A safety socket is provided, comprising: a neutral-wire conductive base, a live-wire conductive base, an insulator, a neutral-wire wiring terminal, a live-wire wiring terminal, and a live-wire connection piece. The insulator is disposed between the neutral-wire conductive base and the live-wire conductive base. The contact of the neutral-wire wiring terminal is close to the contact of the first end of the neutral-wire conductive base. The live-wire wiring terminal is disposed between the live-wire conductive base and the insulator. The two contacts of the live-wire connection piece are respectively close to the contact of the second end of the live-wire conductive base and the contact of the live-wire wiring terminal. The invention can prevent electric shock when a conductive non-plug foreign body is inserted to provide high safety. The overall structure of the invention is simplified and easy to assemble, to achieve reducing manufacturing costs, and facilitating mass production.

A connector arrangement includes a plug nose body; a printed circuit board positioned within a cavity of the plug nose body; and a plug cover that mounts to the plug nose body to enclose the printed circuit board within the cavity. The printed circuit board includes a storage device configured to store information pertaining to the electrical segment of communications media. The plug cover defines a plurality of slotted openings through which the second contacts are exposed. A connector assembly includes a jack module and a media reading interface configured to receive the plug. A patch panel includes multiple jack modules and multiple media reading interfaces.

This disclosure relates to an access cover detection circuit for an electrified vehicle component and a corresponding method. An exemplary component of an electrified vehicle includes an access cover configured to selectively open and close relative to the component, and a circuit configured to indicate whether the access cover is open. The circuit includes a light sensitive electronic component.

A battery module is provided including a battery module connector configured to engage with a backplane connector on a backplane board associated with an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). When the battery module connector is engaged with the backplane connector a circuit is completed that instantaneously indicates to the UPS that the battery module is connected. When the battery module connector is disengaged from the backplane connector the circuit is opened and instantaneously indicates to the UPS that the battery module is disconnected.

A battery module is provided including a battery module connector configured to engage with a backplane connector on a backplane board associated with an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). When the battery module connector is engaged with the backplane connector a circuit is completed that instantaneously indicates to the UPS that the battery module is connected. When the battery module connector is disengaged from the backplane connector the circuit is opened and instantaneously indicates to the UPS that the battery module is disconnected.

An electrical outlet has a female member with at least two electrically conductive contact sleeves for the reception of the pins on a plug inserted in the female member and a connector arrangement for connection of the electrical outlet to a mains supply. The female member is movable relative to the connector arrangement between a first mode, in which the contact sleeves are electrically disconnected from the mains supply, and a second mode, in which contact sleeves are electrically connected to a mains supply. The connector arrangement include a connection ring and a mounting plate. The connector arrangement further include connection plates, whose number corresponds to the number of contact sleeves on the female member, wherein each contact sleeve is brought in or out of contact with a connection plate by movement of the female member.

A connector arrangement includes a plug nose body; a printed circuit board positioned within a cavity of the plug nose body; and a plug cover that mounts to the plug nose body to enclose the printed circuit board within the cavity. The printed circuit board includes a storage device configured to store information pertaining to the electrical segment of communications media. The plug cover defines a plurality of slotted openings through which the second contacts are exposed. A connector assembly includes a jack module and a media reading interface configured to receive the plug. A patch panel includes multiple jack modules and multiple media reading interfaces.

A plug and socket device includes a plug, which can be inserted in a socket. The plug or the socket has a detection unit designed to detect the correct positioning of the plug in the socket. The detection unit has a switching element designed to be mechanically activated when the plug is correctly positioned.

Provided are a foreign substance detecting circuit, an electronic device including the foreign substance detecting circuit, and a method of detecting foreign substance. The electronic device includes a connector connected to an external cable and including a plurality of pins, a foreign substance detecting circuit configured to, when the cable is connected to the connector, detect a resistance from a first pin that is set to be in an open state or to be connected to a pull-down resistor from among the plurality of pins in a state where the cable is connected, and determine whether there is a foreign substance in the connector, and an application processor configured to control operations in the electronic device for performing a post-process when there is the foreign substance in the connector, according to a detection result from the foreign substance detecting circuit.

A combined-type battery pack tab device has a switch unit, comprising a seat which is mounted on equipment and is provided with a plurality of male tabs that are matched with a male tab inside a batter pack, and the switch unit which has one end matched with the male tab and the other end is matched with a circuit in a piece of equipment. The battery pack tab device is provided with the switch unit, and the switch unit triggers the battery pack and the equipment into indirect conduction, which solves the problem of instant sparking at the moment when the battery pack and the equipment are triggered into direct conduction, eliminates the potential hazard of electric shock at the moment the battery pack and the equipment are separated, thus improving the operation safety of the battery pack.