Electronic device, attachment, and connection cable

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9577390-B2
Application number	US-201514868490-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2015
Priority date	Apr 4, 2013
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device includes an accepting connection terminal to which a connection cable can be connected, and a rotation inhibiting member that inhibits the connection cable from rotating an amount equal to or greater than a predetermined amount around the accepting connection terminal in a state where the connection cable is connected to the accepting connection terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
an accepting connection terminal to which a connection cable can be connected; and
a rotation inhibiting member that inhibits the connection cable from rotating an amount equal to or greater than a predetermined amount around the accepting connection terminal in a state where the connection cable is connected to the accepting connection terminal; and
a cover disposed in a vicinity of the accepting connection terminal that is openably supported via a hinge portion on a housing, wherein
the rotation inhibiting member is removable from the housing,
the rotation inhibiting member includes a revolution inhibiting projection that inhibits the rotation inhibiting member from revolving around the accepting connection terminal relative to the housing,
the revolution inhibiting projection is a first projection formed on an external surface of the rotation inhibiting member,
the first projection comes into abutment against a predetermined portion of the housing when the rotation inhibiting member revolves, to thereby inhibit revolution of the rotation inhibiting member, and
the predetermined amount is an amount that the connection cable and the cover do not abut against each other when the connection cable rotates around the accepting connection terminal in the state where the connection cable is connected to the accepting connection terminal.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the rotation inhibiting member includes a second projection that projects outward with respect to an external surface of the housing of the electronic device, the second projection and the connection cable coming into abutment against each other when the connection cable rotates around the accepting connection terminal in the state where the connection cable is connected to the accepting connection terminal, thereby inhibiting the connection cable from rotating around the accepting connection terminal an amount equal to or greater than the predetermined amount.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the accepting connection terminal is disposed within a recess formed in the external surface of the housing,
the revolution inhibiting projection comes into contact with a part of the recess.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the housing has a projecting portion that is allowed to fit in with the rotation inhibiting member.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the rotation inhibiting member has an opening into which the connection cable can be inserted.

6. An attachment utilized upon connection of a connection cable to an accepting connection terminal of an electronic device, comprising:
a fitting-in portion that is allowed to fit in with a part of a housing of the electronic device;
a revolution inhibiting projection that is formed on an external surface of the attachment,
a rotation inhibiting projection that projects outwardly from an edge of the external surface of the attachment and with respect to an external surface of the housing in a state where the fitting-in portion fits in with a part of the housing of the electronic device, wherein
the electronic device comprises a cover disposed in a vicinity of the accepting connection terminal that is openably supported on the housing,
the revolution inhibiting projection comes into abutment against a predetermined portion of the housing when the attachment revolves, to thereby inhibit revolution of the attachment,
the rotation inhibiting projection is formed to inhibit the attachment from revolving around the accepting connection terminal at a position where the rotation inhibiting projection and the connection cable come into abutment against each other when the connection cable rotates a predetermined amount around the accepting connection terminal in a state where the fitting-in portion fits in and where the connection cable is connected to the accepting connection terminal, and
the predetermined amount is an amount that the connection cable and the cover do not abut against each other when the connection cable rotates around the accepting connection terminal in the state where the connection cable is connected to the accepting connection terminal.

7. A connection cable comprising:
a connection terminal connectable to an accepting connection terminal of an electronic device; and
an attachment of claim 6 .

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujita Shinji
• Harada Hideki

Classifications

• H01R13/502

  composed of different pieces (H01R13/514 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R2201/06

  for computer periphery · CPC title

• H01R2101/00

  One pole · CPC title

• G06F1/182

  with special features, e.g. for use in industrial environments; grounding or shielding against radio frequency interference [RFI] or electromagnetical interference [EMI] · CPC title

• H01R13/56 Primary

  Means for preventing chafing or fracture of flexible leads at outlet from coupling part · CPC title