Power plug with leakage current protection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10644438-B2
Application number	US-201715847896-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2017
Priority date	May 11, 2017
Publication date	May 5, 2020
Grant date	May 5, 2020

Abstract

A power plug with leakage current protection device, which includes a body formed of an upper cover and a base, a core assembly disposed in the body, a cable assembly attached to the body, a plurality of input insertion plates and output moving contact arms which are assembled with the core assembly, and an insertion plate sleeve disposed on the base, where the input insertion plates pass through the insertion plate sleeve to protrude from the base. The insertion plate sleeve is made of an insulating and temperature resistant material. The power plug has a simple overall structure and can be assembled easily and reliably. It can prevent the safety risk caused by high temperature of the input insertion plates without increasing the size of the plug. It also has low cost, and can be suitably employed in various types of power plugs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power plug with leakage current protection device, comprising:
a body formed of an upper cover and a base;
a core assembly disposed in the body;
a cable assembly attached to the body;
a plurality of input insertion plates;
a plurality of output moving contact arms;
wherein the plurality of input insertion plates and the plurality of output moving contact arms are assembled with the core assembly; and
an insertion plate sleeve disposed on the base, the insertion plate sleeve including a plurality of tubular sleeves disposed separate from and in parallel to each other, each tubular sleeve disposed around one of the plurality of input insertion plates, wherein the input insertion plates pass through the tubular sleeves of the insertion plate sleeve to protrude from the base, and wherein the insertion plate sleeve is made of an insulating and temperature resistant material which is different from a material that the body is formed of, wherein the material of the insertion plate sleeve has higher temperature resistance than the material of the body.

2. The power plug of claim 1 , wherein the insertion plate sleeve further includes an assembly base which is connected to the base of the body, and wherein the plurality of tubular sleeves are integrally connected to the assembly base.

3. The power plug of claim 1 , wherein the insertion plate sleeve is formed integrally as one piece.

4. The power plug of claim 1 , wherein the base of the body defines an opening, and wherein the insertion plate sleeve is disposed in the opening and the assembly base of the insertion plate sleeve is connected to the base of the body via snaps.

5. The power plug of claim 1 , wherein the insertion plate sleeve is formed of engineering plastics, ceramics, or fiber glass.

6. The power plug of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of assembly bases, wherein each assembly base is connected to the base of the body and each tubular sleeve is integrally connected to a corresponding assembly base.

7. The power plug of claim 6 , wherein the base of the body defines a number of openings corresponding to the number of the input insertion plates, and wherein each of the separate parts is disposed in a corresponding opening and the assembly base of the part is connected to the base of the body via snaps.

8. The power plug of claim 1 , wherein the material of the insertion plate sleeve is free of heat-induced deformation and melting at a temperature of 110 degrees C., and the material of the body deforms or melts by heat at the temperature of 110 degrees C.

Assignees

• Li Chengli

Inventors

• Li Chengli
• Nie Shengyun

Classifications

• H01R13/512

  assembled by screw or screws · CPC title

• H01R13/533 Primary

  Bases, cases made for use in extreme conditions, e.g. high temperature, radiation, vibration, corrosive environment, pressure (H01R13/52 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R13/6275

  Latching arms not integral with the housing (H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01R24/28

  Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable · CPC title

• H01R13/62916

  Single camming plate · CPC title