Rotating Multi-Specification Plug Adapter for Compact Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional multi-specification plug adapters are bulky and inconvenient due to their fixed orientation, making them difficult to use and carry when adapting to different international socket standards.
Innovation Solution
A multi-specification plug adapter design featuring a first and second outer casing with rotating shafts and shaft holes, allowing the first outer casing to rotate 90° relative to the second, with push-button extended plug pins of different specifications, enabling convenient angle adjustment and compact storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple pins of different specifications are held in one plug adapter, then the adapter can be adapted to plugs of different specifications in multiple countries, but the volume of the whole plug adapter becomes larger than the volume of one plug
Solution Approach 1:
The plug adapter is divided into a fixed portion (second outer casing with outlets) and a movable portion (first outer casing with plug pins). The movable portion can be rotated relative to the fixed portion, allowing different pin configurations to be positioned for use without increasing the overall adapter volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The first outer casing is made rotatable relative to the second outer casing through rotating shafts, transforming the static multi-specification adapter into a dynamic structure. This allows the adapter to present different pin orientations as needed while maintaining a compact form factor.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple pins of different specifications are held in one plug adapter, then the adapter can be adapted to plugs of different specifications in multiple countries, but it cannot be rotated to change the angle and is not so convenient
Solution Approach 1:
The first outer casing is made rotatable relative to the second outer casing through rotating shafts, transforming the static multi-specification adapter into a dynamic structure. This allows the adapter to present different pin orientations as needed while maintaining a compact form factor.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotation mechanism adds a rotational degree of freedom in the dimensional space, allowing the plug pins to be oriented in different directions without changing the adapter's physical size or requiring multiple separate adapters.
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AI summary
A multi-specification plug adapter, the multi-specification plug adapter comprises a first outer casing and a second outer casing assembled with each other. The second outer casing is provided with one or more than one socket hole; one or more than one slideable plug is located in the first outer casing. The plug is provided with a push button. The push button is located outside the first outer casing. The first plug pins or the second plug pins of the plug can be extended out of the first outer casing by pushing the push button. One set of or more than one set of corresponding shaft and shaft hole is located between the second outer casing and the first outer casing, the first outer casing can rotate against the second outer casing on the shaft.