ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20170222378A1
• Filed: 01/30/2017
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: NETSU, Takahiro
• Granted Patent: US 10,084,273 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/447 Shutter or cover plate
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/665 with built-in electronic circuit H01R13/70, H01R13/719 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/703 operated by engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. dual-continuity coupling partH01R13/71 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/60 Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/64 for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 27/00 Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts for dissimilar contact members H01R13/35; supported only by co-operation with a counterpart H01R31/00; with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/90

Abstract

An electronic apparatus is configured to include a first connection port that is a connection port of a USB Type C; a second connection port that is a connection port of a USB other than the USB Type C; and a wire that branches off to the first connection port and the second connection port. The electronic apparatus has an exclusive structure in which, in a case where a connector is connected to one of the first connection port and the second connection port, another connector is not able to be connected to the other connection port.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first connection port that is a connection port of a USB Type C;

a second connection port that is a connection port of a USB other than the USB Type C; and

a wire that branches off to the first connection port and the second connection port,

wherein the electronic apparatus has an exclusive structure in which, in a case where a connector is connected to one of the first connection port and the second connection port, another connector is not able to be connected to the other connection port.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where connectors are connected to each of the first connection port and the second connection port, the exclusive structure has a positional relationship in which the connectors spatially overlap each other.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a long side of each of the first connection port and the second connection port faces a first direction, the first connection port and the second connection port are in the same position in the first direction, and a distance between a center of a short side direction of the first connection port and a center of a short side direction of the second connection port is less than 7.25 mm in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a hole of the first connection port is connected to a hole of the second connection port.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the exclusive structure is a shutter that selectively blocks one of the first connection port and the second connection port.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the wire includes,

a communication line that is connected to the first connection port and another communication line that is connected to the second connection port;

and

a wire switching circuit that connects a communication line of the electronic apparatus to any one of the respective communication lines in a switchable manner.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

a connection detecting circuit that detects whether or not a connector is connected to the first connection port,

wherein the wire switching circuit switches a connection between a communication line that is connected to a connection port to which a connector is connected and a communication line of the electronic apparatus.