Socket for automatically switching circuitry

Claim 2

A socket for automatically switching circuitry by responding to insertion of a plug into the socket, which comprises: an insulating housing having an opening for allowing the plug to insert into the opening; a first contact fixed on an inner side of the housing for mechanically and electrically connecting with a first electrode of the plug; a second contact with flexibility fixed in the housing for mechanically and electrically connecting with a second electrode of the plug and responding to the insertion of the plug to generate a deflection; a transmission component touching with the second contact for transmitting the deflection as a shifting displacement; and a slave switch separated from the second contact by touching with the transmission component at an opposite side to the second contact, when the plug inserts into the socket, the slave switch automatically switching the circuitry on or off by responding to the shifting displacement of the transmission component.

Claim 3

The socket of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is a power importing circuit, which introduces electric power from a universal serial bus port, of a universal serial bus apparatus, when the plug inserts into the socket for introducing electric power from an external power resource, the slave switch suspending the power importing circuit, thereby avoiding an electrical interference between uses of the universal serial bus port and the socket.

Claim 4

The socket of claim 1, wherein the plug comprises a uniaxial plug and a dualaxial plug.

Claim 5

The socket of claim 1, wherein the first contact is a pillar electrode fixing concentric with the opening of the housing.

Claim 6

The socket of claim 1, wherein the second contact comprises a first reed stretching from a surface of the housing into the opening and a second reed bending from the surface into the opening to touch with first reed, when the plug inserts into the socket, the second reed deflecting downwardly to separate from touching with the first reed.

Claim 7

The socket of claim 1, wherein the transmission component is an insulating ball or an insulating pillar.

Claim 8

The socket of claim 1, wherein the transmission component is a cantilever beam with a protrusion at an end of the cantilever beam for separating the second contact from the slave switch.

Claim 9

The socket of claim 1, wherein the slave switch comprises a third reed and a fourth reed, which is separating from the second reed by the transmission component, when the plug stays out of the socket, the fourth reed touching with the third reed, when the plug inserts into the socket, the fourth reed responding to the displacement of the transmission component to deflect downwardly thereby separating from touching with the third reed.

Claim 10

The socket of claim 1, when the plug inserts in the socket, the second contact touching to the plug before the first contact does, thereby ensuring the slave switch to be activated before the first electrode of the plug electrically connecting with the first contact.

Claim 11

A socket of a universal serial bus apparatus for introducing external electric power into the universal serial bus apparatus, which further has a universal serial bus port for receiving electric power, the socket comprising: an insulating housing having an opening for allowing the plug to insert into the opening; a first contact pillar fixed on an inner side of the housing for mechanically and electrically connecting with a first electrode of the plug; a second flexible contact fixed in the housing for mechanically and electrically connecting with a second electrode of the plug and responding to the insertion of the plug to generate a deflection; a transmission component touching with the second contact for transmitting the deflection as a shifting displacement; and a slave switch separated from the second contact by touching with the transmission component at an opposite side to the second contact, when the plug inserts into the socket, the slave switch automatically switching off a circuit connecting with the universal serial bus port of receiving electric power for the universal serial bus apparatus, thereby avoiding an electrical interference of mixing uses of the universal serial bus port and the socket.

Claim 12

A socket of a universal serial bus apparatus for introducing external electric power into the universal serial bus apparatus, which further has a universal serial bus port for receiving electric power, the socket comprising: an insulating housing having an opening for allowing the plug to insert into the opening; a first contact pillar fixed on an inner side of the housing for mechanically and electrically connecting with a first electrode of the plug; a second flexible contact fixed in the housing for mechanically and electrically connecting with a second electrode of the plug and responding to the insertion of the plug to generate a deflection; a transmission component touching with the second contact for transmitting the deflection as a shifting displacement; and a slave switch separated from the second contact by touching with the transmission component at an opposite side to the second contact, when the plug inserts into the socket, the slave switch automatically switching off a circuit connecting with the universal serial bus port of receiving electric power for the universal serial bus apparatus, thereby avoiding an electrical interference of mixing uses of the universal serial bus port and the socket.

Claim 13

The socket of claim 10, wherein the plug belongs to an adapter.

Claim 14

The socket of claim 10, wherein the second flexible contact comprises a first reed stretching from a surface of the housing into the opening and a second reed bending from the surface into the opening to touch with first reed, when the plug inserts into the socket, the second reed deflecting downwardly to separate from touching with the first reed.

Claim 15

The socket of claim 10, wherein the transmission component is an insulating ball or an insulating pillar.

Claim 16

The socket of claim 10, wherein the transmission component is a cantilever beam with a protrusion at an end of the cantilever beam for separating the second flexible contact from the slave switch.

Claim 17

The socket of claim 10, wherein the slave switch comprises a third reed and a fourth reed, which is separating from the second reed by the transmission component, when the plug stays out of the socket, the fourth reed touching with the third reed, when the plug inserts into the socket, the fourth reed responding to the displacement of the transmission component to deflect downwardly thereby separating from touching with the third reed.

Claim 18

The socket of claim 10, when the plug inserts in the socket, the second flexible contact touching to the plug before the first pillar contact does, thereby ensuring the slave switch to be activated before the first electrode of the plug electrically connecting with the first pillar contact.