Connecting device and method for recognizing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9722376-B2
Application number	US-201615195333-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2016
Priority date	Jun 30, 2015
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

A connecting device is provided. The connecting device includes a first connector having a first pin row, a second connector having a second pin row, a data line connecting a data pin of the first pin row and a data pin of the second pin row, and a recognition line connecting a power pin of the first pin row and a recognition pin of the second pin row through a physical element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connecting device comprising:
a first connector comprising a first pin row;
a second connector comprising a second pin row;
a data line connecting a data pin of the first pin row and a data pin of the second pin row; and
a recognition line connecting a power pin of the first pin row and a recognition pin of the second pin row through a physical element.

2. The connecting device of claim 1 ,
wherein the first connector is connected to a first type connector mounted on a first external electronic device, and
wherein the second connector is connected to a second type connector mounted on a second external electronic device.

3. The connecting device of claim 1 ,
wherein a direction in which the first connector is inserted into the first type connector is determined in advance, and
wherein the second connector is compatible with an insertion direction of the second type connector.

4. The connecting device of claim 3 ,
wherein the first connector corresponds to one of universal serial bus (USB) type A, USB type B, and USB type micro B, and
wherein the second connector corresponds to USB type C.

5. The connecting device of claim 1 , wherein the second pin row comprises:
a first sub pin row, and
a second sub pin row having an arrangement that is symmetrical to the first sub pin row.

6. The connecting device of claim 5 , wherein the data line connects one data pin of the first pin row to a data pin of the first sub pin row or a data pin of the second sub pin row.

7. The connecting device of claim 5 , wherein the physical element comprises:
a first pull-up resistor disposed between the power pin of the first pin row and a recognition pin of the first sub pin row; and
a second pull-up resistor disposed between the power pin of the first pin row and a recognition pin of the second sub pin row.

8. The connecting device of claim 1 , wherein the recognition pin is a channel configuration (CC) pin based on universal serial bus (USB) 3.1 standard.

9. The connecting device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a circuit board, on which the data line and the recognition line are mounted; and
a housing, on which the first and second connectors and the circuit board are mounted.

10. The connecting device of claim 1 , wherein the second connector is connected to a second type connector mounted on an external electronic device through a separate cable.

11. The connecting device of claim 10 ,
wherein the second pin row comprises a first sub pin row and a second sub pin row having an arrangement that is symmetrical to the first sub pin row, and
wherein one of the first sub pin row and the second sub pin row is connected to the second type connector through the cable.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Won Seob
• Hong Eun Seok
• Kim Shin Ho
• Park Gyoung Hwan
• Yu Dong Ho

Classifications

• H01R29/00

  Coupling parts for selective co-operation with a counterpart in different ways to establish different circuits, e.g. for voltage selection, for series-parallel selection, {programmable connectors} · CPC title

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title

• H01R13/6616

  with resistor · CPC title

• H01R27/02

  for simultaneous co-operation with two or more {dissimilar} counterparts · CPC title

• H01R31/06 Primary

  Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter (with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/94) · CPC title