Input/output connector and electronic device including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSunmi Lee
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Abstract
An electronic device and an input/output connector are disclosed. The device may include the input/output connector, which may include a housing including an opening, a cover that covers at least a portion of the opening, the cover connected to the housing by a hinge, and forming an external appearance of the electronic device together with the housing, an elastic body connected to the housing and the cover, and an insertion hole formed by the housing and the cover, into which a cable terminal is insertable for connection with an external device, wherein a size of the insertion hole is changeable according to the rotation of the cover.
Claims20
An input/output connector comprising:
- a housing including an opening;
- a cover that covers at least a portion of the opening, the cover connected to the housing by a hinge, and forming an external appearance of the input/output connector together with the housing;
- an elastic body connected to the housing and the cover;
- an insertion hole formed by the housing and the cover, into which a cable terminal is insertable for connection with an external device;
- and
- a rib protruding in a direction transverse to the insertion hole in the housing when viewed from a position facing the insertion hole, the rib obstructing misaligned insertion of an external connector,
- wherein a size of the insertion hole is changeable according to a rotation of the cover.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a housing including an opening;
- a connection cable housed in an internal space of the housing that is extendable from and retractable into the housing, for connection with an external electronic device;
- and
- an input/output connector disposed in the opening of the housing,
- wherein the input/output connector comprises:
- a cover that covers at least a portion of the opening of the housing, is hinged to the housing, and constitutes an external appearance of the electronic device together with the housing;
- an elastic body connected to the housing and the cover;
- an insertion hole formed by the housing and the cover, into which a cable terminal is insertable for connection with an external device;
- and
- a rib protruding in a direction transverse to the insertion hole in the housing when viewed from a position facing the insertion hole, the rib obstructing misaligned insertion of an external connector,
- wherein a size of the insertion hole is changeable according to a rotation of the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.