Patent ID: 9225126
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for electrically connecting a power source to an electrical device, comprising: a first component having a substantially planar first face, said first face comprising a first set of 3 electrical pad contacts, one for each: hot, neutral, and ground connected to said power source; a second component having a substantially planar second face complementary to said first face, said second face comprising a second set of 3 electrical pad contacts, one for each: hot, neutral, and around connected to said electrical device; wherein each of said first set of electrical contacts comprises a first plate portion immovably fixed on said first face; wherein each of said second set of electrical contacts comprises a second plate portion immovably fixed on said second face; wherein said first plate portions of said first set of electrical contacts are disposed in a triangular fashion to define a first triangle on said first face; wherein said second plate portions of said second set of electrical contacts are disposed in a triangular fashion to define a second triangle on said second face such that said first triangle and said second triangle are congruent to each other; and wherein a shape of said first face and a shape of said second face are complementary to each other so that, when said first component is attached to said second component, said first plate portions of said first set of electrical contacts are brought in direct contact with said second plate portions of said second set of electrical contacts, respectively, at vertices of said first and second triangles, thereby electronically coupling said first set of electrical contacts to said second set of electrical contacts to establish an electrical path between said power source and said electrical device; and wherein said first component comprises a ferromagnetic element and said second component comprises a magnetic element, whereby said electrical path is established upon magnetically coupling said ferromagnetic element to said magnetic element, wherein said ferromagnetic element and said magnetic element are installed at predetermined locations in said first component and said second component, respectively, such that said first component can only be attached to said second component in a predetermined orientation, where said predetermined orientation ensures said electrical path to be established, wherein said first face of said first component has a raised portion, said ferromagnetic element being installed on the raise portion at substantially a central location of the first triangle on said first face, and wherein said second face of said second component has a lowered portion that is to be intermeshed with said raised portion of said first face of said first component, said magnetic element being installed on the lowered portion at substantially a central location of the second triangle on said second face.