Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10038285-B2
Application number	US-201615259209-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2016
Priority date	Feb 29, 2016
Publication date	Jul 31, 2018
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a substrate, a male connector, and conductive members. The substrate includes conductors on a surface of the substrate. The male connector is mounted on the substrate and insertable into a female connector complying with a USB Type-C standard. The conductive members are mounted in the male connector, each of the conductive members electrically connecting one of twenty-four terminals complying with the USB Type-C standard mounted in the female connector with one of the conductors when the male connector is inserted into the female connector, and a number of the conductive members being less than twenty-four.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a substrate including a plurality of conductors on a surface of the substrate;
a male connector that is mounted on the substrate and insertable into an external female connector complying with a USB Type-C standard; and
a plurality of conductive members that are mounted in the male connector, each of the conductive members configured to electrically connect one of twenty-four terminals complying with the USB Type-C standard mounted in the external female connector with one of the plurality of conductors when the male connector is inserted into the external female connector, a number of the conductive members being less than twenty-four.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of conductive members include:
a first conductive member configured to electrically connect one of at least one power terminal mounted in the external female connector with one of at least one first conductor among the plurality of conductors when the male connector is inserted into the external female connector;
a second conductive member configured to electrically connect one of at least one ground terminal mounted in the external female connector with one of at least one second conductor among the plurality of conductors when the male connector is inserted into the external female connector; and
a pair of third conductive members configured to electrically connect a pair of differential signal terminals mounted in the external female connector with a third conductor and a fourth conductor among the plurality of conductors, respectively, when the male connector is inserted into the external female connector.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the plurality of conductive members include:
a pair of fourth conductive members configured to electrically connect one of a pair of first transmission differential signal terminals and a pair of second transmission differential signal terminals mounted in the external female connector with a fifth conductor and a sixth conductor among the plurality of conductors, respectively, when the male connector is inserted into the external female connector; and
a pair of fifth conductive members configured to electrically connect one of a pair of first reception differential signal terminals and a pair of second reception differential signal terminals mounted in the external female connector with a seventh conductor and an eighth conductor among the plurality of conductors, respectively, when the male connector is inserted into the external female connector, and
the male connector is configured to electrically separate the substrate from the other of the pair of first transmission differential signal terminals and the pair of second transmission differential signal terminals, and electrically separate the substrate from the other of the pair of first reception differential signal terminals and the pair of second reception differential signal terminals when the male connector is inserted into the external female connector.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the first conductive member includes a first contact portion connected to one of the at least one first conductor,
the second conductive member includes a second contact portion connected to one of the at least one second conductor,
the pair of third conductive members include a pair of third contact portions connected to the third and fourth conductors,
the pair of fourth conductive members include a pair of fourth contact portions connected the fifth and sixth conductors,
the pair of fifth conductive members include a pair of fifth contact portions connected to the seventh and eighth conductors, and
the first to fifth contact portions are arranged in a line.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first conductive member includes a sixth contact portion configured to come into contact with one of the at least one power terminal when the male connector is inserted into the external female connector,
the second conductive member includes a seventh contact portion configured to come into contact with one of the at least one ground terminal when the male connector is inserted into the external female connector,
the pair of third conductive members include a pair of eighth contact portions configured to come into contact with the pair of differential signal terminals when the male connector is inserted into the external female connector,
the pair of fourth conductive members include a pair of ninth contact portions configured to come into contact with one of the pair of first transmission differential signal terminals and the pair of second transmission differential signal terminals when the male connector is inserted into the external female connector,
the pair of fifth conductive members include a pair of tenth contact portions configured to come into contact with one of the pair of first reception differential signal terminals and the pair of second reception differential signal terminals when the male connector is inserted into the external female connector, and
the sixth to tenth contact portions are arranged in a line.

6. The electronic device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the first conductive member includes a first contact portion connected to one of the at least one first conductor,
the second conductive member includes a second contact portion connected to one of the at least one second conductor,
the pair of third conductive members include a pair of third contact portions connected to the third and fourth conductors,
the pair of fourth conductive members include a pair of fourth contact portions connected the fifth and sixth conductors,
the pair of fifth conductive members include a pair of fifth contact portions connected to the seventh and eighth conductors, and
the first to fifth contact portions are arranged in two lines.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the substrate has a substantially rectangular shape in a planar view,
each of the two lines of the first to fifth contact portions extends in a short-side direction of the substrate,
contact portions included in one of the two lines among the first to fifth contact portions are arranged to alternate with contact portions included in the other of the two lines among the first to fifth contact portions in the short-side direction.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the substrate includes a first face and a second face at an opposite side to the first face,
the plurality of conductors are mounted on the first face and the second face,
one of at least one contact portion included in one of the two lines among the first to fifth contact portions is connected to one of at least one conductor mounted on the first face among the plurality of conductors, and
one of at least one contact portion included in the other of the two lines among the first to fifth contact portions is connected to one of at least one conductor mounted on the second face among the plurality of conductors.

9. The electronic device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the substrate has a substantially rectangular shape in a planar view,
the first to fifth contact portions are arranged in a short-side direction of the substrate,
the pair of third contact portions are adjacent in the short-side direction of the substrate,
the pair of fourth contact portions are adjacent in the short-side direction of the substrate,
the pair of fifth contact portions are arranged in the short-side direction of the substrate,
at least one of the first contact portion and the second contact portion is arranged between every two of the pa

Assignees

• Toshiba Memory Corp

Inventors

• Harashima Shiro
• Dohi Masayuki

Classifications

• H01R12/57

  surface mounting terminals · CPC title

• H01R24/60 Primary

  Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement · CPC title

• H01R12/724

  containing contact members forming a right angle · CPC title

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title

• H01R12/65

  characterised by the terminal · CPC title