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Compact connector and compact socket for electrically powering a portable device from a fixed network

US10103474B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 19, 2016
Grant dateOct 16, 2018
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02G11/006
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connection assembly between a movable object and a fixed installation, the assembly including the following elements of substantially cylindrical shape, centered around a vertical axis and going downwards: a windlass using a chain to move a rod along the axis; an outlet receiving a plurality of connections and provided with a hawse pipe in which the rod can engage with small clearance; a connector provided with a top endplate receiving, facing the connections of the outlet, the complementary connections; a turnable lid protecting the connections; a guide and locking system for guiding and locking the rod; and having its bottom portion of conical shape; a rod passing downwards in succession through the hawse pipe of the outlet, then the lid, in order to reach a locking system for locking with the connector; and a basket of funnel-shape, with its large opening upwards, its shape being complementary to the bottom portion of the connector, and centering the connector on the axis.

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