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KR-102964234-B1 - An outlet that identifies the coupling direction of the plug pin

KR102964234B1KR 102964234 B1KR102964234 B1KR 102964234B1KR-102964234-B1

Abstract

A power outlet capable of identifying the connection direction of a plug pin is disclosed, which allows the location of the plug pin connection hole to be identified at night, thereby enabling the plug pin to be accurately inserted into the plug pin connection hole even in situations where the location of the plug pin connection hole cannot be visually confirmed. An outlet capable of identifying the connection direction of plug pins is embedded in a wall and comprises a socket body having a plug receiving groove for receiving a plug head and a pair of plug pin connection holes into which a pair of plug pins placed on the plug head are inserted on the front surface; an outer cover coupled to the socket body, which protects the front surface of the socket body exposed to the outside of the wall from the outside, and has a communication hole formed in the center to expose the plug receiving groove and the plug pin connection holes to the outside; and connection guides disposed on the front surface of the socket body and exposed to the outside through auxiliary communication holes formed in the outer cover to indicate the alignment direction of the plug pin connection holes, wherein each of the connection guides is arranged parallel to the direction in which the plug pin connection holes are aligned and emits light to indicate the alignment direction of the plug pin connection holes.

Inventors

  • 정장교

Dates

Publication Date
20260512
Application Date
20240728

Claims (9)

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A socket body embedded in a wall, having a plug receiving groove on the front surface for receiving a plug head and a pair of plug pin coupling holes into which a pair of plug pins disposed on the plug head are inserted; An outer cover coupled to the socket body, protecting the front surface of the socket body exposed to the outside of the wall from the outside, and having a communication hole formed in the central portion that exposes the plug receiving groove and the plug pin coupling hole to the outside; and It includes coupling guides disposed on the front of the socket body and exposed to the outside through auxiliary communication holes formed in the outer cover to indicate the alignment direction of the plug pin coupling hole; Each of the above coupling guides is arranged parallel to the direction in which the plug pin coupling hole is aligned, emits light to indicate the alignment direction of the plug pin coupling hole, and The above coupling inducing parts are each, A slide groove formed on the front surface of the socket body; A light-emitting part disposed in the above-mentioned slide groove and emitting light; and A shielding member coupled to the above slide groove so as to be slidably movable to selectively expose the light-emitting part; comprising It further includes an auxiliary coupling guide member disposed on the front of the plug receiving groove to indicate the position of the plug pin coupling hole and to guide the plug pin seated in the plug receiving groove toward the plug pin coupling hole; The above auxiliary coupling inducing part is, An auxiliary light-emitting part positioned at the entrance of the plug pin coupling hole in a concentric state with the plug pin coupling hole and emitting light to indicate the position of the plug pin coupling hole; and A plug guide groove that is recessed to a preset depth on the front surface of the plug receiving groove, communicates with the plug pin coupling hole, and guides the end of the plug pin toward the plug pin coupling hole; The above shielding part is, A shielding member comprising a cover portion slidably coupled to the slide groove to selectively expose the light-emitting portion, and a protruding portion connected to the cover portion, with a portion penetrating the socket body and disposed in the plug receiving groove, and which presses against the plug head coupled to the plug receiving groove to be inserted into the slide groove while pressing against the cover portion; and It includes an elastic member that is received in the slide groove and elastically supports the cover portion toward the plug receiving groove; The above coupling inducing parts are, respectively, It further includes an auxiliary shielding part configured to shield the light-emitting part when the plug head is not coupled to the plug receiving groove; The above auxiliary shielding part is, An auxiliary shielding member that is slidably coupled to the end of the cover portion and is housed inside the cover portion to expose the light-emitting portion to the outside or protrudes outside the cover portion to shield the light-emitting portion; A first coupling magnet disposed on the inner surface of the slide groove where the end of the auxiliary shielding member contacts; and A second coupling magnet disposed at the end of the auxiliary shielding member and detachably coupled to the first coupling magnet through magnetic force; comprising The socket body is configured to rotate along the circumferential direction while the plug pin is coupled to the plug pin coupling hole, and The above socket body is, A fixing part that is embedded in and fixedly positioned in the above wall, has a circular seating groove formed inside that is recessed to a predetermined depth from the front, and a through hole communicating with the seating groove, and has a flange disposed at the front edge that is supported by hooking onto the outer surface of the above wall and to which the outer cover is coupled; A cylindrical rotating part that is received inside the fixed part and rotatably coupled to the seating groove, has a plug pin coupling hole formed inside that communicates with the plug receiving groove and the through hole, and has the coupling inducing parts arranged on the front surface; A ring-shaped fixed terminal coupled to the inner circumference of the above-mentioned fixed part and connected to an external power source through a connector; A pair of rotating terminals coupled to the rotating part and received in the plug pin coupling hole, capable of changing position along the circumferential direction by the rotating part, with the outer surface contacting the fixed terminal and the inner surface contacting the plug pin; and It includes rotation guide balls disposed between the rotating part and the fixed part, which perform a rolling motion when the rotating part is rotated to guide the rotation of the rotating part; On the inner surface of the above-mentioned seating groove, the rotating part is rotatably coupled, and a rotation guide rail is formed to guide the rotation of the rotating part. A rotation guide groove is formed on the bottom surface of the above-mentioned mounting groove, which accommodates a portion of the rotation guide balls and guides the movement of the rotation guide balls along the circumferential direction. An outlet capable of identifying the coupling direction of a plug pin, wherein a rail groove is formed on the outer surface of the rotating part in a shape corresponding to the rotating guide rail and coupled to the rotating guide rail so as to slide along the circumferential direction.
  2. In paragraph 1. The above-mentioned light-emitting part is an outlet capable of identifying the connection direction of a plug pin, which is an LED module or a light-emitting material.
  3. In paragraph 1, An outlet in which the connection direction of the plug pins can be identified, wherein the front surface of the shielding portion exposed to the outside has the same color as the front surface of the outer cover.
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  6. In paragraph 1, An outlet capable of identifying the coupling direction of a plug pin, wherein the shielding portion is configured to automatically shield the light-emitting portion when the plug head is coupled to the plug receiving groove.
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Description

An outlet that identifies the coupling direction of the plug pin The present invention relates to an outlet capable of identifying the coupling direction of plug pins. Generally, an electrical outlet is a device in indoor electrical wiring that connects to the wiring and allows a plug to be inserted to connect cords used indoors. Such an outlet is embedded in a wall and comprises an outlet body having a plug insertion groove for receiving a plug head and a plug pin insertion hole into which a pair of plug pins arranged on the plug head are inserted, and an outlet cover coupled to the outer surface of the outlet body to protect the outer surface of the outlet body. Meanwhile, before inserting the plug pin into the plug pin insertion hole, the user visually checks the position of the plug pin insertion hole and then inserts the plug pin into the plug pin insertion hole. However, conventional power outlets cannot identify the location of the plug pin insertion hole at night, which caused inconvenience as one had to shine a light to visually confirm the location of the hole or rotate the plug pin in various directions to insert it. In addition, a pair of plug pin insertion holes formed in conventional outlets are formed parallel along a horizontal, vertical, or inclined direction. However, as the aforementioned plug pin insertion hole is fixedly positioned parallel to a specific direction, the direction of the plug head cannot be changed while the plug pin is inserted into the plug pin insertion hole, and as a result, the cable connected to the plug head extends in an unintended direction and interferes with or gets tangled with other adjacent plugs. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an outlet according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view showing an outlet according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a coupling induction part according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an outlet according to another embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, embodiments are described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. However, various modifications may be made to the embodiments, and thus the scope of the patent application is not limited or restricted by these embodiments. It should be understood that all modifications, equivalents, and substitutions to the embodiments are included within the scope of the rights. Specific structural or functional descriptions of the embodiments are disclosed for illustrative purposes only and may be modified and implemented in various forms. Accordingly, the embodiments are not limited to the specific disclosed forms, and the scope of this specification includes modifications, equivalents, or substitutions that fall within the technical concept. Terms such as "first" or "second" may be used to describe various components, but these terms should be interpreted solely for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, the first component may be named the second component, and similarly, the second component may be named the first component. When it is stated that a component is "connected" to another component, it should be understood that it may be directly connected to or coupled with that other component, or that there may be other components in between. The terms used in the embodiments are for illustrative purposes only and should not be interpreted as intended to be limiting. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this specification, terms such as "comprising" or "having" are intended to indicate the existence of the features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, and should be understood as not precluding the existence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof. In addition, when describing with reference to the attached drawings, identical components are assigned the same reference numeral regardless of drawing symbols, and redundant descriptions thereof are omitted. In describing the embodiments, if it is determined that a detailed description of related prior art could unnecessarily obscure the essence of the embodiments, such detailed description is omitted. The advantages and features of the present invention and the methods for achieving them will become clear by referring to the embodiments described below in detail together with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below but may be implemented in various different forms. These embodiments are provided merely to ensure that the disclosure of the present invention is complete and to fully inform those skilled in the art of the scope of the invention, and the present invention is defi