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US 8,913,948 B2Granted
Connector for printer accessory
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJerrod Houston Tyler, Kevin Lo, Jeffrey Castleberry, Alvaro Pardo
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Abstract
A printer accessory including a housing and a connector, the connector having a frame defining an opening in the housing, and including a contact housing and a door slideably disposed within the opening. Biasing elements bias the contact housing and door to extend from the opening, wherein the door is configured to be depressed into the housing through the opening to expose electrical contacts on the contact housing.
Claims20
A printer accessory comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a connector including:
- a frame defining an opening in the housing;
- a contact housing having electrical contacts and a door which are slideably disposed within the opening;
- and
- biasing elements which bias the contact housing and the door to extend together from the opening with the door covering the electrical contacts, wherein the door is configured to be depressed into the housing through the opening independently of the contact housing to expose the electrical contacts on the contact housing.
4 more elements
A printer comprising:
- a housing having a surface;
- a receptacle including:
- a base defining an opening in the housing surface;
- and
- electrical contact pads positioned adjacent to the opening and arranged to be substantially orthogonal to the housing surface and to rotate from the orthogonal away from corresponding electrical contacts as the corresponding electrical contacts are received into the opening and slide along and push against the corresponding electrical contact pads so as to reduce normal forces between the electrical contacts and the electrical contact pads,
- the electrical contacts to connect to a printer accessory that expands the normal operation of the printer.
3 more elements
A printing system comprising:
- a printer including:
- a printer housing;
- and
- a receptacle defining an opening in the printer housing and having contact pads disposed adjacent to the opening;
- and
- an accessory including:
- an accessory housing;
- and
- a connector including:
- a frame defining an opening in the accessory housing;
- a contact housing and a door each slideably disposed within the opening, the contact housing having electrical contacts facing the door;
- and
- biasing elements which bias the contact housing and the door to extend together from the opening with the door covering the electrical contacts, wherein the door is configured to be depressed into the accessory housing by the printer to expose the electrical contacts when the opening of the receptacle is aligned with the contact housing when the accessory is mated with the printer so that the contact housing extending into the opening of the receptacle and the electrical contacts make electrical connection with the contact pads.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.