Device with USB terminal

• US 6,932,629 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2004
• Issued: 08/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ikenoue, Kazuhisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Hammond, Briggitte R.
• Application Number:
  US10/980,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20050130469A1
• Time in Patent Office: 292 Days
• Field of Search: 439/134, 439/135, 439/136, 439/137, 439/138, 439/139, 439/140, 439/141, 361/725, 361/752
• US Class Current: 439/138
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/447 Shutter or cover plate
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0278 of USB type details relating to connectors H01R27/00

Abstract

A device main body with a USB terminal and a cap including a housing space for housing at least the USB terminal are provided. The device main body and the cap are assembled so that they can be moved in an extending or compressing manner relative to each other by inserting at least the USB terminal to the housing space, or can be rotated relative to each other in an extended state without removing the cap from the device main body.

Claims

1. A device with a USB terminal comprising:

a device main body including a USB terminal; and

a cap including a housing space for housing at least the USB terminal,

the device main body and the cap being assembled so that they can be moved in an extending or compressing manner relative to each other by inserting at least the USB terminal to the housing space, or can be rotated relative to each other in an extended state,

the cap including a base member, and a top plate and a bottom plate facing each other, the top plate and bottom plate being supported by the base member, and the housing space being formed by the base member, the top plate, and the bottom plate,

projections used for slidable rotation being formed on one of an internal surface of at least one of the top plate and the bottom plate, and at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the device main body, and slidable rotation guide grooves, in which the projections are inserted, being formed on the other,

each of the slidable rotation guide grooves including a circular groove portion, which is substantially circular, and guide groove portions formed to be integral with the circular groove portions and extending in a compressing or extending direction of the device main body and the cap,

the device main body and the cap being moved in the extending or compressing manner relative to each other when the projections are moved between the guide groove portions and the circular groove portions, and being rotated relative to each other when the projections are slid in the circular groove portions, and

at a first position where the device main body and the cap are close to each other, the projections being located in the guide groove portions, at a second position where the device main body and the cap have been moved so as to be away from each other, the projections being located in the circular groove portions, a third position of the device main body and the cap being achieved when the projections are rotated from the second position within the circular groove portions, and a fourth position being achieved when the projections are reversely moved in the guide groove portions from the third position.

2. The device with a USB terminal according to claim 1, wherein two projections used for slidable rotation are provided to each slidable rotation guide groove, and two guide groove portions are provided to each slidable rotation guide groove.

3. The device with a USB terminal according to claim 1, wherein four projections used for slidable rotation are provided to each slidable rotation guide groove, and four guide groove portions are provided to each slidable rotation guide groove.

4. The device with a USB terminal according to claims 1, wherein the base member of the cap includes a housing groove for housing a tip portion of the USB terminal.

5. The device with a USB terminal according to any of claims 1, wherein the device main body includes a board assembly having the USB terminal at an end portion thereof, and a main body housing for covering the board assembly with the USB terminal being exposed.

6. A device with a USB terminal comprising:

a device main body including a USB terminal; and

a cap including a housing space for housing the device main body at a side of the USB terminal,

the cap including a base member, and a top plate and a bottom plate facing each other, the top plate and bottom plate being supported by the base member, and the housing space being formed by the base member, the top plate, and the bottom plate,

projections used for slidable rotation being formed on one of an internal surface of at least one of the top plate and the bottom plate and at least one of an upper surface and lower surface of the device main body, and slidable rotation guide grooves, in which the projections used for slidable rotation are slidably and rotatably inserted, are formed on the other along an axial direction of the device main body and the cap, and a length of the slidable rotation guide grooves being adjusted such that the device main body and the cap can be located in a close position for preventing a rotational movement relative to each other, and a distant position for performing a rotational movement relative to each other.

7. The device with a USB terminal according to claim 6, wherein the base member of the cap includes a housing groove for housing a tip portion of the USB terminal, and a depth of the housing groove is set so that at the close position, the tip portion of the USB terminal is housed in the housing groove to prevent mutual rotational movements of the cap and the device main body, and at the distant position, the tip portion of the USB terminal is pulled out of the housing groove, thereby allowing mutual rotational movements.

8. The device with a USB terminal according to claim 6, wherein one of the slidable rotation guide grooves and the projections used for slidable rotation is formed on both the internal surface of the top plate and the internal surface of the bottom plate, and the other is formed on both the upper surface and the lower surface of the device main body.

9. The device with a USB terminal according to claim 7 wherein one of the slidable rotation guide grooves and the projections used for slidable rotation is formed on both the internal surface of the top plate and the internal surface of the bottom plate, and the other is formed on both the upper surface and the lower surface of the device main body.

10. The device with a USB terminal according to claim 6, wherein:

the projections used for slidable rotation are formed on the device main body, and the slidable rotation guide grooves are formed on the cap,

the slidable rotation guide grooves are formed on at least one of the top plate and the bottom plate so as to penetrate the top plate and the bottom plate in a thickness direction, each projection used for slidable rotation has an axis part and a head part having a larger diameter than the axis part, the axis part passing through the slidable rotation guide groove from an internal side to an external side, the head part being located at the outside of at least one of the top plate and the bottom plate.

11. A device with a USB terminal comprising:

a device main body including a USB terminal; and

a cap including a housing space for housing at least the USB terminal,

the cap including a base member, and a top plate and a bottom plate facing each other, the top plate and bottom plate being supported by the base member, and the housing space being formed by the base member, the top plate, and the bottom plate,

projections used for slidable rotation being formed on one of an internal surface of at least one of the top plate and the bottom plate, and at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the device main body, and slidable rotation guide grooves, in which the projections are inserted, being formed on the other,

the device main body and the cap being moved in an extending or compressing manner relative to each other when the projections are relatively slid in the grooves, and the device main body and the cap being moved in a rotational manner relative to each other when the projections and the grooves are rotated relative to each other.

12. The device with a USB terminal according to claim 11, wherein each slidable rotation guide groove has linear portions and a circular portion, and the device main body and the cap are moved in an extending or compressing manner relative to each other when the projections used for slidable rotation are relatively slid in the linear portions, and the device main body and the cap are rotated relative to each other when the projections are relatively slid in the circular portion.

13. The device with a USB terminal according to claim 11, wherein each slidable rotation guide groove has a linear portion, and the device main body and the cap are moved in an extending or compressing manner or in a rotational manner when the projections used for slidable rotation are relatively slid or rotated in the linear portion.