating bracket 112 is installed in the inner cavity. The neutral line contact end 152 is installed on the side of the insulating bracket 112 close to the first support portion 120, and the live line contact end 162 is installed on the side of the insulating bracket 112 close to the second support portion 130. Optionally, a neutral line adapter 150 is installed on the side of the insulating bracket 112 facing the first support portion 120, and the neutral line contact end 152 is protrudingly arranged on the side of the neutral line adapter 150 facing the first support portion 120; a live line adapter 160 is installed on the side of the insulating bracket 112 facing the second support portion 130, and the live line contact end 162 is protrudingly arranged on the side of the live line adapter 160 facing the second support portion 130. In this setting, a shell 111 and an insulating bracket 112 are provided to facilitate the installation of the neutral wire contact terminal 152 and the live wire contact terminal 162, and the insulating bracket 112 serves as an insulator between the neutral wire contact terminal 152 and the live wire contact terminal 162. The shell 111 covers the neutral wire contact terminal 152 and the live wire contact terminal 162 to prevent the user from getting an electric shock, thereby improving the safety and reliability of the rotating socket module 10.

[0053] In an optional embodiment, if Figure 3 As shown, the housing 111 includes a bottom shell 1111 and an upper cover 1112. The bottom shell 1111 has an opening on one side in the first direction. The upper cover 1112 covers the opening of the bottom shell 1111. The bottom shell 1111 and the upper cover 1112 are arranged to form the above-mentioned inner cavity. During the installation process, the neutral wire adapter 150 and the live wire adapter 160 can be installed on opposite sides of the insulating bracket 112 respectively, and then the insulating bracket 112 is installed in the inner cavity from the opening of the bottom shell 1111, and finally the upper cover 1112 is covered on the opening. In this embodiment, the bottom shell 1111 and the upper cover 1112 are respectively provided with connecting holes, so that the neutral wire contact terminal 152 and the live wire contact terminal 162 extend out of the inner cavity from the connecting holes of the bottom shell 1111 and the connecting holes of the upper cover 1112 respectively, so that the neutral wire contact terminal 152 and the live wire contact terminal 162 are in contact with the neutral wire annular conductive part 141 and the live wire annular conductive part 142 respectively.

[0054] In one example, if Figure 2As shown, the first support part 120 is located above the second support part 130, the bottom shell 1111 and the upper cover 1112 are located between the first support part 120 and the second support part 130, the upper cover 1112 is provided with a first connecting hole along the first direction, and the bottom shell 1111 has a bottom wall opposite to the opening, and the bottom wall is provided with a second connecting hole along the first direction. The neutral line contact end 152 extends out of the inner cavity through the first connecting hole and contacts with the neutral line annular conductive part 141, and the live line contact end 162 extends out of the inner cavity through the second connecting hole and contacts with the live line annular conductive part 142. The bottom shell 1111 is rotatably connected with the first support part 120 and the second support part 130 respectively around the rotation axis.

[0055] In one example, if Figure 2 or Figure 3 As shown, the bottom shell 1111 is an octagonal prism-shaped shell structure, and the axis of the bottom shell 1111 coincides with the rotation axis. The bottom shell 1111 has eight side surfaces parallel to the first direction, and the eight side surfaces are connected end to end to form the peripheral side surfaces of the rotating component 110. The eight side surfaces include two first plug-in surfaces spaced apart along the second direction, two second plug-in surfaces spaced apart along the third direction, and four connecting surfaces, and a connecting surface is provided between any adjacent first plug-in surfaces and second plug-in surfaces. A plug plugging area 113 is provided on each first plug-in surface and each second plug-in surface. Specifically, each first plugging surface and each second plugging surface are provided with a first socket 1131 and a second socket 1132, and each first plugging surface and each second plugging surface first socket 1131 are provided in one-to-one correspondence with each first slot 151 in the neutral line adapter 150, and each first plugging surface and each second plugging surface second socket 1132 are provided in one-to-one correspondence with each second slot 161 in the live line adapter 160. The neutral line plug of the plug is inserted into the corresponding first slot 151 via the first socket 1131, and the live line plug of the plug is inserted into the corresponding second slot 161 via the second socket 1132.

[0056] In a possible design, the neutral contact terminal 152 is protrudingly disposed on the neutral adapter 150, the neutral contact terminal 152 is elastically connected to the neutral adapter 150, and the neutral contact terminal 152 abuts against the neutral annular conductive portion 141. The live contact terminal 162 is protrudingly disposed on the live adapter 160, the live contact terminal 162 is elastically connected to the live adapter 160, and the live contact terminal 162 abuts against the live annular conductive portion 142. In this arrangement, since the zero line contact end 152 and the zero line adapter 150 are elastically connected, when the zero line contact end 152 abuts against the zero line annular conductive portion 141, a certain elastic deformation occurs at the connection between the zero line contact end 152 and the zero line adapter 150, so that the connection between the zero line contact end 152 and the zero line adapter 150 exerts a certain elastic force on the zero line contact end 152, thereby enabling the zero line contact end 152 to stably abut against the zero line annular conductive portion 141, thus improving the electrical connection stability between the zero line contact end 152 and the zero line annular conductive portion 141. Similarly, since the live line contact end 162 is elastically connected to the live line adapter 160, the electrical connection stability between the live line contact end 162 and the live line annular conductive portion 142 can also be improved.

[0057] In some optional embodiments, the neutral line adapter 150 and the neutral line contact terminal 152 are elastically connected by integral bending. During the production process, a portion of the structure on a copper sheet substrate is bent toward one side of the copper sheet substrate, so that the partially bent structure protrudes from one side of the copper sheet substrate as the neutral line contact terminal 152, and the unbent structure on the copper sheet substrate is the neutral line adapter 150. Since the neutral line contact terminal 152 is formed by bending the copper sheet substrate, the neutral line contact terminal 152 is elastically connected to the neutral line adapter 150. The connection method between the live line adapter 160 and the live line contact terminal 162 is the same as the above connection method, which will not be repeated here.

[0058] In some embodiments, Figure 4 and Figure 5 As shown, the number of the neutral wire contact terminal 152 and the live wire contact terminal 162 are both multiple, and the multiple neutral wire contact terminals 152 are distributed in an annular manner on the side of the neutral wire adapter 150 facing the first support portion 120, and the multiple neutral wire contact terminals 152 are all in contact with the neutral wire annular conductive portion 141. The multiple live wire contact terminals 162 are distributed in annular manner on the side of the live wire adapter 160 facing the second support portion 130, and the multiple live wire contact terminals 162 are all in contact with the live wire annular conductive portion 142. Such an arrangement can effectively improve the reliability of the electrical connection between the neutral wire adapter 150 and the neutral wire annular conductive portion 141 through the neutral wire contact terminal 152, and can also effectively improve the reliability of the electrical connection between the live wire adapter 160 and the live wire annular conductive portion 142 through the live wire contact terminal 162.

[0059] In one possible design, Figure 2 and Figure 3 As shown, the insulating bracket 112 is provided with a first positioning structure 1121 and a second positioning structure 1122 on opposite sides of the first direction. The housing 111 has a first side wall and a second side wall spaced apart along the first direction, the first side wall is penetrated with a first positioning hole 1114, and the second side wall is penetrated with a second positioning hole 1115. The neutral line adapter 150 is penetrated with a first through hole 153, and the live line adapter 160 is penetrated with a second through hole 163. The first positioning structure 1121 is sequentially penetrated in the first through hole 153 and the first positioning hole 1114, and the second positioning structure 1122 is sequentially penetrated in the second through hole 163 and the second positioning hole 1115. In this arrangement, by allowing the first positioning structure 1121 to be sequentially inserted into the first through hole 153 and the first positioning hole 1114, the insulating bracket 112, the neutral line adapter 150 and the housing 111 can be relatively limited, so that when the housing 111 is rotated around the rotation axis, the insulating bracket 112 and the neutral line adapter 150 can be driven to rotate at the same time. Similarly, by allowing the second positioning structure 1122 to be sequentially inserted into the second through hole 163 and the second positioning hole 1115, the insulating bracket 112, the live line adapter 160 and the housing 111 can be relatively limited, so that when the housing 111 is rotated around the rotation axis, the insulating bracket 112 and the live line adapter 160 can be driven to rotate at the same time.

[0060] In some embodiments, Figure 3 As shown, the first side wall is specifically an upper cover 1112, and the second side wall is specifically a bottom wall of the bottom shell 1111. Optionally, the number of the first positioning structures 1121 is multiple, and the multiple first positioning structures 1121 are spaced apart on the side of the insulating bracket 112 facing the first support portion 120. The number of the first through holes 153 and the first positioning holes 1114 is also multiple, and the multiple first through holes 153 are spaced apart on the zero line adapter 150, and the multiple first positioning holes 1114 are spaced apart on the upper cover 1112. The multiple first positioning structures 1121, the multiple first through holes 153, and the multiple first positioning holes 1114 are arranged one by one, and each first positioning structure 1121 is sequentially penetrated in the corresponding first through hole 153 and the first positioning hole 1114. Optionally, the number of the second positioning structures 1122 is multiple, and the multiple second positioning structures 1122 are spaced apart on the side of the insulating bracket 112 facing the second support portion 130. There are also multiple second via holes 163 and multiple second positioning holes 1115. Multiple second via holes 163 are arranged at intervals on the live wire adapter 160, and multiple second positioning holes 1115 are arranged at intervals on the bottom wall of the bottom shell 1111. Multiple second positioning structures 1122, multiple second via holes 163, and multiple second positioning holes 1115 are arranged in one-to-one correspondence, and each second positioning structure 1122 is sequentially penetrated in the corresponding second via hole 163 and second positioning hole 1115.

[0061] In one possible design, Figure 6 As shown, one of the first supporting portion 120 and the neutral line annular conductive portion 141 is provided with a first plug-in portion 1411, and the other is provided with a first plug-in hole 121, and the first plug-in portion 1411 is plugged into the first plug-in hole 121. Figure 7 As shown, one of the second support portion 130 and the live wire annular conductive portion 142 is provided with a second plug-in portion 1421, and the other is provided with a second jack 131, and the second plug-in portion 1421 is plugged into the second jack 131. In this arrangement, the first support portion 120 and the neutral wire annular conductive portion 141 are stably connected by the cooperation of the first plug-in portion 1411 and the first jack 121. The second support portion 130 and the live wire annular conductive portion 142 are stably connected by the cooperation of the second plug-in portion 1421 and the second jack 131. In this way, the installation stability of the neutral wire annular conductive portion 141 and the live wire annular conductive portion 142 is effectively improved, thereby effectively preventing the neutral wire annular conductive portion 141 and the live wire annular conductive portion 142 from rotating with the rotating component 110.

[0062] Optional, such as Figure 6 As shown, the first support portion 120 is provided with a first plug hole 121, and the neutral line annular conductive portion 141 is provided with a first plug-in portion 1411. Figure 7 As shown, a second plug hole 131 is disposed on the second supporting portion 130 , and a second plug-in portion 1421 is disposed on the live wire ring-shaped conductive portion 142 .

[0063] In one possible design, Figure 2 , Figure 3 and Figure 7 As shown, at least one of the first support portion 120 and the second support portion 130 is provided with a first damping structure 132, and a second damping structure 1113 is provided on the side of the housing 111 facing the first damping structure 132. One of the first damping structure 132 and the second damping structure 1113 is a gear, and the other is an elastic abutment portion. The axis of the gear coincides with the axis of rotation, and the elastic abutment portion abuts on the gear. In this arrangement, by providing the elastic abutment portion and the gear, and making the elastic abutment portion abut on the gear, a certain damping effect can be formed between the elastic abutment portion and the gear. On the one hand, the structural stability of the rotating socket module 10 is improved to a certain extent, and on the other hand, the user's feel when rotating the housing 111 relative to the first support portion 120 and the second support portion 130 can be improved.

[0064] In some optional embodiments, an elastic abutment portion is provided on the second support portion 130, and a gear is provided on the side of the bottom wall of the bottom shell 1111 in the housing 111 facing the second support portion 130, and each tooth in the gear extends from the bottom wall toward the direction close to the second support portion 130. There may be multiple elastic abutment portions, and the multiple elastic abutment portions are distributed at intervals around the circumference of the rotation axis, and each elastic abutment portion abuts on the gear. Such a configuration can make the abutment force on the gear more stable, and can further improve the user's feel when rotating the housing 111 relative to the first support portion 120 and the second support portion 130.

[0065] In some optional embodiments, when the first damping structure 132 is provided on both the first support portion 120 and the second support portion 130, the second damping structure 1113 is respectively provided on the side of the shell 111 facing the first support portion 120 and the side facing the second support portion 130, the second damping structure 1113 on the side of the shell 111 facing the first support portion 120 abuts against the first damping structure 132 on the first support portion 120, and the second damping structure 1113 on the side of the shell 111 facing the second support portion 130 abuts against the first damping structure 132 on the second support portion 130.

[0066] In one possible design, Figure 8 As shown, the rotating socket module 10 also includes a ground wire annular conductive portion 143, the axis of which coincides with the rotation axis, and the ground wire annular conductive portion 143 is installed between the first support portion 120 and the second support portion 130. The rotating assembly 110 is also provided with a ground wire contact terminal 172, and the ground wire contact terminal 172 contacts the ground wire annular conductive portion 143. In this arrangement, since the rotating socket module 10 is also provided with the ground wire annular conductive portion 143 and the contact terminal, the rotating socket module 10 can be inserted into a three-pin plug, and has a wider range of applications.

[0067] In some embodiments, a ground wire adapter 170 is also installed on the rotating assembly 110, and the ground wire adapter 170 is located between the neutral wire adapter 150 and the live wire adapter 160, and the ground wire contact terminal 172 is arranged on the ground wire adapter 170. Optionally, the ground wire contact terminal 172 and the ground wire adapter 170 are also connected to form an integral structure by integral bending. Optionally, the ground wire contact terminal 172 and the ground wire adapter 170 are both made of conductive material (such as copper).

[0068] Optionally, the grounding adapter 170 is an octagonal ring structure, and the grounding adapter 170 is arranged around the outer periphery of the insulating bracket 112. The grounding adapter 170 has eight third surfaces connected end to end. Among any two adjacent third surfaces, one of the third surfaces is provided with a third slot 171, that is, the third surfaces provided with the third slot 171 are arranged at intervals along the rotation direction of the rotating component 110, and the third surfaces not provided with the third slot 171 are respectively located between two adjacent third surfaces provided with the third slot 171. The first plug-in surfaces and the second plug-in surfaces of the bottom shell 1111 are also respectively provided with third sockets 1133, and the third sockets 1133 on the first plug-in surfaces and the second plug-in surfaces are arranged one-to-one with the third slots 171 in the grounding adapter 170. The grounding pin of the plug is inserted into the corresponding third slot 171 through the third socket 1133 and contacts the inner wall of the third slot 171.

[0069] In one possible design, Figure 8 As shown, the ground wire contact end 172 and the ground wire annular conductive portion 143 are both cylindrical structures, and the ground wire contact end 172 is sleeved on the outer periphery of the ground wire annular conductive portion 143. In this arrangement, it is beneficial to improve the contact reliability between the ground wire contact end 172 and the ground wire annular conductive portion 143, and at the same time, the cooperation between the ground wire contact end 172 and the ground wire annular conductive portion 143 can also play a certain guiding role in the rotation of the rotating component 110 around the rotation axis, thereby facilitating the rotation of the rotating component 110 around the rotation axis.

[0070] In the embodiment of the present application, the plug insertion area 113 on the rotating assembly 110 can be used to insert a national standard plug, an American standard plug, a Japanese standard plug, an Australian standard plug, or an Argentinian standard plug. Specifically, the relative positions and shapes of the first sockets 1131, the second sockets 1132, and the third sockets 1133 on each first plugging surface and each second plugging surface can be set according to actual needs.

[0071] The above description is only an optional embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A rotary socket module, characterized in that: It includes a rotating component, a first supporting part and a second supporting part, the first supporting part and the second supporting part are arranged in sequence along a first direction, the rotating component is rotatably installed between the first supporting part and the second supporting part around a rotating axis, and the rotating axis is parallel to the first direction; a neutral line annular conductive part is arranged on the first supporting part, and a live line annular conductive part is arranged on the second supporting part; a neutral line contact end is arranged on the side of the rotating component facing the first supporting part, and the neutral line contact end is in contact with the neutral line annular conductive part, and a live line contact end is arranged on the side of the rotating component facing the second supporting part, and the live line contact end is in contact with the live line annular conductive part; at least one plug insertion area is arranged on the circumferential side surface of the rotating component along the rotation direction.

2. The rotary socket module according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of the plug insertion areas are arranged on the peripheral side surface of the rotating component along the rotation direction, and the plurality of the plug insertion areas are arranged at intervals along the rotation direction of the rotating component.

3. The rotary socket module according to claim 2, characterized in that: There are four plug insertion areas, two of which are spaced apart and arranged opposite to each other along the second direction, and the other two are spaced apart and arranged opposite to each other along the third direction, and the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are arranged perpendicular to each other in pairs.

4. The rotary socket module according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotating assembly includes a shell and an insulating bracket, and the shell is rotatably connected to the first support part and the second support part respectively; the shell has an inner cavity, and the insulating bracket is installed in the inner cavity, the neutral wire contact end is installed on the side of the insulating bracket close to the first support part, and the live wire contact end is installed on the side of the insulating bracket close to the second support part.

5. The rotary socket module according to claim 4, characterized in that: A neutral wire adapter portion is installed on the side of the insulating bracket facing the first supporting portion, the neutral wire contact end is protrudingly arranged on the neutral wire adapter portion, the neutral wire contact end is elastically connected to the neutral wire adapter portion, and the neutral wire contact end abuts against the neutral wire annular conductive portion; a live wire adapter portion is installed on the side of the insulating bracket facing the second supporting portion, the live wire contact end is protrudingly arranged on the live wire adapter portion, the live wire contact end is elastically connected to the live wire adapter portion, and the live wire contact end abuts against the live wire annular conductive portion.

6. The rotary socket module according to claim 5, characterized in that: The insulating bracket is respectively provided with a first positioning structure and a second positioning structure on opposite sides in the first direction; the shell has a first side wall and a second side wall spaced apart along the first direction, the first side wall is penetrated by a first positioning hole, and the second side wall is penetrated by a second positioning hole; the neutral wire adapter is penetrated by a first through hole, and the live wire adapter is penetrated by a second through hole; the first positioning structure is sequentially penetrated in the first through hole and the first positioning hole, and the second positioning structure is sequentially penetrated in the second through hole and the second positioning hole.

7. The rotary socket module according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: One of the first supporting portion and the neutral line annular conductive portion is provided with a first plug-in portion, and the other is provided with a first plug-in hole, and the first plug-in portion is plugged into the first plug-in hole; One of the second supporting portion and the live wire ring-shaped conductive portion is provided with a second plug-in portion, and the other is provided with a second plug-in hole, and the second plug-in portion is plugged into the second plug-in hole.

8. The rotary socket module according to any one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that: At least one of the first supporting part and the second supporting part is provided with a first damping structure, and a second damping structure is provided on the side of the shell facing the first damping structure; one of the first damping structure and the second damping structure is a gear, and the other is an elastic abutting part, the axis of the gear coincides with the rotation axis, and the elastic abutting part abuts on the gear.

9. The rotary socket module according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: The rotating socket module also includes a ground wire ring-shaped conductive part, the axis of the ground wire ring-shaped conductive part coincides with the rotation axis, the ground wire ring-shaped conductive part is installed between the first support part and the second support part, and a ground wire contact end is also provided on the rotating component, and the ground wire contact end contacts the ground wire ring-shaped conductive part.

10. The rotary socket module according to claim 9, characterized in that: The ground wire contact end and the ground wire annular conductive portion are both cylindrical structures, and the ground wire contact end is sleeved on the outer circumference of the ground wire annular conductive portion.

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