IP Library Granted Patent US 9,568,949
Granted Patent B2
US 9,568,949 · App. 14/763,978 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Electronic apparatus

Inventors: Kenichi Shindo (Osaka, JP); Jun Sato (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
G06F1/1632H02J7/0044H01R12/714H01R13/24
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Patent No.
US 9,568,949
App. No.
14/763,978
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus of the present invention has a bottom surface on which a first connection terminal is disposed, and a rear surface on which a second connection terminal is disposed. The first connection terminal and the second connection terminal are formed on a common substrate. An edge formed by the bottom surface and the rear surface is formed by the substrate. The electronic apparatus is to be connected to an expansion unit including a first connection-target terminal to which the first connection terminal is to be connected and a second connection-target terminal to which the second connection terminal is to be connected.

Claims (19)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a bottom surface on which a first connection terminal is disposed; and

a rear surface on which a second connection terminal is disposed, wherein

the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal are formed on a common substrate,

an edge formed by the bottom surface and the rear surface is formed by the substrate,

an expansion unit, having a first connection-target terminal to which the first connection terminal is to be connected and a second connection-target terminal to which the second connection terminal is to be connected, is to be connected to the electronic apparatus,

the first connection-target terminal and the second connection-target terminal have a spring characteristic, and

when a connection is formed with the expansion unit, the electronic apparatus is subjected to a repulsive force generated by the first connection-target terminal from a side of the bottom surface toward a side of the rear surface, and a repulsive force generated by the second connection-target terminal from the side of the rear surface toward the side of the bottom surface.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a data-communication function is integrally managed through one of the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal, and a charging function is integrally managed through a connection terminal other than the one of the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal connect to the first connection-target terminal and the second connection-target terminal, respectively, without shifting a shape of the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal.

4. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing having a first face and a second face;

a first connection terminal disposed on the first face; and

a second connection terminal disposed on the second face,

wherein the first face, on which the first connection terminal is disposed, and the second face, on which the second connection terminal is disposed, are not the same face,

an expansion unit, having a first connection-target terminal to which the first connection terminal is to be electrically connected and a second connection-target terminal to which the second connection terminal is to be electrically connected, is to be connected to the electronic apparatus, the first face is a bottom face of the housing, the second face is a rear face of the housing, and the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal are each disposed parallel to an intersection line formed between the bottom face and the rear face.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the first connection-target terminal and the second connection-target terminal have a spring characteristic, and

when a connection is formed with the expansion unit, the electronic apparatus is subjected to a repulsive force generated by the first connection-target terminal from a side of the first face toward a side of the second face, and a repulsive force generated by the second connection-target terminal from the side of the second face toward the side of the first face.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2015
From: SHINDO, KENICHI; SATO, JUN
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036262/0874 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-025377 · Feb 13, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150362953A1 · Dec 17, 2015