IP Library Granted Patent US 8,298,017
Granted Patent B2
US 8,298,017 · App. 13/206,742 · Granted Oct 30, 2012

Connector with a surface having power contacts with a same potential arranged adjacently thereon

Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,298,017
App. No.
13/206,742
Granted
Oct 30, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector including: a housing having an opening into which a plug is detachably inserted and an insertion member other than the plug can be inserted; and a plurality of contacts that includes a power contact and a ground contact and is configured to contact a plurality of contacts of the plug in the opening, wherein the power contact is arranged on a first surface and the ground contact is arranged on a second surface, a position of the first surface being different from a position of the second surface.

Claims (16)

1. A connector comprising:

a housing having an opening into which a plug is detachably inserted and an insertion member other than the plug can be inserted; and

a plurality of contacts that includes a power contact and a ground contact and is configured to contact a plurality of contacts of the plug in the opening,

wherein the power contact is arranged on a first surface and the ground contact is arranged on a second surface, a position of the first surface being different from a position of the second surface, and

wherein a plurality of power contacts having a same potential are arranged adjacent to each other on the first surface.

2. The connector according to claim 1 ,

wherein a plurality of power contacts having different potentials are arranged on the first surface and a signal contact is arranged between the power contacts having the different potentials.

3. The connector according to claim 1 ,

wherein signal contacts are respectively arranged on the first surface on which the power contact is arranged and on the second surface on which the ground contact is arranged, and

wherein the signal contact arranged on the second surface has a higher input clock frequency than that of the signal contact arranged on the first surface.

4. A connector comprising:

a housing;

an opening that is provided to the housing and into which a plug is configured to be detachably inserted; and

a plurality of contacts that includes a power contact and a ground contact and is configured to contact a plurality of contacts of the plug in the opening,

wherein the power contact is arranged on a first surface and the ground contact is arranged on a second surface, a position of the first surface being different from a position of the second surface, and

wherein a plurality of power contacts having a same potential are arranged adjacent to each other on the first surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2011
From: TANAKA, NOBUYUKI
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 026727/0362 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-028725 · Feb 10, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part PCTJP2010051829 · Feb 8, 2010
Related Publication 20110294357A1 · Dec 1, 2011