Interface connector device including compatible gendered connector

• US 10,285,299 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2017
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Seung-Hoon, Kim, Sangmin, Noh, Daeyoung, Shim, Minchang, Yang, Soonwong
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilman, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US15/631,148
• Publication Number:
  US 20180035561A1
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• Field of Search: 439285
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/26 Pin or blade contacts for sliding co-operation on one side only for modular jack type connectors H01R24/62
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/516 Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing , hoods
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6275 Latching arms not integral with the housing H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/06 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 Class Codes: H04Q 1/142 Terminal blocks for distribution frames
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1465 Modular PLC assemblies with separable functional units

Abstract

According to one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, there may be provided a head mount device including a housing including a device mounting portion to mount an external electronic device on an upper side of the head mount device, a holder assembly rotatably installed at a periphery of the device mounting portion and comprising a protruding terminal, and at least two gendered connector assemblies each removably attachable to the holder assembly. The at least two gendered connector assemblies each comprising an exposure terminal adapted to be electrically connected to the protruding terminal and a locker to fix each gendered connector assembly to the holder assembly, the each gendered connector assembly has a connector corresponding to a different connection profile, and one gendered connector assembly among the at least two gendered connector assemblies is removably attached to the holder assembly based on the connector of the one gendered connector assembly corresponding to a connector port of the external electronic device mounted to the device mounting portion. Other various exemplary embodiments are also possible.

Claims

1. A head mount device comprising:

a housing comprising a device mounting portion to mount an external electronic device on an upper side of the head mount device;

a holder assembly rotatably installed at a periphery of the device mounting portion and comprising a protruding terminal; and

at least two gendered connector assemblies each removably attachable to the holder assembly, the at least two gendered connector assemblies each comprising a gendered housing, an exposure terminal adapted to be electrically connected to the protruding terminal and a locker to fix each gendered connector assembly to the holder assembly,

wherein the each gendered connector assembly has a connector corresponding to a different connection profile,

wherein one gendered connector assembly among the at least two gendered connector assemblies is removably attached to the holder assembly based on the connector of the one gendered connector assembly corresponding to a connector port of the external electronic device mounted to the device mounting portion,

wherein the locker comprises;

a locker body mounted in the gendered housing,

a pair of tension ribs, the pair of tension ribs includes two hooking protrusions protruding from a left side and a right side of the locker body, respectively, and

wherein the gendered housing includes a first and a second pair hooking grooves, the first and the second pair of hooking grooves each adapted to receive the two hooking protrusions, and the first pair of hooking grooves is located a predetermined distance away from the second pair of hooking grooves.

2. The head mount device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one guide rib formed on each gendered connector assembly; and

at least one guide slit formed on an area of the holder assembly corresponding to the at least one guide rib,

wherein when the one gendered connector assembly is removably attached to the holder assembly, the at least one guide rib is guided to be inserted into the at least one guide slit.

3. The head mount device of claim 1, wherein the locker further comprises:

a hooking piece extended from the locker body and adapted to protrude from the gendered housing; and

a lever connected to the hooking piece, wherein when a force is applied to the lever causing a movement of the lever, the movement of the lever in turn causes a protrusion or a retraction of the hooking piece.

4. The head mount device of claim 3,

wherein the holder assembly includes a holder housing, and

wherein the holder housing includes a hooking groove adapted to receive the hooking piece of the locker.

5. The head mount device of claim 3,

wherein based on the force applied to the lever:

when the two hooking protrusions are received in the first pair of hooking grooves, the hooking piece is protruded to lock a removable attachment of the one gendered connector assembly to the holder assembly, and

when the two hooking protrusions are received in the second pair of hooking grooves, the hooking piece is retracted to release the one gendered connector assembly from the holder assembly.

6. The head mount device of claim 3, wherein during a mounting of the one gendered connector assembly to the holder assembly, the hooking piece is recessed into the gendered housing by a force exerted by a surface of the holder assembly.

7. The head mount device of claim 1,

wherein the one gendered connector assembly is mounted to the holder assembly in a first direction,

wherein the protruding terminal is facing a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and

wherein the exposure terminal is facing a third direction opposite the second direction.

8. The head mount device of claim 1,

wherein the exposure terminal is disposed in a mounting surface of the each gendered connector assembly, and

wherein a lower end of the mounting surface includes a tapered inclined surface.

9. The head mount device of claim 1, wherein the one gendered connector assembly is detached from the holder assembly based at least in part on an elastic repulsive force of the protruding terminal.

10. The head mount device of claim 1, wherein the connection profile comprises a B-type USB or a C-type USB.