US 12,237,624 B2
Safety device for socket
Shih-Chiang Sun, Jhubei (TW)
Assigned to Sitronix Technology Corporation, Jhubei (TW)
Filed by SITRONIX TECHNOLOGY CORP., Jhubei (TW)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/709,926.
Claims priority of application No. 110112283 (TW), filed on Mar. 31, 2021; and application No. 110114200 (TW), filed on Apr. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0051419 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/703 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/7036 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6683 (2013.01); H02H 1/0007 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safety device for socket, comprising:
a switching circuit, coupled between a supply main and an internal transmission structure of a socket;
a control module, coupled to said switching circuit, and controlling said switching circuit; and
a detection module, coupled to said control module, and outputting a detection signal, said detection module including a trigger;
wherein said control module controls said switching circuit to turn on or cut off according to said detection signal, when an external transmission structure of a plug contacts said internal transmission structure of said socket, said external transmission structure contacts said trigger, said trigger outputs said detection signal, and said control module controls said switching circuit to turn on according to said detection signal.