IP Library Patent Application 17056419
Patent Application
App. No. 17/056,419

CONNECTION UNIT

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App. No.
17/056,419
Abstract

Disclosed is a connection unit which comprises: a body; a magnet disposed on at least one side of a peripheral edge of the body; and at least three electrode terminals disposed on the one side of the body, the one side having the magnet disposed thereon, wherein an outer surface of the one side of the body has a curved surface or a surface having a polygonal cross section, the electrode terminals are disposed along the curved surface or the surface having the polygonal cross section, the at least three electrode terminals comprise one or more positive electrode terminals and negative electrode terminals, and the one or more positive electrode terminals and negative electrode terminals are disposed on the one side so as to be line-symmetrical about a perpendicular line perpendicular to the one side of the body and crossing the center of the one side of the body.

Claims (18)

1 . A connection unit comprising:

a body having a substantially flat plate shape;

a magnet disposed on at least one side of a peripheral edge of the body; and

at least three electrode terminals disposed on the one side of the body, the one side having the magnet disposed thereon, wherein

an outer surface of the one side of the body has a curved surface which curves in a thickness direction or a surface having a polygonal cross section,

the electrode terminals are disposed along the curved surface or the surface having the polygonal cross section of the outer surface,

the at least three electrode terminals comprise one or more positive electrode terminals and one or more negative electrode terminals, and

the one or more positive electrode terminals and the one or more negative electrode terminals are disposed on the one side so as to be line-symmetrical about a perpendicular line perpendicular to the one side of the body and crossing the center of the one side of the body.

2 . The connection unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a circuit element disposed inside the body, wherein

the circuit element is electrically connected to the electrode terminals.

3 . The connection unit according to claim 2 , further comprising a wiring board disposed in the inside of the body, wherein

the circuit element is electrically connected to the electrode terminals via a wiring of the wiring board.

4 . The connection unit according to claim 2 , wherein the circuit element comprises an energy harvesting element capable of outputting power, generated by energy harvesting, from the electrode terminals.

5 . The connection unit according to claim 2 , wherein the circuit element comprises a load element capable of consuming power that is input from the electrode terminals.

6 . The connection unit according to claim 5 , wherein the load element is a light-emitting element.

7 . The connection unit according to claim 1 , further comprising at the peripheral edge of the body a load element that is electrically connected to the electrode terminals.

8 . The connection unit according to claim 1 , wherein the body has a substantially polygonal shape in plan view.

9 . The connection unit according to claim 1 , wherein the body has a frame shape having an opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2020
From: YAMAAI, MIDORI; SHIGA, NAOMI; YOSHIDA, MASAYOSHI
To: ZEON CORPORATION
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