Patent Publication Number: US-9419395-B1

Title: Swivel joint charging connector

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Various types of charging connectors are known in the prior art. However, what has been needed is a swivel joint charging connector including a swivel ball joint, a pair of apertures disposed through an exterior shell of the swivel ball joint, a Universal Serial Bus (hereinafter “USB”) connector attached to the exterior shell of the swivel ball joint at a first aperture of the pair of apertures, and a wire cover disposed through a second aperture of the pair of apertures. What has been further needed is for the wire cover to be disposed around a wire, with the wire continuously disposed through the swivel ball joint. A right end of the wire is attached to the USB connector and a left end of the wire is attached to a power connector. Lastly, what has been needed is for a ball of the swivel ball joint to be configured to have 360 degrees of pivotable rotation in order to provide simultaneous rotation to the wire. The swivel joint charging connector thus prevents a wire of a phone charger from becoming tangled and eventually breaking as a result of its stationary position within the components of the phone charger. 
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to charging connectors, and more particularly, to a swivel joint charging connector. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The general purpose of the present swivel joint charging connector, described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a charging connector which has many novel features that result in a swivel joint charging connector which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by prior art, either alone or in combination thereof. 
     To accomplish this, the present swivel joint charging connector includes a swivel ball joint having an exterior shell disposed around a rotatable ball. A pair of apertures is disposed on the exterior shell of the swivel ball joint. The pair of apertures includes a first aperture and a second aperture. Each of the first aperture and the second aperture has an upper edge and a lower edge. The first aperture is collinearly disposed with the second aperture. A USB connector has a male plug and a body portion. The body portion has a front end attached to the male plug and a curved back end continuously attached to the exterior shell of the swivel ball joint at each of the upper edge and the lower edge of the first aperture. A wire cover is disposed through the second aperture and attached to the ball. A diameter of the wire cover substantially conforms to a diameter of the second aperture. The wire cover is continuously disposed around a wire having a right end and a left end. The wire is continuously disposed through the ball and each of the first aperture and the second aperture. The right end of the wire is attached to the USB connector, and the left end of the wire is attached to a power connector. The power connector is optionally an outlet power plug and, alternately, a cigarette lighter plug. The ball is configured to have 360 degrees of pivotable rotation in order to provide simultaneous rotation to the wire. 
     Thus has been broadly outlined the more important features of the present swivel joint charging connector so that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
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         FIG. 1  is a front isometric view. 
         FIG. 2  is a rear isometric view. 
         FIG. 3  is a top plan view. 
         FIG. 4  is a front elevation view. 
         FIG. 5  is a cross-sectional view taken along line  5 - 5  of  FIG. 3 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, an example of the instant swivel joint charging connector employing the principles and concepts of the present swivel joint charging connector and generally designated by the reference number  10  will be described. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 through 5  the present swivel joint charging connector  10  is illustrated. The swivel joint charging connector  10  includes a swivel ball joint  20  having an exterior shell  22  disposed around a rotatable ball  24 . A pair of apertures  26  is disposed on the exterior shell  22  of the swivel ball joint  20 . The pair of apertures  26  includes a first aperture  28  and a second aperture  30 . Each of the first aperture  28  and the second aperture  30  has an upper edge  32  and a lower edge  34 . The first aperture  28  is collinearly disposed with the second aperture  30 . A USB connector  36  has a male plug  38  and a tapered substantially rectangular body portion  40 . The body portion  40  has a front end  42  attached to the male plug  38 , a rounded right front corner  60 , a rounded left front corner  62 , and a curved and inwardly tapered back end  44  continuously attached to the exterior shell  22  of the swivel ball joint  20  at each of the upper edge  32  and the lower edge  34  of the first aperture  28 . A wire cover  46  is disposed through the second aperture  30  and attached to the ball  24 . The wire cover  46  is continuously disposed around a wire  48  having a right end  50  and a left end  52 . The wire  48  is continuously disposed through the ball  24  and each of the first aperture  28  and the second aperture  30 . The right end  50  of the wire  48  is attached to the USB connector  36 , and the left end  52  of the wire  48  is attached to a power connector  54 . The power connector  54  is optionally an outlet power plug  56  and, alternately, a cigarette lighter plug  58 .