Safety power connector
US10615548B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 3, 2019 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01H36/0046
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A safety power connector includes a male section that has contacts for carrying electric current, one or more magnets, and a protrusion. A female section has a receptacle for receiving the protrusion and contacts that mate with contacts of the male section. When the male section is absent, no “hot” electrical potential is present at the contacts of the female section, thereby reducing potential for an electric shock. When the male section aligns with the female section and the protrusion inserted into the centrally located receptacle of the female section causes closure of a switch in the female section and a magnetic field from the one or more magnets of the male section cause closure of a magnetically actuated switch caused, providing electrical potential to the contacts of the female section that are now in contact with the contacts of the male section.
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