Patent ID: 7018233
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: H01M,H01R,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An electrical adapter, comprising: an adapter socket including a conductive sleeve and a conductive contact, the sleeve being substantially electrically insulated from the contact, the sleeve forming a passage having an open first end, the sleeve being adapted for (i) receiving a device plug therein and (ii) providing electrical contact to a conductive portion of an outer surface of the device plug, the contact being positioned within the passage at a second end thereof and being adapted for providing electrical contact to a center conductive pin of the device plug; first and second conductive members electrically connected to the sleeve and contact, respectively, each of the first and second conductive members having a corresponding first elongated substantially rigid end thereof, the corresponding first ends of the first and second conductive members being arranged in a substantially parallel spaced-apart arrangement thereby forming a first electrical plug, the first electrical plug being thereby adapted for engaging a pair of battery terminal contacts and thereby providing electrical connections (i) between the conductive sleeve and one of the battery terminal contacts and (ii) between the conductive contact and the other of the battery terminal contacts, each of the first and second conductive members having a corresponding second substantially rigid elongated end thereof, the corresponding second ends of the first and second conductive members being arranged in a substantially parallel spaced-apart arrangement thereby forming a second electrical plug, the second electrical plug being thereby adapted for engaging a pair of battery terminal contacts and thereby providing electrical connections (i) between the conductive sleeve and one of the battery terminal contacts and (ii) between the conductive contact and the other of the battery terminal contacts.