Patent ID: 6514093
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A wall mounting power adapter socket comprising a casing and a unit of electrically conductive pieces;the casing having a rectangular-prism shape with a top and an opened bottom, the top of the casing having a plurality of openings, the plurality of openings arranged to form openings for more than two electric plug receptacles that extend in a longitudinal direction of the casing, the casing further having a plurality of insulating side walls extending in the longitudinal direction of the casing and extending from the top toward the opened bottom of the casing, and the side walls of the casing having ribs extending from the top toward the opened bottom of the casing; the opened bottom of the casing being covered with an insulated bottom piece, the insulated bottom piece of the casing having an insulation post extending in a direction away from the top of the casing, and the insulated bottom piece further having two interior walls extending in the longitudinal direction of the casing about a middle section of the insulated bottom piece; the unit of electrically conductive pieces being respectively made of copper and including a fire wire piece, an earth wire piece and a ground piece; each of the fire wire piece, the earth wire piece and the ground piece being integrally formed; the fire wire piece, the earth wire piece and the ground piece being arranged in parallel and separated from each other by the insulating side walls, where the insulating side walls with ribs receive and hold the fire wire piece and the earth wire piece in place; the ground piece being held in place by the two interior walls of the insulated bottom piece of the casing; the fire wire piece including a single firing wire blade extending through the insulated bottom piece of the casing and a plurality of the recesses adapted for receiving a prong of an electric plug, the earth wire piece including a single earth wire blade extending through the insulated bottom piece of the casing and a recesses adapted for receiving another prong of an electric plug, the ground piece including a single ground prong extending through the insulated bottom piece of the casing and a plurality of the recesses for receiving a ground prong of an electric plug; and the single firing wire blade of the fire wire piece, the single earth wire blade of the earth wire piece, and the single ground prong of the ground piece being arranged at a location extending from the insulated bottom piece of the casing and adapted for insertion into a three-prong receptacle of an outlet having two three-prong receptacles; and the insulated post of the insulated bottom piece of the casing being arranged at a location adapted for insertion into a ground receptacle of another three-prong receptacle of an outlet having two three-prong receptacles.