US 12,237,631 B2
Power adapter
Min-Kyu Choi, Kingston Upon Thames Surrey (GB)
Assigned to Hyphenate, Inc., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/287,784
Filed by Design Narrative Ltd., Glasgow (GB)
PCT Filed Oct. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/053031
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/084314, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1817491 (GB), filed on Oct. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0384686 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 31/06 (2006.01); H01R 13/08 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 33/06 (2006.01); H01R 103/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 31/06 (2013.01) [H01R 13/08 (2013.01); H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 33/06 (2013.01); H01R 2103/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power adapter comprising:
a first prong rotatable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration;
a second prong rotatable in an opposing direction between the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration;
a deployment mechanism associated with the first and second prongs to cause movement of the prongs between the stowed and the deployed configurations, wherein the deployment mechanism comprises a cam coupled to at least one of the first and second prongs and arranged to act on the other second or first prong such that movement of the cam translates to rotation of the prongs; and
an actuation mechanism to actuate movement of the first and second prongs between the stowed and the deployed configurations, wherein the actuation mechanism is directly coupled to the deployment mechanism to cause movement of the first and second prongs on actuation thereof, and wherein the actuation mechanism is spaced from the first and second prongs, such that actuation is initiated by a user remote from the first and second prongs.