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US 7,727,029 B2Granted
Connector arrangement having multiple independent connectors
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsThomas Bolin, John Berntsen, Markus Palmgren, Ingemar Thulin, Peter Sendelius
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Abstract
A connector arrangement comprising an elongate member with electrically conducting areas forming a first connector and a second connector being arranged inside said elongate member ? The second connector is usable independently of the first connector.
Claims18
A connector arrangement comprising:
- an elongate member including at least two electrically conducting areas on an outer surface thereof, where the at least two electrically conducting areas are electrically insulated from each other to form a first connector comprising an audio connector;
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- an elongate hole disposed in the elongate member, where at least one contact element is arranged, at an interior sidewall of the elongate hole, to form a second connector arranged within the elongate member and accessible from an end face of the elongate member, where the second connector is configured to form a connection independent of the first connector.
A connector device for use with an electronic apparatus, comprising:
- an elongate hole disposed in the connector device and extending from an opening end to an interior of the connector device;
- at least two contact elements arranged at an interior side surface of the elongate hole, the at least two contact elements forming a first connector comprising an audio connector;
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- a second connector configured substantially coaxially with the elongate hole and to form a connection independently of the first connector.
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A connector device for use with an electronic apparatus, comprising:
- an elongated receiving portion, disposed in the connector device and extending from an opening end to an interior of the connector device, to receive a another connector device of different electronic apparatus;
- at least two resilient contact elements disposed at an interior side surface of the elongated receiving portion, the at least two resilient contact elements forming a first connector;
- a channel extending away from the elongated receiving portion at an interior end, opposite the opening end, of the elongated receiving portion;
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- an elongated member to displaceably protrude, from the channel, into the interior end of the elongated receiving portion forming a second connector to form, when the other connector device is configured to accommodate the elongated member, a connection with the other connector device independently of the first connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.