# US 2022/0035103 A1 · Connector and electronic apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0035103 A1 - Document ID: US20220035103A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/450,885 - Filed: 2021-10-14 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-01 - Assignees: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Inventors: HIIZU OOTORII - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220035103A1 ## CPC - G02B 6/3853: {Lens inside the ferrule (lensed connectors G02B6/32)} - G02B 6/3817: {containing optical and electrical conductors (cables including electrical and optical conductors H01B11/22; G02B6/3816 takes precedence)} - H01R 13/516: Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing {, hoods} - G02B 6/3847: {with means preventing fibre end damage, e.g. recessed fibre surfaces} - G02B 6/3885: {Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than one fibre, e.g. ribbon type (optical ribbon cable G02B6/4403, G02B6/448)} - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - H01R 24/60: Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement - H01R 2107/00: Four or more poles - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Provided is a connector including: an electric transmitter; an optical transmitter including a lens at an end of an optical transmission path; a housing that is allowed to contain the optical transmitter; and a slide mechanism that attaches the lens to a connected unit at a position exposed from a front surface of the housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A connector, comprising: an electric transmitter; an optical transmitter including a lens at an end of an optical transmission path; a housing that is allowed to contain the optical transmitter; and a slide mechanism that attaches the lens to a connected unit at a position exposed from a front surface of the housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein the slide mechanism causes the optical transmitter to move in a first direction toward the connected unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The connector according to claim 2, wherein the slide mechanism comes into contact with a front surface of the connected unit to move the optical transmitter. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein the slide mechanism causes the housing to move in a second direction away from the connected unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The connector according to claim 4, wherein the slide mechanism comes into contact with a front surface of the connected unit to move the housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein the electric transmitter is provided outside the housing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein a protective cover covering the lens in the housing is included. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The connector according to claim 7, wherein the protective cover has a roll shape. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The connector according to claim 7, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the protective cover has recesses and protrusions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein the optical transmitter is coupled to a base member via an elastic member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein a receptacle is included, and an electronic substrate on which an optical element and a driving element are mounted is built in the receptacle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The connector according to claim 11, wherein an optical connecting member from the optical transmitter to the optical element is included. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The connector according to claim 12, wherein an optical transmission body is built in the optical connecting member. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The connector according to claim 1, wherein the optical transmitter has a recess, and the lens is provided in the recess. ### Claim 15 A connector, comprising: an optical transmitter including a first resin molded unit; an electric transmitter including a second resin molded unit that includes a same resin material as the first resin molded unit and is integrated with the first resin molded unit; and a housing that contains the electric transmitter and the optical transmitter. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The connector according to claim 15, wherein the connector is a plug. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The connector according to claim 15, wherein the optical transmitter includes a lens at an end of an optical transmission path, a protective cover covering the lens and a slide mechanism are included, the slide mechanism exposing the lens from the protective cover to attach the lens to a connected unit. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The connector according to claim 15, wherein the housing includes a metal material. ### Claim 19 A connector, comprising: an electric transmitter and an optical transmitter; a protective cover that covers a front end surface of the optical transmitter; and a slide mechanism that attaches the optical transmitter to a connected unit at a position exposed from the protective cover. ### Claim 20 An electronic apparatus provided with a connector unit of a type opposite to a connector to be attached thereto, the connector unit comprising: an electric transmitter; an optical transmitter including a lens at an end of an optical transmission path; a housing that is allowed to contain the optical transmitter; and a slide mechanism that attaches the lens to a connected unit at a position exposed from a front surface of the housing.