Abstract: A compact electrical power connector including a cable with cores surrounded by cable insulation. Each core includes a wire surrounded by core insulation. Removed cable insulation exposes each core and removed core insulation exposes each wire. Each wire is reverse crimped to a corresponding terminal placed within a cable holder that supports and routes each core. The assembled cable holder is inserted into a housing including housing terminal slots corresponding to each terminal. An inner mold is injected around the exposed end of the cable holder, any exposed core and a first portion of the terminal end of the cable. An over mold with integrated flange is injected around the exposed surfaces of the housing, the inner mold and a second portion of the terminal end of the cable adjacent the first portion.

Abstract: A compact electrical power connector including a cable with cores surrounded by cable insulation. Each core includes a wire surrounded by core insulation. Removed cable insulation exposes each core and removed core insulation exposes each wire. Each wire is reverse crimped to a corresponding terminal placed within a cable holder that supports and routes each core. The assembled cable holder is inserted into a housing including housing terminal slots corresponding to each terminal. An inner mold is injected around the exposed end of the cable holder, any exposed core and a first portion of the terminal end of the cable. An over mold with integrated flange is injected around the exposed surfaces of the housing, the inner mold and a second portion of the terminal end of the cable adjacent the first portion.

Abstract: An electric vehicle charging plug that comprises at least one temperature sensor for monitoring an internal temperature of the electric vehicle plug. The electric vehicle charging plug further comprises a data cable conveys temperature data to a physically separate controller. The electric vehicle charging plug further comprises a housing or holder for receiving the at least one temperature sensor, wherein the housing is capable of being embedded within an inner-mold of the electric vehicle plug. A first seal seals a junction between the at least one pin/blade and a faceplate or bridge plate. A second seal seals both a junction between the at least one pin/blade and a faceplate or bridge plate and the inner-mold. A third seal provided by the inner-mold seals the entire interior of the electric vehicle plug.

Abstract: A compact electrical power connector including a cable with cores surrounded by cable insulation. Each core includes a wire surrounded by core insulation. Removed cable insulation exposes each core and removed core insulation exposes each wire. Each wire is reverse crimped to a corresponding terminal placed within a cable holder that supports and routes each core. The assembled cable holder is inserted into a housing including housing terminal slots corresponding to each terminal. An inner mold is injected around the exposed end of the cable holder, any exposed core and a first portion of the terminal end of the cable. An over mold with integrated flange is injected around the exposed surfaces of the housing, the inner mold and a second portion of the terminal end of the cable adjacent the first portion.

Abstract: A sealed electrical plug comprises at least one temperature sensor for monitoring an internal temperature of the electrical plug. The electrical plug further comprises a data cable that is wrapped by a shield for screening electrical noise so as to accurately capture and convey temperature data. The electrical plug further comprises a housing or holder for receiving the at least one temperature sensor, wherein the housing is capable of being embedded within an inner-mold of the electrical plug and positioned close to at least one pin. One or more seals may be placed at junctions between the at least one pin and the inner-mold and a cable for the data cable to seal the inner-mold from air, moisture and particles.

Abstract: A sealed electrical plug comprises at least one temperature sensor for monitoring an internal temperature of the electrical plug. The electrical plug further comprises a data cable that is wrapped by a shield for screening electrical noise so as to accurately capture and convey temperature data. The electrical plug further comprises a housing or holder for receiving the at least one temperature sensor, wherein the housing is capable of being embedded within an inner-mold of the electrical plug and positioned close to at least one pin. One or more seals may be placed at junctions between the at least one pin and the inner-mold and a cable for the data cable to seal the inner-mold from air, moisture and particles.

Abstract: An electrical plug comprises at least one temperature sensor for monitoring temperature of the electrical plug. The electrical plug further comprises a data cable that is wrapped by a shield for screening electrical noise so as to accurately capture and convey temperature data. The electrical plug further comprises a housing for receiving the at least one temperature sensor, wherein the housing is capable of being embedded in the electrical plug.

Abstract: A connector is configured to be removably engaged with and locked to an inlet. The connector comprises a locking member and a release member. The locking member is configured to impose a force on an inlet blade so as to lock the connector to the inlet when the connector is fully inserted into the inlet. The locking member comprises a compressible portion having an opening that is sufficiently large to allow the inlet blade to slide through under pressure but sufficiently small to form at least one contact point between the inlet blade and the compressible portion in its uncompressed state so as to impose the force on the inlet blade. The release member is configured to release the force imposed by the locking member on the inlet blade so as to disengage the connector from the inlet.

Abstract: An assembly comprises a connector and a sleeve. The connector includes a resilient locking member movable between an outwardly disposed locked position and an inwardly disposed unlocked position. The resilient locking member includes a button portion and a locking projection. A sleeve includes an aperture capable of engaging with the button portion of the resilient locking member. The sleeve is capable of sliding along the body of the connector and pushing down the button portion to unlock the resilient locking member so as to disengage the connector from its receptacle. The assembly further comprises a pair of stoppers provided on the sleeve and a pair of grooves provided on the connector. The pair of stoppers is engagable with the corresponding pair of grooves so that the connector is pulled out from the receptacle when a user continues to pull the sleeve backward after unlocking the resilient locking member.

Abstract: A connector is configured to be removably engaged with and locked to an inlet. The connector comprises a locking member and a release member. The locking member is configured to impose a force on an inlet blade so as to lock the connector to the inlet when the connector is fully inserted into the inlet. The locking member comprises a compressible portion having an opening that is sufficiently large to allow the inlet blade to slide through under pressure but sufficiently small to form at least one contact point between the inlet blade and the compressible portion in its uncompressed state so as to impose the force on the inlet blade. The release member is configured to release the force imposed by the locking member on the inlet blade so as to disengage the connector from the inlet.

Abstract: An electrical plug comprises at least one temperature sensor for monitoring temperature of the electrical plug. The electrical plug further comprises a data cable that is wrapped by a shield for screening electrical noise so as to accurately capture and convey temperature data. The electrical plug further comprises a housing for receiving the at least one temperature sensor, wherein the housing is capable of being embedded in the electrical plug.

Abstract: An assembly comprises a connector and a sleeve. The connector includes a resilient locking member movable between an outwardly disposed locked position and an inwardly disposed unlocked position. The resilient locking member includes a button portion and a locking projection. A sleeve includes an aperture capable of engaging with the button portion of the resilient locking member. The sleeve is capable of sliding along the body of the connector and pushing down the button portion to unlock the resilient locking member so as to disengage the connector from its receptacle. The assembly further comprises a pair of stoppers provided on the sleeve and a pair of grooves provided on the connector. The pair of stoppers is engagable with the corresponding pair of grooves so that the connector is pulled out from the receptacle when a user continues to pull the sleeve backward after unlocking the resilient locking member.

Abstract: A coupler including a housing is configured to affix individual lines of a multiline cable within the housing, the housing including a front portion for engaging an inlet, a rear portion, and an upper portion including a raised central area and at least one lowered side area. A sliding lock including a lock housing is configured to slide over the raised central area and the at least one lowered side area and at least one spring arm affixed to the lock housing; and an outer mold configured to engage the rear portion of the housing and constrain the sliding lock within a gap formed between the housing and the outer mold. The sliding lock is configured to slide forward within the gap to engage the inlet and lock the sliding lock in place, thereby locking the connector to the inlet, and slide backward within the gap and disengage the inlet.

Abstract: An electrical connector that includes a connector for connecting to a power adapter or directly connecting to an electrical device, and an electrical plug for connecting to a main supply. The electrical plug can move between a storage position, a first working position, and a second working position. The electrical plug may have a mechanism that fixes the prongs of the plug in one of these positions unless greater than a threshold amount of force is exerted on the prongs in a particular direction. In the storage position, the electrical plug may be inaccessible to an electrical outlet and electrically disconnected from the terminals of the connector. The first working position, second working position, and storage position may all be substantially perpendicular to each other. The plug may be moved from the second working position to the storage position by passing through the first working position.

Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting to a power adapter or an electrical device that includes prongs that can move between a storage position and a working position. One of the prongs may be located a greater distance from the terminals of the electrical connector than the other. A recess in the connector may allow the prongs to be accessed by a human finger when the prongs are in the storage position. The electrical connector may be detached from a corresponding electrical device, and have a slot that meets a rail of the electrical device to guide alignment of the electrical connector with the electrical device. The electrical device may also have a second recess that meets the recess of the electrical connector when the terminal housing is mated to the inlet of the electrical device.

Abstract: An electrical plug having an extraction component that may be collapsed to decrease the profile of the plug and may be retracted to increase the profile of the plug. Increasing the profile of the plug increases the graspable area of the plug, making it easier to extract the plug from an outlet socket. The extraction component may be a slidable cover substantially surrounding a housing holding the pins and wiring of the plug within an overmold. The extraction component may also be a slidable cap connected to a pin bridge surrounded by an overmold. Openings formed within the pin bridge include a stopper that limits the retraction of the extraction component. The extraction components include a number of snap-fit pins that are each inserted into the openings beyond the stoppers, at which point the snap-fit ends of the pins expand and hold pins within the openings.

Abstract: An interchangeable and detachable flange for a connector is described. A flange with a circular opening can be secured to an electrical or other type of connector by a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is engaged and disengaged by twisting the flange around the connector. The locking mechanism may consist of a tongue that slides into a slot when the flange is twisted around the connector, and may further consist of a raised knob that fits into a recess for the raised knob.

Abstract: A coupler including a housing is configured to affix individual lines of a multiline cable within the housing, the housing including a front portion for engaging an inlet, a rear portion, and an upper portion including a raised central area and at least one lowered side area. A sliding lock including a lock housing is configured to slide over the raised central area and the at least one lowered side area and at least one spring arm affixed to the lock housing; and an outer mold configured to engage the rear portion of the housing and constrain the sliding lock within a gap formed between the housing and the outer mold. The sliding lock is configured to slide forward within the gap to engage the inlet and lock the sliding lock in place, thereby locking the connector to the inlet, and slide backward within the gap and disengage the inlet.

Abstract: A rotatable power/signal connector includes a fixing part and a rotating part. The fixing part comprises a housing portion in which a set of terminals is mounted for terminating conduits, an upper inner cover with recesses for receiving a first resilient member and a first gear, and a lower inner cover with recesses for receiving a second resilient member and a second gear. The rotating part comprises an upper outer cover with the first gear, a lower outer cover with the second gear, the first resilient member, and the second resilient member. The rotating part is rotatable relative to the fixing part and fixable to the fixing part at a number of predetermined positions.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a C5/C6 coupler having a substantially equivalent shape and size as a C7/C8 coupler. Embodiments relate to a power supply cord that provides an earth connection to the cord. Still more particularly, embodiments relate to a slim inlet that provides a make-first-and-break-last earth connection and prevents incompatible cords, different type of connectors, from being connected to the slim inlet.