Phillips Industries has introduced the first auxiliary vertical dual-pole plug and socket that meet the new SAE J3082 standards for high-current connections between a tractor and a trailer to provide ...

Phillips’ auxiliary vertical dual pole plug and socket is engineered for high-current connections that provide power from the tractor to application-specific equipment on the trailer. The design ...

Northumbria University design graduate Will de Brett has redesigned the everyday electrical plug, making it pin-less and stackable to accommodate numerous devices. Mi Plug uses wireless charging to ...

A new line of advanced micro-USB plugs and sockets feature up to 4.8-Gbps data transfer speeds. A new line of advanced micro-USB plugs and sockets feature up to 4.8-Gbps data transfer speeds. These ...

Hungarian design brand Sekhina has made a series of light switches and plug sockets from concrete as an aesthetically pleasing alternative to plastic. Billed as the first of their kind, Sekhina ...

In a nutshell, plugs and sockets differ from region to region and even country to country because, at the time they were being developed, no one really saw any reason to make them all the same. First, ...

Confusion in the electrical sector has led to claims that all Schuko plugs and sockets are banned. This is not true.

South Africa is undergoing a decades-long transition to a new electrical plug and socket standard, which will culminate in the old triangular three-prong plug top no longer being supported. In its ...