A wall-mounted assembly may include one or more host devices which receive line voltage and generate low voltage power on one or more contacts for powering one or more modular devices. The one or more modular devices may be installed adjacent to the host device and may share a faceplate with the host device, such as a standard decorator faceplate. The modular devices may receive power from the host device via a power bus between the host device and the one or more modular devices. Further, the power bus may include a communication bus for communication between the host device and the modular devices. The faceplate may be a smart faceplate, which may include circuitry, such as a battery backup, occupancy sensing, a charging dock for a mobile phone, etc.

An illuminable electronic connector for facilitating connection with an electronic device has an illumination circuit with at least one illumination source, and an on-board power source for supplying power to the illumination source in at least some modes of operation. The connector may be configured to adjust brightness of the illumination source based on ambient light conditions using an on-board light sensor. A touch sensing input may also be provided to operate the illumination source. The connector may be further operable to enter a sleep mode when it enters a shipping phase of a supply chain and then to automatically activate the illumination source when it is unpackaged at the end of the shipping phase. An electronic device including an electronic visual interface, such as a mobile phone, may be also operated in a similar manner based on the phase of the device within a supply chain.

A USB Type-C/Power Delivery controller chip includes a first pin for receiving a first voltage, a second pin for receiving a second voltage, and a third pin for coupling to the CC pin of a USB connector. The USB controller chip includes a VCONN power supply circuit having a blocking field effect transistor (BFET) coupled in series with a hot-swap field FET (HSFET) between the first and third pins, and first and second Zener diodes coupled anode-to-anode between the HSFET's source and gate. A cable detection circuit includes a BFET coupled between the second and third pins, and a Zener diode coupled between the BFET's gate and a lower rail. A power delivery physical layer circuit includes a receiver and a transmitter, each coupled to the third pin through a respective BFET, the respective BFETs each having a Zener diode coupled between respective gates and the lower rail.

A car charger includes a main body, a charging slot, and a charging module. The main body has an insertion portion and a top portion. The charging slot is located at the top portion. The charging slot has a concave surrounding wall, and the surrounding wall has a receiving space. The charging module includes an input terminal, a first charging terminal, and a conversion circuit. The input terminal is located at the insertion portion. The first charging terminal is located at the surrounding wall. The conversion circuit is electrically connected to the input terminal and the first charging terminal. The conversion circuit is configured to convert power from the input terminal and output the power to the first charging terminal.

Provided are an electric appliance and a method of manufacturing the same, the electric appliance having a smaller size and a reduced overall weight by preventing a fluid from flowing into a space unrelated to a heating component in a state where the fluid fills its case.

The electric appliance includes: a case including a first space and a second space communicated to each other; a first component disposed in the first space; a second component disposed in the second space; a connection portion electrically connecting the first component and the second component to each other; and a potting pattern including a resin material and formed in the first space.

A charge sleeve assembly and kit for a vehicle auxiliary power outlet has a cylindrical electric plug assembly coupled to a cylindrical USB port assembly along a common axis with at least one USB port proximally facing. A cylindrical cover assembly is designed to circumscribe the cylindrical USB port assembly. At least one substantially L-shaped groove portion is disposed longitudinally along an interior surface of the cylindrical cover assembly with an open slot portion, running toward a proximal end of the cylindrical cover assembly and jogging perpendicularly substantially at the proximal end of the cylindrical cover assembly. At least one protruding tooth member is disposed on an exterior surface of the cylindrical USB port assembly and fits within the groove portion to slide longitudinally along the groove portion and along the perpendicular jog, allowing the cylindrical cover to axially rotate, the at least one tooth member restraining longitudinal movement of the cylindrical cover.

An electrical user comprising: —a recessed frame (2); —a cover (3) of said frame comprising an electrical device (31); —an electric power/data transmission socket (4) applied to said frame (2), the socket (4) being concealed. The cover (3) is movable at least between an open configuration and a closed configuration; in said closed configuration a housing (30) is identified between the socket (4) and the cover (3); in said closed configuration said housing (30) is suitable for housing an electric plug connected to the socket (4).

A surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The shaft assembly extends distally from the body. The end effector is located at a distal end portion of the shaft assembly. The end effector includes an active feature configured to operate on tissue. The body includes a drive feature operable to drive the active feature of the end effector. The body is removably coupled with the shaft assembly in a connected state and separated from the shaft assembly in a disconnected state. The body includes a drive feature configured to drive operation of the active feature of the effector. The drive feature includes at least one of an ultrasonic drive feature or a mechanical drive feature. A proximal end portion of the shaft assembly is configured to be removed from the body to separate the at least one activation feature from the drive feature.

An active cable avoiding influence of RX power consumption, comprising: the host connection end, the device connection end and the data wire and the auxiliary wire located between them. The auxiliary wire consists of the main power wire and the auxiliary power wire, wherein, the main power wire is used for current transmission between the VBUS of the host and the device; the auxiliary wire, one end of it is located at the host connection end and connected with the main power wire, and another end at the device connection end and is used for supply power to the active component at the device connection end. The active cable disconnects an active module of the device connection end from the VBUS and also arranges the power module between the active component and the auxiliary wire.

An electrical plug connector (10) having contacts (30) on the input side and a housing (20), within which electrical lines (40) and an electrical switch with at least one sensor device (84) and a control device (82) are connected to the contacts (30). The sensor device (84) and the control device (82) are arranged on a common carrier body (70). The carrier body is formed as a circuit carrier, which is made from plastic by injection-molding, on which metallic conductor tracks (80) are applied. This allows simple integration of sensor and monitoring tasks into conventional plug connectors.