Patent ID: 8128434
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical adapter for providing current overload protection and over heating protection between a conventional electrical receptacle and an external electrical plug, comprising: a housing having a plug housing portion and a receptacle housing portion; a plurality of electrical blades supported by said plug housing portion to protrude from said plug housing portion for insertion within the conventional electrical receptacle; a plurality of electrical receptacles supported within said housing for receiving an external conventional electrical plug; an over current fuse interconnecting one of said plurality of electrical blades to one of said plurality of electrical receptacles for providing over current protection between the conventional electrical receptacle and the external electrical plug; a thermal fuse located in thermal contact with at least one of said plurality electrical blades and said plurality electrical receptacles for terminating electrical conduction between the conventional electrical receptacle and the external electrical plug upon an over heated condition of the electrical adapter; said over current fuse is connected between one of said plurality electrical blades and one of said plurality of electrical receptacles; and said thermal fuse being connected between the other of said plurality electrical blades and the other of said plurality of electrical receptacles.