Electronic apparatus and connector
View Patent ↗According to one embodiment, a connector into which a first plug and a second plug are insertable. The connector includes a housing and a terminal portion provided in the housing. The housing includes an insertion opening part which exposes the terminal portion outside, a back part positioned at an end part opposite to the insertion opening part in the housing, and a side part provided between the insertion opening part and the back part and configured to oppose to the plug when the plug is inserted into the connector. The side part includes an inclined part which continues to the insertion opening part and is inclined such that a distance between the inclined part and the plug increases in a direction from the back part toward the insertion opening part to form a gap between the inclined part and the plug.
1. A connector configured to selectively connect to a first plug and a second plug different than the first plug comprising:
an insertion open portion;
a back portion positioned opposite to the insertion open portion;
first walls; and
second walls,
wherein the first walls and the second walls are between the insertion open portion and the back portion and the first walls have a first width between them at the insertion open portion and the second walls have a second width between them at the insertion open portion,
wherein each first wall comprises a sloped, substantially straight portion and a portion perpendicular to the back wall,
wherein the sloped, substantially straight portion is not perpendicular to the back wall, and the length of the sloped, substantially straight portion is equal to or larger than half of the length of each first wall, and
wherein the sloped, substantially straight portion extends to the insertion open portion.
2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the first walls face each other.
3. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the sloped, substantially straight portion is in a region away from the second plug when the second plug is inserted into the connector.
4. The connector of claim 1 , wherein each first wall of the housing comprises a first region configured to face the first plug, and each second wall comprises a second region configured to face the second plug, and
the sloped, substantially straight portion is in the first region.
5. The connector of claim 4 , wherein the first region and the second region are partially overlapped with each other, and
the sloped, substantially straight portion is in the first region away from the second region.
6. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the sloped, substantially straight portion is configured to allow the first plug to incline at an angle when a lateral force is applied to the first plug.
7. The connector of claim 6 , wherein the sloped, substantially straight portion is configured to allow the first plug to withdraw from the connector when a lateral force is applied to the first plug that exceeds about 30 N.
8. An electrical connector configured to connect to a first plug and a second plug different than the first plug comprising:
a first plastic port;
a second plastic port;
an open portion configured to expose a portion of the first plug or the second plug outside of the first plastic port and the second plastic port respectively; and
a back portion configured to abut against the first plug and the second plug when the first plug and the second plug are connected to the first port and the second port respectively,
wherein the first plastic port comprises a pair of first side walls comprising a first width, and
wherein the second plastic port comprises a pair of second side walls comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion,
the proximal portion comprising a sloped, substantially straight portion extending to the open portion, and
the distal portion comprising a second width, and
wherein each of the first side walls comprises a first region and each of the second side walls comprises a second region, wherein the first region and the second region partially overlap with each other and the sloped substantially straight portion is in the second region away from the first region.
9. The electrical connector of claim 8 , wherein the pair of first side walls face each other.
10. The electrical connector of claim 8 , wherein the first region is configured to face the first plug, and the second region is configured to face the second plug, and the sloped, substantially straight portion is in the second region.
11. The connector of claim 8 , wherein the first plastic port is configured to operably connect to an eSATA plug, and
the second plastic port is configured to operably connect to an USB plug.
12. The connector of claim 8 , wherein the sloped, substantially straight portion is configured to allow the second plug to incline at an angle when a lateral force is applied to the second plug.
13. The connector of claim 12 , wherein the sloped, substantially straight portion is configured to allow the second plug to withdraw from the connector spontaneously when a lateral force is applied to the second plug that exceeds about 30 N.