US 12,255,426 B2
Adapter for travel with multi-plug functionality featuring reduced dimension
Min-Kyu Choi, London (GB)
Assigned to HYPHENATE INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/627,510
Filed by HYPHENATE INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/070061
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/009265, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1910099 (GB), filed on Jul. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0320809 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 31/06 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 31/06 (2013.01) [H01R 13/629 (2013.01); H01R 27/00 (2013.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-plug adapter comprising:
a type-C pin assembly comprising pins and a pin support body;
at least one additional pin assembly comprising a different pin arrangement;
a housing for housing the pin assemblies, wherein the housing comprises a plurality of holes in a first face allowing deployment of the selected pins therethrough;
an actuation mechanism cooperable with each pin assembly, wherein the actuation mechanism is adapted to selectively move each pin assembly between a stowed configuration in which the pins are stowed within the housing and a deployed configuration in which the pins protrude through the respective holes in the first face of the housing and are engageable in a complementary socket, the actuation mechanism further comprising a type-C pin deployment means that comprises a pin deployment member rotatably coupled to the type-C pins within the pin support body such that rotation of the pin deployment member causes linear movement of the type-C pins, wherein the type-C pin deployment means comprises a worm gear assembly coupled to the type-C pins and the pin support body;
an electrical output, wherein the electrical output is electrically connected to each pin assembly in the deployed configuration; and
wherein the type-C pins are at least partially located within the pin support body in the stowed configuration and wherein the type-C pins and pin support body are simultaneously movable between the stowed and deployed configurations.