Connector structure
AssigneeTEAC Corporation
InventorRyoji Kitanishi
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Abstract
A connector structure for attaching a hand microphone to a voice recorder 11 includes a recorder-side connector, a pre-load applying member and an operation ring. The pre-load applying member applies a pre-load by pushing a rear end of a connector housing of a mikeside connector while the mikeside connector is joined to the recorder-side connector. The position of the pre-load applying member is adjustable in the axial direction of the recorder-side connector by means of the operation ring, so as to apply a proper pre-load to the mikeside connector, thereby stabilizing the joint regardless of variations in axial length of the mikeside connector. As using no coil spring, the connector structure does not provide repulsion during the attaching operation.
Claims6
A connector structure for attaching an external microphone to a voice recorder that records sounds and voices, the external microphone inputting sounds and voices to the voice recorder, the connector structure comprising:
- a recorder-side connector provided in the voice recorder so as to be connectable to a mikeside connector of the external microphone, the recorder-side connector comprising a connector body having a shaft-like shape, of which a front end portion is to be inserted in a tubular cylindrical connector housing of the mikeside connector, and a second engaging portion which is provided on the connector body so as to be engaged with a first engaging portion of the connector housing when the connector body is inserted in the connector housing, thereby to prevent removal of the mikeside connector from the recorder-side connector;
- a pre-load applying device that applies a pre-load to the connector housing by pushing a rear end face of the connector housing in an axial direction of the connector body while the first engaging portion is engaged with the second engaging portion and the connector housing is located around the outer periphery of the connector body;
- a holder housing that has a tubular cylindrical shape capable of holding a rear end portion of the connector body therein and holds the pre-load applying device thereon so as to be movable in the axial direction;
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- a locking device for locking the pre-load applying device at an appropriate axial position on the holder housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.