System and connector
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsToshihiro Fujimori, Shuntaro Toda
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Abstract
A system includes: a connector including a first connector part connected to a first device and a second connector part being attachable and detachable with respect to the first connector part and being connected to a second device; and a detachment switch provided for the connector and operated when the second connector part is disconnected from the first connector part. The first device is configured to be triggered to perform a predetermined process when the detachment switch is operated while the second connector part remains joined to the first connector part.
Claims14
A system including a first device and a second device connected via a cable, comprising:
- a connector provided on the cable and including
- a first connector part being connected to the first device and
- a second connector part being attachable and detachable with respect to the first connector part and being connected to the second device;
- and
- a detachment switch provided for the connector and configured to be operated when the second connector part is disconnected from the first connector part,
- wherein at least one of the first device and the second device is configured to be triggered to perform a predetermined process when the detachment switch is operated while the second connector part remains joined to the first connector part.
A connector for detachably connecting a first device and a second device, comprising:
- a first connector part being connected to the first device;
- a second connector part being attachable and detachable with respect to the first connector part and being connected to the second device;
- an engagement structure provided for the first connector part and the second connector part and configured to engage to fix connection between the first connector part and the second connector part and disengages in a direction different from a direction of disconnecting the second connector part from the first connector part;
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- a detachment switch configured to be turned on when the engagement structure engages and turned off when the engagement structure disengages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.