Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
  • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
  • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
  • H01R13/631—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for engagement only
  • H01R13/6315—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for engagement only allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
  • H01R13/64—Means for preventing incorrect coupling
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
  • H01R24/60—Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement
  • H01R24/62—Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices

Definitions

• the object of the invention comprises of a Double-sided USB Type A sockets. They can be used in the broadly defined functional electronics, in particular in computer and audio-video equipment.
• USB Universal Serial Bus
• USB ports are universal in the sense that they can be used to connect a number of different devices (e.g. a printer, a camcorder, a camera, etc.) to a PC.
• the connected devices are usually automatically detected and recognised by the system that allows for mostly automated installation and configuration of the drivers.
• USB ports also allow to connect and disconnect the devices without turning off or rebooting the PC or another device (e.g. a TV).
• USB sockets The majority of modern operating systems supports USB sockets - this includes Microsoft systems from Windows 95 OSR2 onwards (there also exists a patch to the OSR1 version that provides USB support), Windows NT family (beginning with version 5.0), systems based on the Linux kernel, BSD family systems and Mac OS.
• a USB port transmits data via two wires (green Data+ and white Data-).
• the bus also includes a power wire (red +5V DC wire and black ground wire) with a voltage of 5 V.
• a power wire red +5V DC wire and black ground wire
• the wiring diagram is slightly different than that presented in the table below.
• the pin marked as 4 is not connected (NC) and the pin 5 is GND (black wire).
• USB sockets There are several known types of USB sockets that are designed to insert plugs connected to the USB port, of which type A socket is most popular.
• a common problem with the use this type of socket is inserting the plug into the socket in an incorrect orientation, particularly if the user inserts the plug inserted into the socket without looking.
• the double-sided sockets according to the invention provide solution to this problem.
• the double-sided USB type A socket consisting of a housing and one strip with pins is, according to the invention, characterised in that the height of the inside of the housing can be represented by the following formula h > 2a - b, where h is the height of the inside of the housing, a is the height of the USB type A plug, and b is the height/thickness of the strip with pins, and the strip houses two asymmetrically arranged sets of pins, one set for each of the two flat surfaces of the strip.
• the object of the invention is the double-sided USB type A socket consisting of a housing and one strip with pins, characterised in that the height of the inside of the housing can be represented by the following formula h > a + b, where h is the height of the inside of the housing, a is the height of the USB type A plug, and b is the height/thickness of the strip, and the strip houses two asymmetrically arranged sets of pins, one set for each of the two flat surfaces of the strip, and the back face of the housing consists of two non-adjacent walls in the central area of which a through-hole is made, in the space between the walls there is at least one spring element attached to the top face of the housing and at least one spring element is attached to the bottom face of the housing, and additionally, each horizontal surface of the strip with pins is equipped with a vertical element inserted into the space between the walls and supported by the respective spring elements.
• the object of the invention is the double-sided USB type A socket consisting of a housing and one strip with pins that is, according to the invention, characterised in that the height of the inside of the housing can be represented by the following formula h > a + b, where h is the height of the inside of the housing, a is the height of the USB type A plug, and b is the height/thickness of the strip with pins, and the strip houses two asymmetrically arranged sets of pins, one set for each of the two flat surfaces of the strip, and in the back of the strip there is a bar linkage that allows vertical bending of the strip, whereas the length of the bendable part of the strip is at least equal to the depth of the inside of the USB plug type A.
• the bar linkage is located at the back face of the housing.
• the invention in another aspect, relates to the double-sided USB type A socket consisting of a housing and one strip with pins, characterised in that the height of the inside of the housing is at least equal to the height/thickness of the USB type A plug, and additionally it includes a second strip with pins and each set of the pins is located on the flat surfaces of the strips that face each other, wherein the back face of the housing includes at least two blind holes, each equipped with at least one spring element and is long enough to allow an inserted strip to be slid in.
• the inlets of the holes are narrower than their insides, and the flat surfaces of the strips, which in initial position are inside the holes, include at least one ridge that prevents the respective strip from sliding out of the hole when the USB plug is pulled out.
• USB type A socket consisting of the cylindrical outer and inner housing that includes the USB type A port, characterised in that the dowels placed between the surfaces of the adjacent housings allow the internal housing to rotate by 180° and the rotation of the internal housing is guided via the formed hollow, and additionally, under the internal housing there is a spring element that allows the internal socket to return to initial position if a plug is inserted into the USB type A socket.
• the rotation mechanism located on the surface of the adjacent housings allows the internal housing to rotate, and the spring element located between the housings allows the socket to return to initial position.
• fig. 1 shows the cross section of the first variant of the double-sided USB type A socket
• fig. 2 shows the cross section of the second variant of the double-sided USB type A socket
• fig. 3 shows the cross section of the third variant of the double-sided USB type A socket
• fig. 4 shows the cross section of the fourth variant of the double-sided USB type A socket
• fig. 5 shows the axonometric projection of the fifth variant of the double-sided USB type A socket.
• the double-sided USB type A socket consists of the housing (1) and one strip (2) with pins.
• the height of the inside of the housing (1) can be represented by the following formula h > 2a - b, where h is the height of the inside of the housing, a is the height of the USB type A plug, and b is the height/thickness of the strip (2) with pins.
• the strip houses two asymmetrically arranged sets of pins, one set for each of the two flat surfaces of the strip.
• the height of the inside of the housing (1) can be represented by the following formula h > a + b, where h is the height of the inside of the housing, a is the height of the USB type A plug, and b is the height/thickness of the strip (2), and the strip (2) houses two asymmetrically arranged sets of pins, one set for each of the two flat surfaces of the strip (2).
• the back face of the housing (1) consists of two non-adjacent walls (3; 3') in the central area of which a through-hole (4) is made, in the space between the walls there is at least one spring element (5) attached to the top face of the housing and at least one spring element (5') is attached to the bottom face of the housing, and additionally, each horizontal surface of the strip (2) with pins is equipped with a vertical element (6; 6') inserted into the space between the walls (3; 3 ') and supported by the respective spring elements (5; 5').
• the double-sided USB type A socket consists of the inside housing (1) whose height can be represented by the following formula h > a + b, where h is the height of the inside of the housing, a is the height of the USB type A plug, and b is the height/thickness of the strip (2).
• the strip houses two asymmetrically arranged sets of pins, one set for each of the two flat surfaces of the strip.
• the double-sided USB type A socket consists of the inside housing (1) whose height is at least equal to the thickness of the USB type A plug, and additionally it includes a second strip (2') with pins and each set of the pins is located on the flat surfaces of the strips (2; 2') that face each other, wherein the back face of the housing (1) includes at least two blind holes (8; 8'), each equipped with at least one spring element (9; 9') and is long enough to allow an inserted strip (2; 2') to be slid in.
• the mouths of the holes (8; 8') are narrower than their insides, and the flat surfaces of the strips (2; 2'), which in initial position are inside the holes (8; 8'), include at least one ridge (10; 10') that prevents the respective strip from sliding out of the hole (8; 8') when the USB plug is pulled out.
• the double-sided USB type A socket consists of the cylindrical external (1 1) and internal (12) housing that includes the USB type A port (13).
• the dowels (14) placed between the surfaces of the adjacent housings (1 1 ; 12) allow the internal housing to rotate by 180° and the rotation of the internal housing is guided via the formed groove (15), and additionally, under the internal housing there is a spring element (16) that allows the internal socket to return to initial position if a plug is inserted into the USB type A socket.
• the rotation mechanism located on the surface of the adjacent housings allows the internal housing to rotate, and the spring element located between the housings allows to the socket to return to initial position.

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• 2012
  • 2012-06-08 PL PL399465A patent/PL399465A1/pl unknown
• 2013
  • 2013-06-07 WO PCT/PL2013/000076 patent/WO2013184013A2/en not_active Ceased

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