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AC adaptor plug

US5106317A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 27, 1990
Grant dateApr 21, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 27, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R31/06
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An AC adapter plug to be releasably insertable in electrical wall outlets and which has pins which are convertible to fit into different types of electrical wall outlets as may be found, for example, in different countries. The pins are pivotable about their longitudinal axes within sockets in the plug body, into the desired orientations.

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