Safety Socket Preventing Electric Shock and Discharge
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional safety sockets are complex, costly, and prone to electrical discharge or arc light phenomena when inserting or removing plugs, and lack effective protection against conductive foreign objects.
Innovation Solution
A safety socket design with reduced components, easy assembly, and low manufacturing costs, featuring a main body with conductive seats, insulated members, and conductive plates that establish and break electrical connections based on plug insertion and removal, incorporating a double safety measure to prevent electric shock and discharge.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional safety sockets are designed with multiple safety components, then safety protection is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple safety functions into a single integrated socket structure. The socket body integrates the protective housing, contact elements, and safety mechanisms into one unified component, eliminating the need for separate safety devices while maintaining comprehensive protection against electric shock and electrical discharge.
Solution Approach 2:
The socket is designed to perform multiple safety functions simultaneously: preventing electric shock through isolated contact elements, preventing electrical discharge through controlled connection sequences, and providing mechanical protection. This multi-functionality is achieved within a single device structure, reducing overall system complexity.
2Reliability
If conventional safety sockets are designed with multiple components, then safety protection is improved, but manufacturing expense increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple safety components into a single integrated socket body, the patent reduces the number of parts that need to be manufactured, stored, and assembled. This consolidation lowers manufacturing expenses while maintaining comprehensive safety protection through the integrated design.
3Ease of operation
If conventional safety sockets have exposed socket jacks, then ease of operation is improved, but electrical discharge and arc light phenomena occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary protective mechanism between the external environment and the electrical contacts. The socket body structure acts as an intermediary that controls and manages the electrical connection process, preventing direct exposure of socket jacks while enabling safe operation through controlled contact establishment.
4Ease of manufacture
If conventional sockets lack safety precautions, then ease of manufacture is improved, but electric shock hazard increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates safety precautions directly into the basic socket structure, so that safety features are built-in rather than added as separate components. This integration maintains ease of manufacture while effectively preventing electric shock hazards through the unified design.
Data Source
AI summary
A safety socket includes a main body, a first and second conductive seat, a first and second electric connection plates, a first and second insulated member and a first and second conductive plates. A first and second position block projects outwardly from first and second chambers of the main body. The first conductive seat includes a first clamp couch having two first clamp arms, one of which is formed with a first recess permitting extension of the first position block. The second conductive seat includes a second clamp couch having two second arms, one of which is formed with a second recess permitting extension of the second position block. The present safety socket has lesser components, easy to assemble and low in manufacturing cost, double safety measures. Addition of a switch device enhances the anti-shock effect and prevents occurrence of electrical discharge phenomenon and/or arc light phenomenon.