US 12,388,219 B2
Modular component power outlet for a power supply strip
Robert J. Nuti, Concord Township, OH (US); and John J. Hallums, III, Cleveland, OH (US)
Assigned to QUALTEK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Mentor, OH (US)
Filed by Qualtek Electronics Corporation, Mentor, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,504.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/277,280, filed on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146211 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/514 (2006.01); H01R 13/518 (2006.01); H01R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/639 (2013.01) [H01R 13/245 (2013.01); H01R 13/514 (2013.01); H01R 13/518 (2013.01); H01R 25/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power outlet for an electrical power supply strip, the strip being configured to receive a first electrical power type, which is an alternating current (AC), and having a main housing, the main housing having a wall, the wall having an outer face and an inner face, the wall having a thickness between the outer face and the inner face, the wall having a shaped aperture therethrough, the power outlet comprising:
a power outlet housing;
an electrical connection to connect within the electrical power supply strip to receive the first electrical power type;
electrical components located within the power outlet housing to change the first electrical power type to a second electrical power type, which is a direct current (DC); and
a connection interface located at a front of the power outlet housing and supplying the second electrical power type;
the power outlet housing having:
a body with a shape that corresponds to the shape of the shaped aperture of the main housing;
a front portion at the front of the power outlet housing that is larger than the shaped aperture of the main housing to engage the outer face of the wall of the main housing and prevent the front portion from passing through the shaped aperture of the main housing; and
an elastically deformable arm extending from the body, the deformable arm deforms as the arm passes through the shaped aperture of the main housing, the deformable arm has an engagement portion that engages the inner face of the wall of the main housing after the arm passes through the shaped aperture of the main housing to entrap the wall of the main housing between the arm and the front portion and retain the power outlet housing relative to the wall of the main housing, and the deformable arm being configured to accommodate a variation of the thickness of the wall of the main housing.