TERMINAL CONVERSION ADAPTOR AND MOBILE APPARATUS

• US 20100222101A1
• Filed: 08/21/2009
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: ISHIKURA, Akira, AOKI, Ippo
• Application Number:
  US12/545,195
• Publication Number:
  US 20100222101A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0274 for an electrical connector module

Abstract

A terminal conversion adaptor includes: a plug unit configured to be inserted into a connector provided in a mobile apparatus, the connector having a plurality of terminals; and a terminal unit having a terminal exposed outward, the terminal configured to electrically connect to at least one of the plurality of terminals when the terminal unit is attached to the mobile apparatus.

Claims

1. A terminal conversion adaptor comprising:

a plug unit configured to be inserted into a connector provided in a mobile apparatus the connector having a plurality of terminals; and

a terminal Unit having a terminal exposed outward, the terminal configured to electrically connect to at least one of the plurality of terminals when the terminal unit is attached to the mobile apparatus.

7. The terminal conversion adaptor of claim 1, wherein the terminal exposed outward has a plate shape.

10. The terminal conversion adaptor of claim 1, further comprising a connection portion connectable to the mobile apparatus.

14. The terminal conversion adaptor of claim 1, wherein the connection portion has a locking portion configured to be locked to the mobile apparatus so that the locking portion maintains connection between the terminal conversion adaptor and the mobile apparatus when the terminal conversion adaptor is detached from the mobile apparatus.

2. A terminal conversion adaptor comprising:

an adaptor body configured to cover a connector provided in a casing of a mobile apparatus, the connector having a plurality of terminals, the adaptor body having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face;

a plug unit that protrudes from the first face and configured to be inserted into the connector; and

a terminal unit having a terminal exposed outward from the second face, the terminal unit configured to electrically connect to at least one of the plurality of terminals in the connector when the terminal unit is attached to the mobile apparatus.

8. The terminal conversion adaptor of claim 2, wherein the terminal exposed outward has a plate shape.

11. The terminal conversion adaptor of claim 2, further comprising a connection portion connectable to the casing of the mobile apparatus.

12. The terminal conversion adaptor of claim 11, wherein the connection portion protrudes on the first face.

15. The terminal conversion adaptor of claim 2, wherein the connection portion has a locking portion configured to be locked to the casing so that the locking portion maintains connection between the terminal conversion adaptor and the casing when the terminal conversion adaptor is detached from the casing.

3. A mobile apparatus comprising:

a casing;

a connector having a plurality of terminals provided in the casing; and

a terminal conversion adaptor having a terminal exposed outside the casing, the terminal conversion adaptor configured to electrically connect to at least one of the plurality of terminals in the connector when the terminal conversion adaptor is attached to the connector.

4. The mobile apparatus of claim 3, wherein the terminal conversion adaptor includes:

an adaptor body configured to cover the connector, the adaptor body having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face;

a plug unit that protrudes from the first face and configured to be inserted into the connector; and

a terminal unit having a terminal exposed outside the casing from the second face, the terminal unit configured to electrically connect to at least one of the plurality of terminals in the connector when the terminal unit is attached to the connector.

5. The mobile apparatus of claim 3, wherein the terminal conversion adaptor further includes a connection portion connected to the casing.

6. The mobile apparatus of claim 4, wherein the terminal conversion adaptor further includes a connection portion connected to the casing.

9. The mobile apparatus of claim 3, wherein the terminal exposed outside the casing has a plate shape.

13. The mobile apparatus of claim 3, wherein the terminal conversion adaptor further has a connection portion connectable to the casing.

16. The mobile apparatus of claim 3, wherein the connection portion has a locking portion configured to be locked to the casing so that the locking portion maintains connection between the terminal conversion adaptor and the casing when the terminal conversion adaptor is detached from the casing.