Patent ID: 6655984
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: H01R,H02G

Abstract:
An electrical charger comprising:a casing defining a receiving space; a connector adapted to be electrically connected to an electronic device; a hollow rotary member mounted rotatably in said receiving space in said casing and rotatable about a first axis, said rotary member having a wire-winding wall surrounding said first axis, and confining a circuit chamber; a current converting unit including a circuit board that is mounted in said circuit chamber for co-rotation with said rotary member about said first axis, and that has a bottom face formed with a pair of spaced apart electrical contacts; a conductive wire wound around said wire-winding wall of said rotary member, and having a connecting end electrically connected to said circuit board, and a connector-coupling end connected to said connector; first and second conductive connecting members secured in said receiving space, each of said first and second conductive connecting members having a board-connecting end in sliding contact with a respective one of said electrical contacts, and a bifurcated end opposite to said board-connecting end disposed outwardly of said circuit chamber, and defining a retaining groove; and a power plug unit including a pair of pivot pins, a pair of conductive pivot members rotatably and respectively mounted on said bifurcated ends of said first and second conductive connecting members, each of said conductive pivot members having a grooved cylindrical portion that extends in a transverse direction relative to the respective one of said first and second conductive connecting members and that is rotatably and detachably retained in said retaining groove of a respective one of said bifurcated ends so as to permit rotation of said conductive pivot members in said casing about a second axis which is parallel to said first axis, and a bifurcated portion projecting from said grooved cylindrical portion and defining a blade-receiving gap, and a pair of plug blades extending into said gaps of said cylindrical portions of said conductive pivot members and pivoted to said bifurcated portions of said conductive pivot members via said pivot pins, respectively, so as to permit rotation of said plug blades about said pivot pins relative to said conductive pivot members between a position of use, in which each of said plug blades is aligned with a respective one of said conductive pivot members along a straight line and extends outwardly of said casing from the respective one of said conductive pivot members, and an idle position, in which, each of said plug blades is angled away from the respective one of said conductive pivot members and is embedded in said casing.