Abstract

A travel plug adapter including a housing with inner walls, outer walls, and a bottom surface, a plug receptacle, and a first plug having a first contact pin. The first plug, by being displaced along a first distance, may be moved out of a standby position in the housing, into a usage position outside of the housing. A contact surface is provided in the housing and the plug is connected to an actuation element that, when the plug is moved into the usage position, comes into contact with the contact surface and that is connected to a transmission unit whereby the contact pin is moved across a second distance greater than the first distance.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01R 27/00 - Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts
• H01R 31/06 - Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter
• H01R 13/04 - Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets
• H01R 13/46 - Bases; Cases
• H01R 29/00 - Coupling parts for selective co-operation with a counterpart in different ways to establish different circuits, e.g. for voltage selection, for series/parallel selection

Abstract

The present invention relates to a travel plug adapter, which will also be referred to herein as a travel adapter, for short. Using such an adapter it is possible to insert power plugs of a certain (domestic) standard into the outlets present at the travel destination. The present invention relates in particular to a travel plug adapter (10), which has a housing, a plug receptacle (16), and at least a first plug (38, 84) of a first standard and a second plug (28, 86) of a second standard, wherein each plug is assigned an actuation slider (22, 24), which is guided outwardly through a slide slot (42) of the housing and is designed to displace the plug between a standby position, in which the plug is disposed substantially inside the housing, and a usage position, in which the plug is usably disposed outside the housing, and wherein the first plug (38, 84) is assigned a first blocking element (106A), such that displacement of the first plug (38, 84) between the standby position and the usage position is blocked when the movement of the first blocking element (106A) is blocked, and wherein the second plug (28, 86) is assigned a second blocking element (106B), such that the displacement of the second plug (28, 86) between the standby position and the usage position is blocked when the movement of the second blocking element (106B) is blocked, characterised in that at least one blocking slide (100A) is also provided, which in a first position releases the path of the first blocking element (106A) and in a second position blocks the path of the first blocking element (106A), wherein the second blocking element (106B) acts on the position of the blocking slide (100A).

IPC Classes  ?

• H01R 4/66 - Connections with the terrestrial mass, e.g. earth plate, earth pin
• H01R 31/06 - Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter
• H01R 13/35 - Contact members for non-simultaneous co-operation with different types of contact member, e.g. socket co-operating with either round or flat pin
• H01R 13/502 - Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
• H01R 27/00 - Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts