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Connector apparatus

  • US 4,874,316 A
  • Filed: 04/12/1988
  • Issued: 10/17/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A connector apparatus for a stereo headphone comprising:

  • a) a plug including a first housing having a first contact face and a convex mating portion formed on said first contact face, said convex mating portion being in the shape of a truncated pyramid but with one side of the pyramid having a different angle of inclination than the opposite side, a plurality of first terminals including left and right terminals for stereo and an earth terminal, said terminals being accommodated in said first housing and having one end exposed to the outside of said first housing from said convex mating portion, a plurality of electrical leads separately connected between different ones of the other ends of said first terminals and said stereo headphone, and a first magnetic coupling means located at both sides of said convex mating portion; and

    b) a socket including a second housing having a second contact face and a concave mating portion formed on said second contact face, said concave mating portion being in the shape of a truncated pyramid but with one side of the pyramid and the other side of the pyramid having corresponding angles of inclination to those of said one side and the opposite side of the pyramid of said plug, a plurality of second terminals including left and right terminals for stereo and an earth terminal, said second terminals being accommodated in said second housing and exposed to the outside of said second housing at their ends from said concave mating portion, and a second magnetic coupling means located at both sides of said concave mating portion on said second contact face.

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