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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
May. 03, 2011
Hsiung-kuei Cheng, Taipei, TW;
Chung-chien Tseng, Taipei, TW;
Ming-tsai Kao, Taipei, TW;
Cyber Power Systems Inc., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A power converter having a pivotable and receivable power plug has a housing, an adapter board, a power output unit and a plug. The adapter board and the power output unit are mounted inside the housing. The adapter board has two conducting strips and a grounding strip. Each conducting strip has a shaft holder formed by bending a free end of the conducting strip, and two metal pivot shafts formed on two opposite sides of the plug are pivotally and respectively mounted in the shaft holders. The plug has a ground plate having a first engagement portion formed thereon. The grounding strip has a second engagement portion formed therein in a pivoting path of the plug to engage the first engagement portion and position the plug when the plug is pivoted and protrudes beyond the housing. Accordingly, the power converter can have a pivotable and receivable plug with minimum parts.