Audio Rack
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Abstract
An audio rack body has a trench that extends along the length of the audio rack body and supports plural audio apparatuses at optional positions. Each of the audio apparatuses has an apparatus-side connector with one or more common terminals and one or more signal terminates. A rack-side connector is installed along the trench. The rack-side connector has terminals corresponding to the common terminals and the signal terminals of the apparatus-side connectors of the audio apparatuses. A controller is electrically connected to the rack-side connector. When an audio apparatus is inserted in the trench, the apparatus-side connector of the audio apparatus is electrically connected to the rack-side connector.
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16 Claims
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1-8. -8. (canceled)
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9. An audio rack that is configured to support and electrically connect a plurality of audio apparatuses, each audio apparatus having an apparatus-side connector including at least one common terminal, which is common to all the audio apparatuses, and at least one signal terminal, which is exclusive to individual audio apparatuses, the audio rack comprising:
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an audio rack body having an elongated supporting unit configured to support the audio apparatuses at optional positions;
a rack-side connector installed along a longitudinal direction of the elongated supporting unit, the rack-side connector having a plurality of terminals corresponding to the common terminal and the signal terminal of the apparatus-side connector of the audio apparatuses, and allowing connection of the apparatus-side connectors at optional positions; and
a controller that is electrically connected to the rack-side connector, and configured to control an audio apparatus when an apparatus-side connector of the audio apparatus is connected to the rack-side connector. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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