Patent ID: 8610402

Claim:
An adaptor device for the charging of communication and/or recreation-related portable electronic apparatuses, the device comprising a plurality of connectors to be coupled mechanically and removably, via a coupling means, to a housing connectable to at least one power supply, wherein each connector is comprised of a hollow main body comprising a compartment configurable to house a voltage regulating electronic circuit, equipped with at least one access port or aperture and a corresponding closing element for the aperture, comprising in turn a window and a fixing means for a connecting plug for the portable electronic apparatus located in the window and communicating with the interior of the compartment of the hollow main body, the connector also comprising electrical connection terminals in order to establish electrical contact between the connecting plug or the electronic circuit, whichever is the case, and the housing, when the connector is duly coupled into said housing; wherein the coupling means comprises in the main body of each connector a pair of lateral grooves and, in the housing, corresponding pairs of elastically bendable tabs comprising at free ends of the tabs respective protrusions shaped so as to lodge, through elastic reaction of the tabs, on insertion of the connector between two tabs of the same pair, into a respective groove of the main body of the connector, the separation of the connector from the housing prevented by the protrusions buttressing against the profile of the grooves; and wherein the housing comprises a plurality of cavities, comprising corresponding apertures, each of which is configured to receive a connector for coupling to the housing, the profile of said apertures sized to be greater than that of the connectors, and the protrusions are adapted so as to slide along the grooves, endowing the connector with a certain amount of mobility in the interior of the cavities.