US 7,029,301 B2Granted

Connection device, connector unit, connectors, and electronic equipment

AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Inc.

InventorsYasuhiro Ootori, Kenichi Nagase, Mitsuyuki Tokusashi, Tomonori Hasegawa, Hironori Yagi

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Abstract

A socket (333) of a connector (33) of an adapter (2) has a projecting portion (loose-fit portion) (333B) inserted into a hole (353A) of a base member (35) to support the connector (33) in loosely fitted manner. A diameter (L3) of the projecting portion (333B) is smaller than a diameter L4 of a hole (353A) of the base member (35). A length (L5) along an insertion direction into the hole (353A) is greater than a thickness of the connector attachment side (353). The connector (32) of the adapter (2) has an insertion portion (323) inserted into a cutout portion (353B) of the base member (35). A length (L8) of an extending direction of an insertion body (323A) of the insertion portion (323) is greater than the thickness (L9) of the connector attachment side, while its width (L6) is smaller than a width (L7) of the cutout portion (353B).

Claims7

Dependent claims

A connecting device connecting an electronic equipment and another electronic equipment connected thereto through a plurality of connectors, the connecting device comprising:

a base member to which at least any one of the connectors is attached,
wherein the base member has a connector attachment side to which the connector is attached, the attachment side being provided with a cutout portion being cut from an end of the connector attachment side toward the inside thereof,
wherein the connector attached to the base member has a housing body located on a front side of the connector attachment side of the base member, and an insertion portion provided to the housing body and inserted into the cutout portion from the end of the connector attachment side,
wherein the insertion portion has an insertion body extending from the housing body in a direction orthogonal to the connector attachment side to penetrate the cutout portion, and an engaging portion disposed at a tip end of the extending direction of the insertion body to engage at the back side of the connector attachment side of the base member,
wherein a width of the insertion body orthogonal to the extending direction is smaller than a width of the cutout portion orthogonal to the cutout direction, and a length of the insertion body in the extending direction is greater than a thickness of the connector attachment side of the base members,
wherein the base member comprises a folded surface folded from the connector attachment side toward the out-of-plane direction thereof,
wherein the cutout portion is so arranged that a first end is cut from a ridge line of the connector attachment side and the folded surface toward the inside thereof and a second end reaches the folded surface, the cutout portion having a greater width in the part formed on the folded surface in orthogonal to the cutout direction than a width of the first end cut toward the inside of the connector attachment side,
wherein the insertion portion is inserted from the folded surface side of the cutout portion, and
wherein the connector has a detent abutting on the folded surface and preventing the attached connector from detaching from the base member.

6 more elements

A connector unit comprising a connector and a base member for the connector to be attached,

wherein the base member has a connector attachment side for the connector to be attached, the connector attachment side being provided with a cutout portion cut from an end toward the inside thereof,
wherein the connector has a housing body located on a front side of the connector attachment side when it is attached to the connector, and an insertion portion provided to the housing body and inserted into the cutout portion from the end of the connector attachment side,
wherein the insertion portion has an insertion body extending from the housing body in a direction orthogonal to the connector attachment side to penetrate the cutout portion, and an engaging portion disposed at a tip end of the extending direction of the insertion body to engage at the back side of the connector attachment side of the base member,
wherein a width of the insertion body orthogonal to the extending direction is smaller than a width of the cutout portion orthogonal to the cutout direction, and
wherein a length of the extending direction of the insertion body is greater than a thickness of the connector attachment side of the base member,
wherein the base member comprises a folded surface folded from the connector attachment side toward the out-of-plane direction thereof,
wherein the cutout portion is so arranged that a first end is cut from a ridge line of the connector attachment side and the folded surface toward the inside thereof and a second end reaches the folded surface, the cutout portion having a greater width in the part formed on the folded surface in orthogonal to the cutout direction than a width of the first end cut toward the inside of the connector attachment side,
wherein the insertion portion is inserted from the folded surface side of the cutout portion, and
wherein the connector has a detent abutting on the folded surface and preventing the attached connector from detaching from the base member.

6 more elements

An electronic equipment comprising a connector and a connector unit having a base member for the connector to be attached,

wherein the base member of the connector unit has a connector attachment side to which the connector is attached, the connector attachment side being provided with a cutout portion being cut from an end toward the inside thereof,
wherein the connector has a housing body located on a front side of the connector attachment side when it is attached to the connector, and an insertion portion provided to the housing body and inserted into the cutout portion from the end of the connector attachment side,
wherein the insertion portion has an insertion body extending from the housing body in a direction orthogonal to the connector attachment side to penetrate the cutout portion, and an engaging portion disposed at a tip end of the extending direction of the insertion body to engage at the back side of the connector attachment side of the base member,
wherein a width of the insertion body orthogonal to the extending direction is smaller than a width of the cutout portion orthogonal to the cutout direction, and
wherein a length of the extending direction of the insertion body is greater than a thickness of the connector attachment side of the base member,
wherein the base member comprises a folded surface folded from the connector attachment side toward the out-of-plane direction thereof,
wherein the cutout portion is so arranged that a first end is cut from a ridge line of the connector attachment side and the folded surface toward the inside thereof and a second end reaches the folded surface, the cutout portion having a greater width in the part formed on the folded surface in orthogonal to the cutout direction than a width of the first end cut toward the inside of the connector attachment side,
wherein the insertion portion is inserted from the folded surface side of the cutout portion, and
wherein the connector has a detent abutting on the folded surface and preventing the attached connector from detaching from the base member.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/990,337Filed 16 Nov 2004 · continuation
Priority: 20 Mar 2003
Published: US 2005/0148224 A17 Jul 2005
Granted: 18 Apr 2006
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H01R 13/6315
For engagement only: allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection
H01R 13/74
Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall: means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel
H01R 13/518
Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing , hoods: for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames
H01R 13/743
Using snap fastening means: integral with the housing