Power connection system

摘要

An AC cord/plug is “dead” while disconnected and goes “live” only when connected. The plug has a set of spring-loaded, normally-open contacts, each having two sets of fixed contacts and a single set of movable contacts. The movable contacts are in a spring-loaded assembly that has an iron core opposite the contacts, and the fixed contacts are in a hermetically sealed compartment shielding them from the plug's exterior. The AC plug inputs (L1, L2) are connected to one set of the normally open, fixed contacts, and the plug's socket terminals are connected to the other set of normally opened, fixed contacts. In the unplugged state, the plug's socket contacts are electrically isolated from the L1 and L2 inputs. When plugged-in, the plug's socket terminals go “live” when a magnetic circuit closes between the plug and socket that causes the plug's spring-loaded assembly to move to close the contacts.

主权项

1. An electrical connection system, comprising:
a first connector having at least one electrical switch through which electricity will pass when the switch is closed that is operated by an actuator that leaves the electrical switch open when the actuator is not being activated; and a second connector that receives the first connector along an established axis of connection and through which electricity will pass when the first connector's electrical switch is closed; a magnetic force that arises between the first and second connectors when they are at a defined distance apart on their axis of connection that activates the actuator in the first connector to close the electrical switch in the first connector; and a hermetically sealed chamber surrounding the at least one electrical switch through which electricity will pass when the switch is closed and the actuator that leaves the electrical switch open when the actuator is not being activated.