Box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome
A box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome is introduced to have a housing and at least a dome structure. The housing further include a bracket plate. The dome structure further includes a collar shaft at one end for forming a revolvable pair with the bracket plate and a dome surface at another end. At least a socket is constructed to a rim of the dome surface, with a facing direction perpendicular to the dome surface. By providing the engagement of the collar shaft and the bracket plate, the socket can change its facing direction as the respective dome structure revolves about the bracket plate.
(1) Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a box adaptor, and more particularly to a communication adaptor which has a revolvable socket dome.
(2) Description of the Prior Art
In the information age, the knowledge or information flow does highly depend on networking, which includes existing telnet, cable net and fiber net. Typically, taking a telnet for example, the telnet reaches individual family by a form of a wall plate having a receiving socket constructed on an interior wall. The wall plate is then performed as a terminal of the far-side telnet for domestic extension usage.
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Nevertheless, the aforesaid communication connector pair 10 still has the following disadvantage.
It is apparent that the position, height and facing of the socket are fixed as long as the wall plate is mounted. However, for the communication systems in a reachable region of the wall plate is not stationary but can be moved at any time. Therefore, the cord and plug of the domestic communication system that lead to engage with the socket of the wall plate may also change their incoming direction and angling accordingly. No matter what the incoming angling of the plug is with respect to the socket, the facing direction of the socket is always perpendicular to the wall plate which is further mounted to a wall or a floor. Upon such an arrangement, a substantial bending will result in the cord at a location close to the plug as well as the engaged socket, for the layout of the cord does always follow the comers of the wall.
As stated above, conventional communication connector pair usually causes disadvantage bending to the cord of the domestic communication system which, after a period of service time, will lead to the fatigue of the cord 12 and thus make wires in the cord break and signal quality of the cord degraded. Therefore, a preferred resort to overcome the aforesaid problem is always welcome in the art, and thereby, hopefully, the communication quality can be ensured.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAccordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome which can alter the facing of its own communication sockets so as to engage the incoming plugs as well as the cord at a less-bending state.
The box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome in accordance with the present invention can include a housing, at least a dome structure, and at least a socket. The housing having a surface bracket plate can be fastened to a proper object by a plurality of screws or other fasteners, in which the object can be a wall, a floor, a desk or any the like.
Each of the dome structure mounted through a respective hole of the bracket plate has a collar shaft to make the dome structure rotatable about the bracket plate, i.e. rotatable on the housing. The surface of the dome structure that exposes over the bracket plate is formed as a dome surface. The socket of the present invention is then located at a predetermined location on the dome surface and have its facing perpendicular to a chip-off portion of the dome surface.
By providing revolvability of the dome structure on the housing, the box adaptor of the present invention can then prepare the socket to face at a preferable direction for receiving an incoming plug. Also, by such an arrangement, bending upon the cord connecting the engaged plug can be reduced to a minimum. Thereby, service life of the cord can be prolonged and thus the signal transmission quality can be improved.
All these objects are achieved by the box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome described below.
The present invention will now be specified with reference to its preferred embodiment illustrated in the drawings, in which
The invention disclosed herein is directed to a box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome. In the following description, numerous details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be appreciated by one skilled in the art that variations of these specific details are possible while still achieving the results of the present invention. In other instance, well-known components are not described in detail in order not to unnecessarily obscure the present invention.
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The dome structure 22 mounted through the hole 2110 of the bracket plate 211 has a collar shaft 221 at one end and a dome surface 222 at another end. The collar shaft 221 pairs with the hole 2110 of the bracket plate 211 of the housing 21 so as to make the dome structure 22 turnable about the bracket plate 211. In the art, various mechanisms can be adopted to construct the rotational pair of the bracket plate 211 and the dome structure 22. For example, internal thread can be construct to the hole 2110 of the bracket plate 211 while respective external thread is formed to the collar shaft 221 of the dome structure 22. For another example, circular grooves can be construct to the hole 2110 of the bracket plate 211 while respective circular racks are formed to the collar shaft 221 of the dome structure 22.
In addition, to avoid possible broken wires inside the signal wire 25 resulted resulting from the rotation of the dome structure 22, a stopper pair 26 is provided to define the rotation reign of the dome structure 22 with respect to the housing 21. The stopper pair 26 can include a stopper 261 and a respective stopper collar 262. The stopper 261 as shown is constructed under the bracket plate 211 while the stopper collar 262 is constructed at a respective location of the collar shaft 221. Upon such an arrangement, in the case that the dome structure 22 is turned to a predetermined angle, the stopper collar 262 will meet the stopper 261 and thus prevent the dome structure 22 from further rotating. Preferably, the rotation reign of the dome structure 22 with respect to the bracket plate 211 is within 360 degree degrees. That is to say that the dome structure 22 is expected to be able to rotate a maximum of 180 degree degrees in either clockwise or counter-clockwise direction.
Referring now to FIG. 3A and
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As stated above, providing the revolvabilty of the dome structure 22 over the box adaptor 20, the mating of the plug 41 of the domestic communication equipment 40 and the socket 23 of the box adaptor 20 can then make less harm to the cord 42. Definitely, compared with the conventional design shown in
Thereby, the service life of the cord 42 can be prolonged and the signal flow within thereof can be much smoother.
Furthermore, as the rapid development in the communication industry, it is quite often that, in a restrict area, various communication systems/equipments need to connect with an identical foreign communication net. At this time, it is inevitable to arrange these communication equipments to connect in parallel to the same communication socket of the foreign communication net. To make easily aforesaid parallel arrangement, a second embodiment of the box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome in accordance with the present invention is introduced to provide such parallel splitting in signals.
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The housing 21 of the box adaptor 20 of
Definitely, various embodiments can then be obvious to the skilled person in the art by learning the foregoing description upon the present invention. Such variations can be multiple dome structures on a single bracket plate, multiple sockets in a single dome structure, multiple dome structures on multiple bracket plates, and so on.
By providing the present invention, the bending on the cord of the incoming plug for the socket can then be reduced, and thus possible damage from the bending can be better avoided. Also, by providing multiple sockets to the box adaptor of the present invention can increase the applicability of the communication socket of the foreign communication net.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. A box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome, comprising:
- a housing, further including thereof a bracket plate; and
- at least a dome structure, mounted individually and revolvably at said bracket plate, each of said dome structure further having a collar shaft at one end and a dome surface at another end, said collar shaft engaging with said bracket plate to form a revolvable pair, each of said dome structure further having thereof at least a socket;
- wherein each of said socket changes its facing direction as said respective dome structure revolves about said bracket plate.
2. The box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome according to claim 1, wherein said housing is fixed to a predetermined object by a plurality of screws.
3. The box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome according to claim 1, wherein said collar shaft further includes external thread and said bracket plate further includes respective internal thread for meshing with said external thread of said collar shaft.
4. The box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome according to claim 1, wherein said collar shaft further includes a groove and said bracket plate further includes respective rack for meshing with said groove of said collar shaft.
5. The box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome according to claim 1, wherein a stopper pair is constructed between said dome structure and said bracket plate for defining a rotation reign of said dome structure with respect to said housing, said stopper pair further including a stopper and a respective stopper collar, said stopper constructed under said bracket plate while said stopper collar constructed at a respective location of said collar shaft; in the case that said dome structure being turned to a predetermined angle, said stopper collar meeting said stopper and thus preventing said dome structure from further rotating.
6. The box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome according to claim 5, wherein said rotation reign is 360 degree degrees.
7. The box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome according to claim 1, wherein said dome structure further includes a chip-off portion that defines said socket.
8. The box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome according to claim 1, wherein said socket further includes internally a plurality of contact terminals.
9. A box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome, comprising:
- a housing, further including thereof a bracket plate; and
- at least a dome structure, mounted individually and revolvably at said bracket plate, each of said dome structure further having a collar shaft at one end and a dome surface at another end, said collar shaft at one end and a dome surface at another end, said collar shaft engaging with said bracket plate to form a revolvable pair, each of said dome structure further having thereof at least a socket having a plurality of contact terminals therein coupled to signal wires extending through the housing;
- wherein each of said socket changes its facing direction as said respective dome structure revolves about said bracket plate.
10. The box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome according to claim 9, wherein said collar shaft further includes a groove and said bracket plate further includes a groove and said bracket plate further includes respective rack for meshing with said groove of said collar shaft.
11. The box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome according to claim 9, wherein a stopper pair is constructed between said dome structure and said bracket plate for defining a rotation reign of said dome structure with respect to said housing, said stopper pair further including a stopper and a respective stopper collar, said stopper constructed under said bracket plate while said stopper collar constructed at a respective location of said collar shaft;
- in the case that said dome structure being turned to a predetermined angle, said stopper collar meeting said stopper and thus preventing said dome structure from further rotating.
12. The box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome according to claim 9, wherein said dome structure further includes a chip-off portion that defines said socket.
13. The box adaptor of claim 9, wherein the socket is eccentrically positioned on the dome structure.
14. The box adaptor of claim 9, wherein the socket faces away from an axis of rotation of the dome structure.
15. A method comprising:
- providing a housing, further including a bracket plate;
- providing at least a dome structure, mounted individually and revolvably at said bracket plate, each of said dome structure further having a collar shaft at one end and a dome surface at another end, said collar shaft at one end and a dome surface at another end, said collar shaft engaging with said bracket plate to form a revolvable pair, each of said dome structure further having thereof at least a socket having a plurality of contact terminals therein coupled to signal wires extending through the housing; and
- revolving the dome structure with respect to said bracket plate such that said socket changes its facing direction.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein a stopper pair is constructed between said dome structure and said bracket plate for defining a rotation reign of said dome structure with respect to said housing, said stopper pair further including a stopper and a respective stopper collar, said stopper constructed under said bracket plate while said stopper collar constructed at a respective location of said collar shaft; the method further comprising:
- revolving the dome structure with respect to said bracket plate until the stopper engages the stopper collar.
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 19, 2006
Date of Patent: Sep 14, 2010
Inventors: Yi-Te Chiang (Taipei), Hsueh-Lan Lin (Pan Chiao City, Taipei Hsien)
Primary Examiner: Jean F Duverne
Attorney: Workman Nydegger
Application Number: 11/584,798
International Classification: H01R 3/00 (20060101);