WO2018024919A1 - Universal electrical connector with identifier - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a universal electrical connector with identifier, the surface of which has been divided into sections, each section containing a column of symbols, such that these symbols are visible from any angle. The connector consists of a base and a pin support which can be interchanged with other compatible pin supports. The two parts comprise internal electrodes that are shaped such that any set of pins is compatible with the base and an electrical contact can be established therebetween.

Description

 UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC CONNECTOR WITH IDENTIFIER

Sector of the technique

 The present invention describes a universal electrical connector with identifier designed to put in the world a standardized or definitive solution to the usual problem of identifying, instantaneously and correctly, the device to be plugged in or unplugged in all regions recognized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) or not, of the world.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

 The attempts that have been made to date to solve this cumbersome (and sometimes even dangerous) problem that everyone has everywhere have failed because they have adopted an approach that basically involves the isolated acts of the users. However, they do not make room for the impossible that is to coordinate or standardize the billions of acts that identify users around the world so that they perform them consistently with all the devices or devices that they already have or will have in their lives everyday Suffice a couple of examples.

 In the patent US 8516727 a clip is described, to be coupled to a cable, which is used in the identification of the origin of said cable. This document shows a total absence of consideration of the standardization factor that resides in the manufacturer.

 In the application WO 2006/041905 A2 a device is described to aid in the identification of an electrical device or peripherals through the use of an identification adhesive marker placed in the connector or plug of said electrical device.

 In the long investigation, as much of the use of plugs in the daily life, as of the state of the technique, realized by the inventor to finalize the present invention, no solution to this problem has not come to light that does not put the thickness of the weight of the identification in the isolated acts of the users and that, therefore, does not run aground on the same point: the abandonment on the part of such users of the identification system of turn, with the reiterated consequence that finally it fails in its effort to generalize or impose. And back to start: people still have no solution to the problem of the tangle of cables without identifying everywhere that, in the current case, is mere but repeatedly annoying, but that, sometimes it comes to pose a threat or a danger to an individual or for a whole group, for example, by mistakenly disconnecting a machine on which the life of a person depends, or a device on which the information of an entire company or even a segment of the population depends, often with considerable costs.

 The solution to this perpetual nuisance, or danger, is what will be discussed throughout the following pages.

Exhibition of the invention The present invention, in order to achieve its objective of offering a standardized solution (ie, definitive) to the problem of identifying, easily and unequivocally, the correspondence between some electrical connectors and the apparatuses that use electricity to those that supply said electrical connectors, It proposes to make a minimal modification of the electrical connectors already existing in the different regions of the world, which will be described below, while proposing to have some identification marks, which will be detailed later, that come already made from the factory on the surface. outside of said electrical connectors allowing their identification.

 As suggested in the title, the present invention describes an electrical connection with an identifier in the form of an identifier for electrical appliances, electronic or otherwise, whose purpose is to definitively eliminate the frequent problem of identifying, without great effort or error, the devices connected to the electrical current when plugging or unplugging them.

 The present invention seeks the transfer of the identifying responsibility of the user to the manufacturer. The attempts that have been made to date to solve this problem have suffered from the same failure: they have unwittingly assumed that the conduct of human beings is ideal and uniform, while they have overlooked, in everything or part, the easy and enormous capacity of the mechanized processes to produce precisely ideal and uniform results, that is, standardized, in sufficient numbers and with perfect regularity. In other words, such attempts have expected from the users a consistency of behavior that is not really within their supply, while they have missed the great automation capacity that the manufacturers' industrial processes have to generalize, standardize and, at the Therefore, solve the problem of identifying the different devices once and for all.

 The radical change of perspective of the present invention consists, precisely, in reversing these terms, that is, in removing the user from the bulk of the identification responsibility and passing it on to the manufacturer. Thus, if the user was once asked to add something - an adhesive, a flange, a disk, etc. - at one or the other point of the plug or, more commonly, the power cord C of the apparatus, in this invention is the industrial process controlled by the manufacturers who will be responsible for putting such identification, ready and without exceptions, to the user's supply.

 The advantages of the radical change of the identification responsibility are that the identification systems that depended on the isolated human act, besides being unrealizable, were fragile, perishable, detached, pale or even erased, broke, but above all they changed places , which made them susceptible to disappearing suddenly in the very length of the cable C buried in the surrounding tangle.

The identification system transferred to the manufacturer and described in this patent is, instead, strong, durable, fixed, it does not detach, it is not erased, it is not broken, but, above all, it does not change place. This last characteristic is the key for the present system to be accepted by the user, then, not being forced to look for identifiers in variable places of the cable, or to straighten semi-detached and folded adhesives on themselves, or anything like that, will be able to identify the device in question in a single glance.

 With very few almost instantaneous reiterations of this operation, the process of identifying any other devices will soon be done almost without the user having to fix himself, allowing him to develop a confidence that such identification will be in its same place in all the devices. This simple process of identification is rooted in the habit, increasingly widespread, of decoding, with simplicity and without much difficulty, the semiotic system used, for example, in the illustration at the entrance of public toilets, where, almost without looking and as much as they vary in their artistic expression, we rarely make mistakes when it comes to distinguishing which door is the one by which we accede to that of ladies or to that of gentlemen.

 Additionally and optionally, it is proposed that in order to facilitate and lower its manufacture, the electric connection is made up of two parts, so that such binarization allows its universalization. By universalization it is meant that the electrical connector object of the present patent manages to adapt to the fifteen standards of regional pins of the world recognized by the CEI for electrical sockets, as well as to other sub-standard varieties that are still manufactured in many places, if necessary.

 Thus, a universal electrical connector with identifiers is proposed that includes a receptacle, to which a power cable arrives, and electrical connection pins electrically connected to said cable, said pins being compatible with at least one wall outlet in the world.

 The proposed universal electric connector proposes, in a novel way, that:

 Said receptacle includes identification elements distributed in at least three columns of identifiers preferably distributed equidistantly over its outer surface, so that the Identifiers are visible from any angle of approach; and because

 • each of said columns of identifiers preferably includes a maximum of three identifiers.

 The identifier elements will be representative of at least the functionality of the electrical device connected to said electrical connector.

 It is understood that a wall socket of the world refers to any one of the different configurations of standardized or non-standardized electrical connectors existing in different geographical areas of the world.

It will also be understood that when it is indicated that the identifiers will be visible from any angle of approach, it refers to any angle of approach located on one side of the wall plane on which the wall socket to which the electrical connection is connected is located, and the same is applicable not only to the wall sockets but also to the mobile multipliers, in any plane in which they are located.

 Preferably the identification elements of each column of identifiers are identical to the identification elements included in the remaining columns of identifiers, in this way whatever the angle of approach of a user to the electrical connector may correctly visualize the identification elements of the connector electrical system arranged at least on one of the columns of identifiers.

 Said receptacle is proposed to have a convex outer surface on which to dispose the columns of identifiers. As said outer surface of convex geometry generates a three-dimensional solid that houses the connections between the cable and the connection pins, and exposes a convex surface much more easily visible by a user from any angle of approach, the connector being connected to a wall socket or to a multi-pin power strip.

 The columns of identifiers will preferably be distributed in equidistant angular positions around a central axis of the connector parallel to the electrical connection pins, and therefore said central axis being perpendicular to the wall plane on which the wall socket is located. to connect the electrical connector or perpendicular to a terminal strip plane to which the electrical connector is connected.

According to a further embodiment, the portion of the convex outer surface of the receptacle on which each column of identifiers is disposed forms an angle, with respect to said central axis, comprised between 30 ° and 90 °, although in a more preferred embodiment said angle will be between 30 ^a and 60 °. This allows to expose the columns of identifiers so that they are more visible from any angle of approach.

 It is also proposed that the power cable is preferably inserted into the receptacle in a position coaxial with said central axis, so that the columns of identifiers are arranged around the point of insertion of the cable into the receptacle.

 Said convex outer surface of the receptacle is also contemplated which may include at least one shape selected from a form of:

 • hemisphere, dome (Rl \ pyramid or cone;

 • truncated hemisphere, truncated copula, truncated pyramid, truncated cone;

 ■ complete or truncated body of revolution around an axis parallel to the electrical connection pins;

· Dome drum (R2) on which extends a copula form (Rl) incorporating a copula flashlight (R3) at its upper end; • flat surface perpendicular to the electrical connection pins surrounded by a skirt.

 Additionally, and in a non-limiting manner, it is proposed that either the connector be composed of two parts coupled together, corresponding to the receptacle and a pin module integrating said pins, said two parts being in electrical connection through an active connector and a complementary antagonist structure, the replaceable pin module being, or that said receptacle and said electrical connection pins be integrated in a unitary monolithic connector, the receptacle and the pins being inseparable without the use of tools or without causing the destruction of the connector electric.

 The receptacle may preferably include a concave inner surface defining an inner cavity housing said active connector, the respective complementary antagonist structures and at least partially said pin module. In the first case, the coupling between said two constituent parts is proposed to be produced by:

 • a screw mechanism between the receptacle and the pin modules; or

 «A screw mechanism between the receptacle and the pin modules while the thread of the pin module is provided with an arm terminated in a closing that locks with an eyelet open in the opposing thread of the receptacle; or

 • a bayonet fit between the receptacle and the pin modules.

 It is also proposed that said Identifiers be integrated into said identification columns by relief, engraving, injection, printing, or other suitable technique, standardized or not.

 It is also proposed to incorporate, in each column of identifiers, some main identifiers corresponding to a representative icon of the device, to the brand logo or other identifier of the manufacturer, and to an altered personal identifier. Said alterable personal identifier can be modified by a user in order to include additional information to the electrical connector, for example by means of a color code, by means of the inclusion of identifying labels, or by writing additional information on said altered personal identifier.

 Each identification column may include a cavity provided with a window inserted in said cavity, said window being transparent or said window including a Personalization Distinction corresponding to said personal identifier alterable.

According to another proposed embodiment, said receptacle includes LEDs arranged in correspondence with each one of the Columns of identifiers, or between the Identification Columns, said LEDs being in electrical connection with the cable, so that its ignition occurs when the cable carries current electrical, facilitating the location of the electrical connector, identifying the existence of electrical voltage in the electrical connector, and / or offer a correct illumination of the identification elements to facilitate their recognition.

 Said identifier columns may be included on a rubber identifier sleeve or other elastic, or retractable material disposed on the receptacle.

 In another embodiment the receptacle includes Guides in which three or more identifiers that are distributed equidistantly on the surface of the receptacle are slid, so that the Identifiers are optimally visible from any approach angle. Brief explanation of the drawings

 Figure 0 The two parts of the present plug: receptacle (and its parts) and pin module

 Figure 1 Aerial view of the three Columns of identifiers, jointly called

 Tripod

 Figure 2 Front view of a whole column of identifiers

Figure 3 View of two incomplete but complementary Columns of identifiers Figure 4 Personal Distinction that enters the Cavity

 Figure 5 Personal badge that is put on top of the Window, in turn within the

 Cavity

 Figure 6 Receptacle for module with bayonet socket

 Figure 7 Module for receptacle with bayonet socket

Figure 8 Receptacle with eyelet, seen externally

 Figure 9 Receptacle with eyelet, seen internally

 Figure 10 Module with Arm with Remate in polyhedron for the Eyelet

 Figure 11 Receptacle with crater where it fits the hemisphere of the arm

 Figure 12 Module with Arm with Remate Semi-sphere

Figure 13 Receptacle with fingerprint icon for Combination Hemisphere-Crater

Figure 14 Receptacle with thumb icon for Combination Hemisphere-Crater

 Figures 15-19 Realization Optically recommended, in contrast to some semiotic and volumetric variations of the receptacle

 Figures 20-23 Arcos y Tetón electrical connection

Figure 24 Receptacle with each one of the modules of the different regions CE!

 Figure 25 Lighting with LEDs

 Figures 26-28 Examples of adaptation of the tripodal identification scheme to special connectors

 Figure 29 View of an entire Identification Column, observed from different latitudes Figure 30 The Tripod, without receptacle

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION The following description refers to a preferred embodiment of the invention, and therefore with non-limiting illustrative character.

THE BINARIZATION OF THE PLUG.

 Can manufacturers assume the responsibility of producing permanently identified plugs for the tens or hundreds or thousands of their own devices, machines and different devices, each one in at least fifteen variations, corresponding to the fifteen regions recognized by the CIS? The numbers would be uneconomical. The solution to this pitfall is to make only two alterations to the standard plug. The first alteration consists of separating it into two parts (Fig. 0): the part of the plug that holds the hand, called along the following pages receptacle R for the M-modules of pins or, simply, receptacle R, and the part which, locked with it, enters the wall socket, hereinafter referred to as the M-module of pins or, simply, module M.

 Fig. 0 shows the proposed electrical connection consisting of two parts: receptacle R (and its parts) and module M of pins.

 Borrowing a composite architectural structure that faithfully portrays the shapes that are to be named here, the parts of said receptacle R are called the dome Laugh the middle, with their respective copying drum R2, below, and copula flashlight R3, above .

 The second alteration consists in arranging the identification elements 11 according to a tripodal scheme (on tripods) distributed over the surface of the receptacle R. This distribution of the representative icons of the apparatus and other serial or identification elements 11 on a tripod will be called hereinafter or tripodal scheme or, simply, tripod (Fig. 1 and Fig. 30), whose reasons will be explained below.

THE OPTICAL OF THE PLUG.

 Said tripodal distribution, on the surface of the receptacle R, of the identification elements 11 that will be detailed below is not capricious. It derives from the conclusion obtained during years of observation of the way in which the human eye sees and, above all, "knows" what it sees. The observation of the tripod of columns of identifiers 10 (Fig. 1) of the receptacle R of the present plug in real life will be very clear if a double simplification is used. First, imagine the said receptacle R reduced to the central part or copula Rl, plus the upper strip of the copulatory drum R2 (ie, mentally eliminating the copula flashlight R3 and the lower strip of said copying drum R2), because after all it is in said copula Rl (Fig. 0) and in the upper part of said copying drum R2 where it is recommended to put said tripod of columns of identifiers 10. And, secondly, imagine that it is inscribed said copula Rl plus the upper strip of the copying drum R2 in the axes of the Cartesian scheme.

THE ADVANTAGES OF THE FORM OF THE CUPLE. In a normal approach to the act of plugging or unplugging, the eye can move along the curvature of the x-axis, or horizontally, that is, increasing or decreasing the arc length, in which case you will observe one of two things:

 (a) you will see a complete leg of the Tripod, either in the entire longitudinal center of the visual field of your eyes (Fig. 2) or displaced to a greater or lesser degree to your left or right, but in any case complete; or

 (b) you will see a percentage of a column of identifiers 10 on the left and another percentage complementary in the column of identifiers 10 on the right (Fig. 3), so that the sum of the two always serves the eye to recompose a column of identifiers 10 integer. Such reconstruction is an integral part of the normal functioning of the human eye, evident, for example, in 3D cinema. If the eye moves vertically along the curvature of the y axis, that is, going up or down in latitude, what you will see will be, with one or the other angle, essentially what has just been described (Fig. 29).

 In other words, it will change the horizontal, or latitudinal, relationship of the eye with the identification elements 11 of the entire identifier column 10 or the percentages of the two columns of identifiers 10 partially visible to its right and left, but such horizontal change will not really affect the identification. If the observation is zenith or "polar", that is, with the eye located perpendicularly to the extension of the cable C that leaves the "oculus" of the copula Rl by the dome lantern R3, the observer will see the identification elements 11 of the three legs of the Tripod (Fig. 1) fleeing from it, so to speak, towards the shot, which is what usually happens from the pole of any object in all or in part spherical or quasi spherical. These observations of latitude close to or equal to 90 ° are common in real life, for example, with a muhitoma bar placed on a table.

THE COGNITION OF THE EYE.

So far, the reasons related to the objective part of the human eye's optics. Suffice a single note about the reasons relating to its subjective or cognitive or neurological dimension. The human eye habitually reconstructs and "sees" what in strict perception are only fragments: it is what happens, for example, with each of the letters of the second word at the beginning of the present sentence, and with the second one below : the eye joins the o, the j and the o of eye to form "a single" complete word, eye. He also omits what he has to omit, without the slightest shock. If the word eye were at the end of the line, so that it would take a hyphen after the first or (or-) and then the syllable would come at the beginning of the next line, the eye would know that it has to discard said script and "reconstruct" the word eye. Along that same neurophological path, the human eye quickly reconstructs the fraction of the column of identifiers 10 on the left and the fraction of the column on the right (Fig. 3) regardless of its latitudinal position (y axis) with respect to them. Since that is how, in summary, it sees the eye, the preferred or recommended form given to the main volume of the receptacle R in the present patent is, almost, that of a hemisphere and really that of an Rl dome, since It is the one that offers the greatest comfort, not only to the eye, but also to the grip of the hand. This form is the optimum to achieve the identifying purpose, because it minimizes the weight of the latitude (y axis) at most angles of approach to the plug, although it is possible to perform the semiotic part of the inventive purpose by giving said receptacle R other forms, as will be discussed below.

 Other forms optically less advisable for the receptacle R. It was said in the previous paragraph that the shape of an Rl dome was the Best to carry out the identification work. But it is not the only possible one. In fact, it could be done on the surface of any geometric volume, simple or compound, pure or hybrid, - truncated pyramid or cone, prism, parallelepiped, etc.- (Figs 16-17), whether they are regular or irregular. It could, undoubtedly, but would lose the benefits of maximum visibility and independence of the viewing angle offered by a surface that appears to the eye almost spherical or semiesfSrka and, therefore, would be put unnecessary mortgages to the comfort of the eyes and the user's position

 In any case, it is the manufacturer who must adopt the recommendation contained in this patent or, on the contrary, make the volumetric modifications that in his opinion are better suited to the realities of their products.

THE LIMITATION TO THE NUMBER OF IDENTIFIER ELEMENTS.

 In the view of the inventor, in the receptacle R there is room for a maximum of three identification elements 11 for each identiñcadores column 10 of the tripod scheme !. With a greater number, at a distance and in the light conditions of the average observation of the plug, the eye would begin to fight against the cramming of signals (Figs 18-19), thus defeating a very important part of the inventive purpose: the identification almost instantaneous.

Initially, the basic or fundamental identification of any device requires, at least, the identification of said device and that of its manufacturer. The identification of the apparatus is achieved by means of a representative or facsimile icon 12, that is, an icon that replicates, more or less faithfully, the shape of the apparatus; while the identification of the manufacturer can be achieved with the corresponding mark 13, either with the appearance and form by which said manufacturer is universally and universally recognized (Fig. 2), or with the aesthetic, semiotic, commercial or of another nature, that the manufacturer of the apparatus considers appropriate. Given that sometimes the mark 13 is less known than the respective logo, it can replace that one (Fig. 2). Such would be the case, for example, of what would surely happen with a famous brand of consumer electronics, to which, rather than by name, it is distinguished by certain bitten fruit. There is, as mentioned, a third icon that, due to its specific function, will be explained later on.

 The inventor considers that the latitude (y-axis) that these first two elements of identification 11, called principal Identifiers 12, 13 and 14, occupy in the receptacle R, is something optional of the manufacturer, as long as they are kept within their column of identifiers 10, for the reason of avoiding the overcrowding enunciated in the previous paragraph. In other words, the one that marks 13 (or the logo) is placed on the dome drum R2, or partially at the end of the copula Rl and partially on the upper strip of the dome drum R2, or the one that, on the contrary, the facsimile icon (Fig. 2) occupying this place is also a question of the manufacturer's discretion, although the recommendation is that the semantically most relevant identifier, facsimile icon 12, occupy the central place of each column of identifiers 10, that is, between that of the manufacturer and that which will be presented next. The way to make these first two identification elements 11 will require the manufacturer only a brief alteration of the molds or a slight variation in the software of their usual production procedures; and the fact that such alteration is slight is crucial for the manufacturer to accept the present invention, that is, to involve in the standardization of the final solution to the problem addressed by this patent.

THE PERSONAL IDENTIFIER.

 The third identification element 11 is somewhat more elaborate and requires a few words of context. With the two identification elements 11 mentioned, what has been described is the identification of the apparatus for which this plug is designed in its essential or objective characteristics, which, as stated, constitute the responsibility transferred from the user to the manufacturer by the manufacturer. present invention. But every device has, in general, an owner. And, in some circumstances, the actual owner is not as easy to identify as it would initially seem. Imagine a classroom in which there are seven children sitting at the same table, each with a computer from a donation from some manufacturer and, therefore, identical to the other six, all plugged into a single multitoma built into the table. In this case the seven plugs would have exactly the same Identifiers. How would each child know what their plug is when they want to disconnect it?

 Without a new identification element 11 onwards called personal identifier 14, each child would have no choice but to trace, through the tangle on the table, his own cable C from his computer to the multitome, that is, he would have to Do the same as we do now without the present invention. Without such a personal identifier 14 (Fig. 2), the present plug would finally not achieve the intended purpose:

that the user identifies his own device in any circumstance almost instantaneously. Without such an element, then, the identification of the plug of each device for each one of the owners would be incomplete. Here is the only occasion in which, sometimes, if you expect the end user action - necessary, we repeat, only in some cases (for example, in the aforementioned classroom), but not all. In the vast majority of cases, however, the user can ignore this step, which means that the great weight of the identification of devices continues to fall on the manufacturer.

 If the end user does not need to distinguish his device from other identical devices, he will simply not use this third element or personal identifier 14, that is, he will leave it as it left the factory.

 Regarding its placement, it is recommended that this third identification element 11 occupy, in each column of identifiers 10, the latitudinal section of the dome Rl adjacent to the dome lantern R3. Such personal identifier 14 could be placed on the dome lantern R3 itself, or on horseback between it and the beginning of the Rl dome. However, these last three locations would waste, the first total and the second partially, the advantage of the curvature of the receptacle R, which is why they are discouraged. Said personal identifier 14 can be realized in several ways. The recommended embodiment consists in that the receptacle R already has a hollow or cavity 21 (Fig. 4) for said personal identifier 14 (Fig. 4), located as will be detailed below, in which the user so requires it will put a personalization badge (Fig. 4) inside a lid or transparent window (Fig. 4) that will press into said cavity 21.

 The cavity 21 will hold the window 20 because it will enter in a slightly forced way in that (or, alternatively, because it has a small flange and opposing groove). This embodiment guarantees that the user will find it easy to insert and remove the window 20 from the cavity 21, for example with a key or other object with some tip that he has at hand or, even, with his own nail. It is up to the manufacturer to decide whether he uses this simple method of securing the window 20 in the pressure cavity 21, if he replaces it by a lash method, or if he resorts to others.

The personalizing badge can be introduced on the inner face of the window 20, which in turn will be pressed into the cavity 21, as just described, or said badge can also be placed on the outer surface of the window 20 (Fig. 5), for example, because it was already printed on said outer face, which exempts the user from removing it from the cavity 21. These badges can have different origins. The manufacturer, for example, can provide with the device a small selection of removable badges, leaving to the discretion of each user the decision about which of them they will finally use to perfect the identification of their device. Even the user himself can improvise them at will. The form recommended in this patent for the set of cavity 21, distinctive and window 20 is that of a tear (Figs 4, 5), but it can also be a square, a diamond, a triangle, a circle, or any other. The reason for recommending the shape of a tear, or another non-symmetrical one, is the same as that in the previous Optical recommendations and that here it will be reduced to a simple aphorism: the eye flees from monotony.

THE SECONDARY IDENTIFIER.

 These three are the elements of identification 11 recommended and, semantically, essential, but not the only ones possible. The so-called secondary identifiers are also conceivable (some of which are illustrated in Figs 18-19). To this second class belong, for example, the model of the device in question, the number of inches of the screen in the case of a television, the name of the line of the product range, the type of innovative processor of a given generation of computers, the power or voltage of the device, the age of the user to whom the device is intended and an inexhaustible host of similar characteristics, all at the discretion of the manufacturer. Perhaps the manufacturer decides that a specific personalized badge 14 containing one of these secondary Identifiers (or a combination of them) already comes from the factory, which the user can then replace with another of his own preference. Perhaps the manufacturer decides, as is his right, to sacrifice one or more of the semantically essential identifiers for one or more of the second type due to the specific market characteristics of a specific device, but it is not recommendable.

 Maybe you decide, for example, to combine with the brand some secondary identifier, such as the range of products, with the same size or with another. Perhaps it decides, on the other hand, to complement the three main identifiers of primordial semantic importance by placing one or more of said secondary identifiers, for example, in a second tripod, symmetrical or not with respect to the first one, or even distribute them without rhyme or reason. are by the free surface of receptacle R. These are some of the many possibilities, no doubt, but are not recommended from the point of view of the operation of the human eye, so little friend of excessive and agglomerated information, as stated in several times throughout these pages.

THE OPTICAL ECONOMY.

To illustrate, briefly, the enormous amount of variations in the identification elements 11, the contrast constituting the preferred embodiment of the present invention is included (Fig. 1 S) and some of the innumerable possibilities of combination of identification elements 11 ( Figs 18-19). Note in these examples that both the distribution of identification elements 11 and their number, in the recommended embodiment, facilitate identification "at a glance", while crowded distributions create a sensory aggression by visual overload that makes the user uncomfortable and difficult. ID. With an overpopulation of visual stimuli, the order governed by the economics of the recommended realization, with its consequent ease of identification, is replaced by the sensory discomfort of a chaotic realization, which forces the user to make that additional extra effort inherent to badly designed things.

 According to the opinion of the present inventor, the tripod distribution! It is the optimum. It is possible theoretically to divide the identification by the surface of the volume of the receptacle R following a scheme either of two columns of identifiers 10 or of four or more. It would even be conceivable, although not desirable, that there was no geometric scheme, that is, that the distribution was, or seems to be, completely random (Fig. 19). The recommendation of three columns of identifiers 10, however, is also not capricious in this matter, but, once again, obeys the features and habits of human vision, outlined throughout the present paragraphs. If the columns of identifiers 10 were reduced to two, identification from any angle of approach would no longer be possible. If there were only one, we would have what with a little humor could be called a hemispheric discrimination. On the opposite end, four or more columns of identifiers 10 in such a small space would still eventually put the eye at the crossroads of selecting some features among so many details, so why cram the surface of the R receptacle with information that the eye will it finally eliminate?

 THE MECHANICS OF THE PLUG.

 On the other hand, in the world there is a great variety of pin configurations. Only the standardized, and recognized by the CE1, and there are fifteen, although in real life there are a few more, perhaps many. It would be very difficult for anyone to assume the manufacture of identifier connectors for a huge amount of devices, machines and devices with these degrees of regional diversity, since the operation would surely be, as had been said, uneconomical. This is the function of the M-module of pins: to make the R receptacle independent of local peculiarities or, in other words, to adapt it to each country or region (Fig. 24), so that the place where an appliance has to be plugged in of being a cumbersome concern for manufacturers and dealers, as well as for users. The independent regional M modules, therefore, must be produced separately from the R receptacle. If we remove the attention for a moment from the identifying function itself, we will immediately realize that what is produced by the manufacturer are R receptacles. attachable to any module M and modules M attachable to any receptacle R. It is this characteristic that holds the key so that the present invention is actually realizable. Such versatility simplifies the production and distribution of plugs to the manufacturer because the whole problem is thus reduced only to combine receptacles R and M modules in correct numbers according to the needs of each market, without unnecessary duplications.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HABIT OF THE EDISON THREAD. This patent has proposed that all the details of the present invention always incorporate the most consistent solution with the habits of the vast majority of users anywhere in the world. Thus, for example, whenever in these paragraphs we have mentioned the way the human eye works, what was looked at was what was most natural, or "easy", to the habit of visual observation of the average user. In the matter of coupling receptacles R and M modules, the criterion could badly remain optical, since a coupling is mechanical in nature. Such a change of nature, however, does not prevent the present invention from equally fulfilling the goal of facilitating the use of the invention, as far as possible, to people of all latitudes.

 There is no doubt that such coupling can be achieved in many ways. For example, receptacles R and modules M could be locked by the usual bayonet mechanism, as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. But the mechanism recommended by the present invention is the screwing, because it has great real roots in the daily life of people in many countries. The thread is already present in a current object in which we do not repair because it is very common: the common or Edison bulb (patent US304086, August 26, 1884). There are already several generations who associate it indissolubly with electricity and who have screwed it innumerable times in a socket for many of the corners of the five continents.

 Said habit is that which is used in the present invention. This is, then, the reason to take advantage of it and prefer it as a locking mechanism here, although, of course, there could be many others.

 THE MODIFICATION OF THE THREAD.

 Thus, receptacles R and modules M are coupled by means of a thread that takes advantage of the generalized custom with the use of the Edison bulb, although this thread is slightly modified so that the two parts lock together sufficiently fixed or permanent (Figs 8-10).

It is recommended that the thread of the module M be secured within the opposing thread of the receptacle R because in its final section the thread that constitutes it gradually detaches until it forms, as it were, an upright arm (Fig. 10), at the end of which there is a prominent portion (called the end 31 of the arm 30, Fig. 10), which is the one that properly engages with a recess (called grommet 32 of the receptacle R, Figs 8 and 9). If the receptacle R is provided with such an eyelet 32, the arm 30 of the module M has to end in one or the other end 31 of the arm, which is more or less perpendicular to the axis of said arm 30, for example, a cylinder or, better, a parallelepiped that fits in such an eyelet 32 properly. This implies that the cross-section section 31 of the arm 30 must be antagonistic to the shape of the eyelet 32, that is to say, that the section of the more or less perpendicular finish 31 of the arm 30, has to be identical to that of buttonhole 32, while, to join without hindrance, the thickness of said volume of the top 31 must be slightly less than that of its opposing hole. This is the finishing solution 31 that offers the most fixed or secure interlocking.

 There is the alternative of making the receptacle R, instead of a complete hole, a simple recess of spherical section on its inner face, called crater 32 (Fig. 11), in which case the arm 30, reciprocally, has to end in a a kind of hemisphere 31 (Fig. 12) that fits in said crater 32 of the receptacle R. This last solution for the end 31 of the arm 30 offers the user a more comfortable, if somewhat less fixed, latch. The volume of the truss 31 requires an initial re-tracking of the thread 15 which guides the opposing thread of the M module with ease (Fig. 9 in the case of the polyhedral truss - eyelet 31-32, and Fig. 11 in the hemispherical trimming - -crater 31-32). To unlock the coupling of the pair polyhedral end 31 and eye 32, only need to use a common everyday object, such as the tip of a key or office clip, exerting pressure on the top 31 to dislodge it from the eyelet 32.

 If the manufacturer chooses the locking method composed of hemisphere 32 and crater 31, or equivalents, said manufacturer may have the courtesy of indicating to him the point of the receptacle R in which he will have to press to effect the unlocking of the module M of sideburns. But under what circumstances would anyone have to unlock and unscrew an M module and attach another one to the R receptacle? Anybody moving from one CEI region, or not CEI, to another, sometimes within the same country or even the same city, would have to do it. Since this mark is used only when the M module of one region has to be changed for another and that this occurs infrequently, in this question the manufacturer would be recommended, in accordance with the semiotic of the tripod, to point out the point of pressure by means of some more or less universal symbol of validity, for example, a fingerprint (Fig. 13) or a thumb (Fig. 14) and that it will be carried out in such a way that said symbol will be much smaller and tenuous or, said of another way, that was properly visible only from very close. It must be so that it does not compete visually with the main identifiers 12, 13 and 14 when plugging in or unplugging.

 Although in the matter of the modification of the thread other embodiments can be conceived (no modification, another modification, etc.), such other embodiments would not be advisable if they entailed the loss of a stable connection and therefore a worse electrical functioning, for small or great that it was; and / or if they entail greater difficulty for the user.

OTHER REALIZATIONS.

There are other realizations, of very different nature from the one recommended, and perhaps of interest to the manufacturer, which can be carried out by agglutinating, omitting or otherwise modifying what is consigned in these pages. For example, a generic R receptacle can be produced, so to speak, coupled to the regional M modules, which would come out of the machines without identifiers specific and that would be the basis of all plugs for all electrical devices and devices. In the places of said generic R receptacle where the plug described in these pages brought the recommended Identifiers from the factory, the generic one would have, for example, three Cavities in which would fit three Windows corresponding to the Recommended Identifiers, or to those secondary Identifiers that the manufacturer on the other hand, it considers opportune, or a combination of some and others, in a number of three, or more or less than three. The corresponding fixing system can be simple pressure, with tabs or any other that is convenient to manufacture.

 Another embodiment would consist in endowing said generic receptacle R with a kind of guides or rails, also arranged tripodally for the optical reasons described above, in which the recommended and / or secondary identifiers would slide, in the same recommended number or in another and adapted to this second alternative fixing system. A third possible embodiment, of a very different nature, consists in applying, in whole or in part, the semiotics described in these paragraphs to a kind of sheath, for example of latex or other similar rubber, in which the generic R receptacle is inserted. , quite the way a condom is used. It would even be possible to adapt such identification cover to existing conventional plugs, modified or not.

 From another point of view, as uneconomical as it may be, it would be possible to conceive other variations on the same theme of the present invention, consisting of embodiments such as the previous ones on the basis of a plug, not already binary, but unitary, with the same form of copula , or with another that is considered appropriate, and produce a unit plug per device for each region, with its Identifiers, recommended or others, in a recommended number, in tripodal distribution and made with the recommended relief or with another of the variations, such as described above. It will be more cumbersome, but it also solves the standardization of the identification of devices, machines and devices when plugging or unplugging them, as they would undoubtedly also be carried out by manufacturers.

It had been asserted that the identification of devices has never worked in the past because it has never been truly automated, that is, because the great weight of the act of identification has never really ceased to fall on the users. The alternative realizations outlined in the preceding paragraphs are undoubtedly conceivable and possible, but they suffer, they and others, from moving away from the axiom that it is machines that have the true capacity to standardize or, in other words, They approach dangerously to return to the same prevailing situation at present of dependence of the acts of the users, so that the identification finally would not be generalized either. But it is evident that such distancing is, finally, the power of the manufacturer. The conclusion is clear: all the "solutions" of this type they move away, in different degrees, from the inventive goal of making the user's experience as easy as possible, a key factor in all behavior standardization.

 The inventor is aware of the great variety of identification possibilities that the present invention opens to the manufacturers. It is, also, that this does not exempt him from his obligation to make, clearly and bluntly, a recommendation based on the way in which he sees the human eye, since the inventive goal has the other of its two pillars in the facility for the user. Thus, finally, the preferred embodiment and, therefore, merely recommended consists in placing three Identifiers in each of the three Columns which, placed with their axes equidistant from each other in order to form the Tripod, are distributed through the receptacle R ( Fig. 1). In each of these Columns, the recommended Identifiers are placed in the following way: in the Drum, or on horseback between its upper strip and the lower strip of the Dome, the Identified! of the brand of the manufacturer of the device, or that of its respective Logo; in the section of maximum convexity of the extrados of the Dome, the representative or facsimile Icon of the device; and in the upper section of the Dome, before the Lantern, the combination of Cavity and Window for the personal Identifier, which the user can complete, or not, according to their needs, as was said.

 THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION.

 With regard to the proper electrical connection between receptacles R and M modules, in theory several embodiments also fit. However, the main criterion that has guided the recommendation in this case is to minimize the risk of electrocution (infants, disabled and distracted). To achieve this purpose, by way of illustration, since there are different types of plugs according to electrical needs, it is recommended that, for the plug of average consumption needs, called plug of general use, during the manufacture of the present invention, the cable C electric, standard or special, and of two or three wires, which enters through the dome lantern R3 and then through the oculus of the copula Rl or upper hole of the receptacle R (Fig. 0) is welded, riveted or in any other way fixed by the industry process] that the manufacturer considers appropriate to two arcs 40a that are in the soffit of the receptacle R, that of the phase and that of the neutral- as well as to a central lug 40b (earth), if the manufacturer, decide what to do with your markets, decide to put said ground connection-, as they are drawn in Figs. 20-23.

From Figs. 20-23, which simply illustrate the electrical performance recommended here, and that can be adapted or even modified substantially because of the market reasons of the final product of the manufacturer, its other main or essential characteristics are revealed. First, it is clear that the electrical connections 40 of the receptacle R, or the arcs 40a (Figs 20 and 21) and the lug 40b (Figs 20 and 21), are concentric at the origin of the perimeter circumference of the rim of the rim. receptacle R; that the two arcs 40a occupy opposite sectors of it; Y that both are equidistant to the 40b lug. The corresponding concentric configuration, evidently, must be present in the opposing electrical connections 41 of the M-module of pins (Figs 22 and 23). Said opposing configuration in the M module of pins is achieved by the groove 41a (Figs 22 and 23) and the central depression 41b (Figs 22 and 23). The second main characteristic relates to the arc length 40a of the electrical connections 40. If the connection of the arcs 40a (and, therefore, also that of the opposing electrical connections 41 housed in the groove 41a) is increased to For example, one third of the circumference for each, or even more, would simply be wasting connector material, so that with one sixth of the circumference for each arc 40a (and antagonist terminal) there would already be enough. The dimensions and the final materials, both of the pieces that make up the arches 40a and the lug 40b, in the receptacle R, and their respective antagonists, the terminals housed in the groove 41a and the central depression 41b, in the M module of pins , may also vary according to market needs and manufacturer preferences. Suffice in this regard a pair of notes.

 The final thickness, again, is the power of the manufacturer, because the material you choose will be crucial when determining the final figure. The same criterion is applicable to the depth at which arcs 40a and lug 40b enter the groove 41a and the central depression 41b of the M module of lugs. The fact that the radial opening of the 41a groove is only two millimeters, or less if it is considered appropriate, is what minimizes the possibility of electrocution, until it is reduced to an insignificant margin. The lug 40b does not have to be solid, since its function can be performed perfectly if it is manufactured with sheet metal, which may or may not have the rounded top of the preferred embodiment. These features are conceived for an optimal but modifiable fit of arches 40a and lug 40b with the terminals housed in the groove 41a and the central depression 41b.

MATERIALS AND RECOMMENDATION FOR INVIDENTS.

The plug can be manufactured following the procedures and using the usual materials, with variations that the manufacturer finds appropriate. The degree of balance between the flexibility and the firmness of the plastic, rubber or other material that is used, in any case has to be just enough for the threading to be comfortable for the user. As regards the construction of the identification elements 11 on the surface of the receptacle R, a process that may or may not involve stages of engraving, printing, embossing, injection or others, it could only be said that the variation of the computer programs and / or the modification of molds that are used are factors that, again, will depend on the needs and industrial and commercial characteristics of the manufacturer. These procedures are already a very standardized part of the work of this industry and the less they have to be altered, as is the goal of the present invention, better for the manufacturer, for the user and for the definitive solution of the problem object of the present patent. Only the manufacturer is urged to try to make the columns of identifiers 10 with the Sufficient relief so that the plug object of the present patent, both the one of general use and any of the conceivable variants, also allows the blind to plug devices, machines and apparatuses without error and with security.

LEDs

 In the case of some special markets, or even in all of them, the manufacturer, in order to make the plug visible in the dark, may consider the possibility of incorporating into the receptacle R one or more LEDs located, for example, between the Columns of identifiers 10, just above the facsimile Icon of the apparatus or, even in the "subsoil" of one or more of the Identifiers if, for example, it decides to manufacture them transparent (Fig. 25). Perhaps, on the contrary, it prefers to place them in the strip of the M module of pins that do not fit inside the receptacle R, when the type CEI (for example, type F) so allows; etc.

THE CIRCULAR PROFILE OF THE RECEPTACLE.

 In order for the present invention to capture the wide variety of pin configurations that exist in the world, it was necessary to give it a fundamental form that would adapt to the fifteen standards of the CEI, as well as, potentially, to the remaining non-standardized possible types. . This is precisely the potential that lies in the fact that the shape of the receptacle R and the module M of pins is circular. In other words, this feature is what has made it possible to standardize the fifteen CEI types so that they adapt without difficulty to the present invention; and also what allows to conceive that any other non-standardized type is finally homologable. In Figure 24, it is observed how each CEI type would adapt to the present invention, that is, the recommended forms for each of said types. The forms and dimensions are standardized in CEI types where it is directly possible, (types C, D, E, ... O), while they are modified when the standardized type does not allow it at all. This is what happens with CEI types A and B, which usually, but not uniformly, have in their respective markets a profile or cross section of four sides (the CEI A), or four sides with a fourth side modified to give fitted to the grounding lug (CEI B). What has been done so that the types A and B are also threaded into the receptacle R is to resort to another form also commercialized, although minority, in said regions A and B, the round one, so that its diameter and other dimensions allow, as pass with said existing circular minority plugs, continue to use them in the wall sockets and multitoma strips already installed in said regions. The remaining types have been adapted in a similar way. In any case, the final decision in this regard for each type of pins, standard or not, corresponds, once again, to the manufacturer.

 ADAPTATION TO SPECIAL PLUGS AND CHARGERS.

The recommended embodiment of the connector object of the present patent and described so far, or general purpose plug, is conceived for the foreseeable electrical needs in innumerable fields of human activity, for example, in the home, in the office, in educational, health and leisure activities, in numerous types of commerce, in light industry, in construction, in agricultural operations, in all kinds of businesses of services, etc., etc., since an immense majority of the devices, machines and apparatuses accustomed to these activities, and others similar, already use the standard plugs of their respective CEI regions. There are, however, special activities that require "singular" plugs, that is, different from the general purpose plug, for example, in heavy or semi-heavy industry, agricultural or otherwise, in the aeronautical industry, etc., etc. Go ahead the primacy of the manufacturer in terms of the final decision in each and every case of special plugs of real life; reason why what comes next are just a few examples with which it is not intended to exhaust the subject, but only illustrate the adaptation of the invention object of the present patent to said special segments of the sector.

 Think, for example, of a large catering company, where it is common for there to be a good number of tri-current devices, each with its own specialized outlet or non-general use. Suppose that in the large kitchen of this fictional company there are nine glass-ceramic plates plugged into the same large panel of three-phase current and that number seven has started to smoke, so it is necessary to disconnect it without interrupting the operation of the remaining eight. Thanks to the Personalization or Customization Identifiers, whose Windows can be indicated simply with the numbers from one to nine, the disconnection of the glass-ceramic identified with a simple number seven in the window of its respective plug will happen in a few seconds, without error and No more interruption of the kitchen activity than strictly necessary.

THE TRIANGLE OF IDENTIFIER COLUMNS.

It is the manufacturer, as it was said, who has to make the final decision about the degree of modification that must be practiced in adapting the tripodal identification scheme to these types of special plugs. Such modifications can be carried out in different ways. For example, the adaptation to a greater separation of the pins can be achieved with a magnified version of the plug of general use, that is to say, simply multiplied by the necessary factor or percentage. If it is not foreseeable that the apparatus or machine will change region, CEI or not, (because, for example, it is very heavy), the binary fabrication will be superfluous, so that a magnified, but unitary or integral version can be made in its place , of said plug for general use. Another case would be the one found in several CEI regions of the world, where three-phase plugs for domestic use, for example, are usually flat. It will not always be possible to adapt the dome shape Rl to the real use environment of the respective apparatuses, machines or devices. In such cases, since, from the point of view of the tripodal identification described in these pages, such flat plugs lack, so to speak, one dimension (the measure on the y axis), it could be make another type of adaptation. The corresponding modification is actually very simple because the original Tripod only has to be "flattened", that is, converted into a Triangle of Columns of identifiers 10 (Fig. 26.2S and Fig. 30). Such recommendation obeys, once again, the way in which the eye sees, but if the characteristics of use and market impose something else, given that it is an unmodifiably "flat" plug, the identification can be done in only one Column, complete or not, and is centered, vertically or horizontally, is biased, or located at one of the ends, etc., or with another number of columns, complete or not, located as for the specific case is deemed more appropriate by manufacturer. In any case, the preservation of factor three always agrees with the habits of the human eye, so it is recommended that it be preserved whenever possible (in this special case, by means of said triangle of identification columns). The exemplified in the case of the flattening corresponding to these three-phase plugs is, quite obviously, also applicable in the case of the adaptation of the present invention to the infinity of "flat", or slightly curved loaders, which abound throughout the world (Fig. 26). Adaptations corresponding to other volumetric variants, regular or not, and hybrid or not, are also not difficult.

ADAPTATION TO CYLINDRICAL PLUGS.

 Something similar happens with another very common series of "singular" plugs, whose usual shape is cylindrical, or almost cylindrical. With them the manufacturer, if he considers it convenient, would have the same two first options of magnification of the plug of general use described for the case of the flat three-phase plugs in the previous paragraph. If, in a certain case of said cylindrical plugs, the characteristics of use and market made it impossible to practice them, the recommendation consists (once again due to the way in which the eye sees) in placing each of the three columns of identifiers 10 equidistantly. to one third of the circumference of said cylinder with respect to the other two (Fig. 27), thus forming a kind of band of identifiers (Fig. 27). The number of Identifying elements 11, and of the own columns of identifiers 10, will vary according to the dictates of the manufacturer, with the exception of the way of being of the human vision so many times mentioned. In this way, in the cylindrical plugs, as in the case of the plans, the conservation of three columns of identifiers 10 in said band will keep a good part of the optical facilitation for identification, present at 100% in the Power Plug. general use

MALE AND FEMALE.

 It would almost be necessary to say that what is recommended to be done with the general purpose connector and its variants of the male type, is also applicable to the connectors required by the market needs of the manufacturer that must be of the female type (Fig. 28).

THE PRESENT CONNECTOR, IN A SINGLE LOOK. The present invention, in its recommended embodiment, is, in short, a universal identifier connector of electrical devices designed to provide a standardized solution and, therefore, with a definitive vocation, to the usual problem of instantly and correctly identifying the device to be plugged in or unplug in all regions, CE1 or not, of the world; and that, by its characteristics, is also conceived to suppose a saving of micro electrical losses and of materials. The General Purpose Plug - whose optical features are easily adaptable to the requirements of use and market, both chargers and "singular" or special plugs, and whose general physical features, although not so easily adaptable, neither prevent the all such adaptation if the use of the device, machine or device allows an increase (or decrease) in its dimensions, consists of two parts in which the minimum modification to the standard plugs a single receptacle R and a few modules M of specific pins for each of said IEC standard regions (and, even, for other non-standard outlets still scattered by some countries) (Fig. 24). It is recommended that the manufacture of said R receptacles and M-modules suppose the minimum alteration to the existing manufacturing procedures. In the receptacle R, it is recommended, above all, that in the three identification columns 10, three identification elements 11 or main identifiers come in from the factory, which, in descending order, are: personal identifier 14 or customization (Fig. 2); the facsimile icon identifier 12 representative of the device or apparatus (Fig. 2); and the representative identifier of the mark 13, logo or other characteristic chosen by the manufacturer of the device or apparatus in question to be identified as such (Fig. 2); and, second, that the three columns of identifiers 10 (Fig. 1) are distributed so as to form a tripodal structure or distribution (Fig. 30) on the surface of said receptacle R. The only identification element 11 that, by its own nature, may vary with respect to what comes out of the factory is the personal identifier 14 or customization (Figs 4, 5), that each user can change or not, depending on their needs, and that will go within or on a window 20 (Figs 4, 5) that will fit into an antagonist cavity 21 (Figs 4, 5), located, in the recommended embodiment, in the upper section of each of the identification columns 10. The socket between receptacle R and module M it is recommended that it be carried out by means of a modified thread that ends in an arm 30 (Fig. 10) and fits, by means of a volumetric finial 31 (Fig. 10) in the form of a parallelepiped, in its corresponding place in the receptacle R, called, in the preferred embodiment, eyelet 32 (Fig. 8), since the thread is probably the mechanism most deeply rooted in the customs of a large part of humanity, thanks to the Edison bulb, and, therefore, is the mechanism that will give less work to general users. of many of the electrified corners of the world. The electrical connection 40 of receptacle R and module M is preferably carried out by means of arcs 40a and a lug 40b in said receptacle R which fit circularly in their complementary antagonist structures 41 of the module M, the groove 41a and the central depression 41b, calculated each other so that the opening giving way to the active electrical connector 40, or phase, in the groove 41a is so narrow that an absent or distracted mind, or simply childish, find it difficult that there is something in your environment that you can introduce into a loose M module connected to the electrical network. The identification elements 11 of the plug for general use which have just been described are, in fact, very adaptable to many other types of connectors volumetrically different from that of the recommended embodiment.

 ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION.

 One last consideration remains to be done. The plug for general use has also been designed to alleviate environmental waste that is not obvious to the naked eye and therefore deserves a brief mention. The interregional adapters currently in use usually involve a greater waste of resources because in reality they are, in themselves, a whole new outlet. The fact that the present invention allows to conceive that the user will be able to plug in easily, and more economically, any appliance practically everywhere, at the same time that the manufacturer will be able to make a single receptacle R identifier for all the markets of the world, in both cases, thanks to the simple resource of unscrewing the original M-pin module and replacing it with that of the region concerned, has several environmental consequences. The mere substitution of these adapters for the M modules, with the parallel conservation of the R receptacle, supposes, from its very conception, a great saving of materials.

 With the existing adapters, the connection is, in addition, much less stable than it is with the present invention, since any new module M of pins fits equally well in the invariable receptacle R. The mini losses of electrical consumption caused by the small connection instability typical of current adapters would be unimportant if they did not happen, literally, millions and millions of times each year in the whole world, mini losses that, when added together, may involve a considerable expenditure of electricity that can be saved on a planet with limited resources. Likewise, the mere change of one M-module of pins for another, equally stable, eliminates the impulse to which users sometimes succumb to replace the charger or the entire power cable C to obtain an electrical connection that is not to be monitored. If, instead of dying alone in landfills in many countries, we put them together in the same place in the world, maybe we would discover that all these chargers or occasional power C cables would form a waste material mount with a height again nothing despicable.

There is a last type of saving, not present but future, that gets closer to the mind thanks to the present invention: perhaps the simplification both in the manufacture and in the use of the ordinary plug of everyday life or other connectors, added to the environmental dimension described, make it conceivable that the plug object of this patent paves the way so that the countries of the world find the old idea admissible and viable, truncated with the outbreak of the Second World War, of a single universal standard of plugs and sockets. This is conceivable, at least in the case of dual-voltage devices, since the versatility of the R receptacle would allow users to keep the entire charger or power cable C, thus reducing the need for changes only to the new module M of hypothetically standardized pads throughout the world. All this will sound like a purely desiderative affirmation and, certainly, it is not an event, but the system of sockets object of the present patent makes it conceivable. Hopefully.

Claims

REIVINPICATIONS  1. Universal electrical connector with identifiers that includes a receptacle (R), to which a power cable (C) arrives, and some electrical connection pins, said pins being compatible with at least one electrical outlet in the world  characterized by that  ■ said receptacle (R) includes identification elements (11) distributed in at least three columns of identifiers (10) distributed equidistantly on its surface, so that the identification elements (11) are visible from any angle of approach ; and because · Each of said columns of identifiers (10) includes a maximum of three identification elements (11) so as not to cram the eye.  2. Electrical connector according to claim 1 wherein the identification elements (11) of each column of identifiers (10) are identical to the identification elements (11) included in the remaining columns of identifiers (10).  Electrical connector according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said receptacle (R) has a convex outer surface on which the columns of identifiers (10) are arranged.  Electrical connector according to claim 3, wherein the columns of identifiers (10) are distributed in equidistant angular positions around a central axis of the connector parallel to the electrical connection pins.  S. Electrical connector according to claim 4 wherein the portion of the convex outer surface of the receptacle (R) on which each column of identifiers (10) is arranged forms an angle, with respect to said central axis, comprised between 30 ° and 30 °. 90 °.  6. Electrical connector according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the supply cable (C) is inserted into the receptacle (R) in a position coaxial with said central axis.  Electrical connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said convex outer surface of the receptacle (R) includes at least one shape selected from a form of:  • hemisphere, copula (Rl), pyramid or cone;  • truncated hemisphere, truncated copula, truncated pyramid, truncated cone; · Complete or truncated body of revolution around an axis parallel to the electrical connection pins;  • dome drum (R2) on which extends a form of copula (Rl) incorporating a copula flashlight (R3) at its upper end; ■ flat surface perpendicular to the electrical connection pins surrounded by a skirt. 8. Electrical connection according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said receptacle (R) and said electrical connection pins are integrated in a unitary monolithic connection.  9. Electrical connection according to any one of the preceding claims 1 to 7, wherein the electrical connection consists of two parts coupled together, corresponding to the receptacle (R) and a replaceable module (M) of pins that integrates said pins, being said two parts in electrical connection by means of an active connector (40) of the receptacle (R) and a complementary antagonist structure (41) of the module (M).  10. Electrical connection according to claim 9 wherein the receptacle (R) includes a concave interior surface defining an interior cavity housing said active connect (40), the respective complementary antagonist structures (41) and at least partially said module (M) of pins.  11. Electrical connection according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the coupling between said two constituent parts is produced by: · A screw mechanism between the receptacle (R) and the modules (M) of pins; or • a mechanism of thread between the receptacle (R) and the modules (M) of pins with the thread of the module (M) of pins equipped with an arm (30) at the end of which there is a polyhedral end (31) that locks with an opposing grommet (32) in the opposing thread of the receptacle (R); or • a mechanism of thread between the receptacle (R) and the modules (M) of pins with the thread of the module (M) of pins equipped with an arm (30) at the end of which there is a semi-firing spike (31) that fits in an opposing crater (32) located in the corresponding section of the fillet of the receptacle (R); or  • a bayonet fit between the receptacle (R) and the pin modules (M).  Electrical connection according to claims 9, 10 or 11, wherein the horizontal section of the receptacle (R) and the part of the module (M) locked together are circular.  13. Electrical connection according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said identification elements (11) are integrated into said identification columns (10) by relief, engraving, injection or printing.  14. Electrical connection according to any one of the preceding claims wherein a maximum of three identification elements is incorporated in each column of identifiers (10). (11), called main identifiers, corresponding to a facsimile icon identifier (12) representative of the apparatus, to an identifier representative of the mark (13) or logo or other identifier of the manufacturer, and to a personal identifier (14) alterable. 15. The electrical connection according to claim 14, wherein one or more secondary identifiers located outside said columns of identifiers (10) or integrated are also included. in said columns of identifiers (10) substituting one, two or the three main identifiers.  16. Electrical connector according to any one of the preceding claims wherein each identification column (10) includes a cavity (21) provided with a window (20) inserted in said cavity (21), said window (20) being transparent or including said window (20) a personal identification element (14) alterable.  An electrical connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said receptacle (R) includes LEDs arranged in each of the Columns of identifiers (10), or between the Identifying Columns (10), in electrical connection with the cable ( C).  18. Electrical connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said columns of identifiers (10) are included on an identifier sheath of elastic, shrinkable material or rubber disposed on the receptacle (R).  An electrical connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the receptacle (R) includes guides in which identifier elements (11) are slid, which are distributed equidistantly on the surface of the receptacle (R), so that the identifying elements (11) are visible from any angle of approach.