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Rotatable connector for telephone transmitter

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1992-12-03
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Granted: 1993-08-10
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Expires: 2012-12-03
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Abstract

Abstract A rotatable connector for telephone transmitter, especially one which prevents the transmitter conductor from twisting, includes: a housing; a clip connecting plug for inserting into the transmitter; a rotation seat for inserting and placing into the housing and connecting with an extension conductor to electrically connect with the clip connecting plug; some sets of annular guide pieces composed of some semi-circular piercing guide pieces and some semi-circular guide pieces being fixed onto the rotation seat; and a jack for transmitter conductor being fitted in the housing and having some electrically conducting spring strips embedded thereon; In this structure, the jack for transmitter conductor can rotate freely relative to the rotation seat, while still keeps the spring strips in electric connection with the annular guide pieces.

Inventors

  • 👤 Steve Kang

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R39/00; H01R39/64; H01R35/00; H01R35/04; H01R24/00; H01R24/60; H01R24/62

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 461 words
A rotatable connector for telephone transmitter, it is comprised of the following members: a clip connecting plug, a housing, a rotation seat, a plurality of annular guide pieces, a jack for transmitter conductor and a plurality of conducting spring strips; and is characterized in that: Said housing being hollowed and through to allow said rotation seat to be inserted and placed therein, and to allow the fitting of said jack for transmitter conductor; Said rotation seat being provided with a soft extension conductor extending forwardly therein and having a plurality of core wires in it, also being provided on its rear end with a plurality of independent annular grooves serially spaced in equal distance; said rotation seat inserting into said housing from the rear thereof to let said extension conductor reveal out from the front end thereof, while the front end of said extension conductor being able to form the electric connection with said clip connecting plug; Said annular guide pieces being the same in number of sets as that of said annular grooves, each set of said annular guide pieces being composed of a semi-circular piercing guide piece, having thereon a sting, and a semi-circular guide piece, and each of said sting on said respective semi-circular piercing guide piece being on a different position respectively; each set of said annular guide pieces being embedded in one of said annular grooves respectively, while each said sting piercing through the plastic surface layer of said rotation seat to form the electric connection with one of said core wires respectively; Said jack for transmitter conductor having a central bore in the front face thereof, and having a socket for insertion of the transmitter conductor on the rear face thereof, also having a plurality of parallel slots spaced serially in equal distance on the top end of the body of said jack, with the number thereof equal to that of said annular guide pieces; said jack being fitted in the interior of said housing; Said conducting spring strips being the same in number as that of said sets of annular guide pieces, the lengths of said spring strips are different with one another, said strips each having a front end and a rear end bending downwards respectively; said strips being each embedded in one of said parallel slots on said jack for transmitter conductor respectively, so as to let said front ends each be electrically connected with one of said sets of annular guide pieces tangentially; Wherein said housing, jack for transmitter conductor and electrically conducting spring strips being coupled as a group, while said rotation seat, annular guide pieces and clip connecting plug being coupled as another group, said groups being able of relative free rotation while still keeping the electric connection therebetween.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 461 words
A rotatable connector for telephone transmitter, it is comprised of the following members: a clip connecting plug, a housing, a rotation seat, a plurality of annular guide pieces, a jack for transmitter conductor and a plurality of conducting spring strips; and is characterized in that: Said housing being hollowed and through to allow said rotation seat to be inserted and placed therein, and to allow the fitting of said jack for transmitter conductor; Said rotation seat being provided with a soft extension conductor extending forwardly therein and having a plurality of core wires in it, also being provided on its rear end with a plurality of independent annular grooves serially spaced in equal distance; said rotation seat inserting into said housing from the rear thereof to let said extension conductor reveal out from the front end thereof, while the front end of said extension conductor being able to form the electric connection with said clip connecting plug; Said annular guide pieces being the same in number of sets as that of said annular grooves, each set of said annular guide pieces being composed of a semi-circular piercing guide piece, having thereon a sting, and a semi-circular guide piece, and each of said sting on said respective semi-circular piercing guide piece being on a different position respectively; each set of said annular guide pieces being embedded in one of said annular grooves respectively, while each said sting piercing through the plastic surface layer of said rotation seat to form the electric connection with one of said core wires respectively; Said jack for transmitter conductor having a central bore in the front face thereof, and having a socket for insertion of the transmitter conductor on the rear face thereof, also having a plurality of parallel slots spaced serially in equal distance on the top end of the body of said jack, with the number thereof equal to that of said annular guide pieces; said jack being fitted in the interior of said housing; Said conducting spring strips being the same in number as that of said sets of annular guide pieces, the lengths of said spring strips are different with one another, said strips each having a front end and a rear end bending downwards respectively; said strips being each embedded in one of said parallel slots on said jack for transmitter conductor respectively, so as to let said front ends each be electrically connected with one of said sets of annular guide pieces tangentially; Wherein said housing, jack for transmitter conductor and electrically conducting spring strips being coupled as a group, while said rotation seat, annular guide pieces and clip connecting plug being coupled as another group, said groups being able of relative free rotation while still keeping the electric connection therebetween.

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