Patent ID: 6638113
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A pin configuration adapter attachable to an AC-adaptor having a rotatable plug body having pins for transferring an electric power, said pins being in a first pin configuration, and an AC-adapter housing having a recess for accommodating said rotatable plug body rotated into said recess and also having a conversion circuit for converting an electric power received from said rotatable plug body, wherein said rotatable plug body is in a first position when said pins of said plug body is accommodated in said recess of said AC-adapter housing and in a second position when said pins of said plus body is rotated out of said recess in an upright position with respect to said AC-adapter housing, said pin configuration adapter comprising:a plug part hating pins in a second pin configuration different from said first pin configuration of said plug body of said AC-adapter, a receptacle part, which is electrically connected to said plug part, for receiving said pins of said rotatable plug body in said first pin configuration when said rotatable plug body is in said second position, wherein the plug body pins in said second position extend in the same direction as the plug part pins and are electrically connected to said conversion circuit of said AC adapter whereas the plug body pins in said first position are not electrically connected to said conversion circuit of said AC adapter; and an engaging part attached to a side of said receptacle part, for engagement into said recess of said AC-adapter housing formed when said plug body is rotated in said second position in said recess.