Connecting device and electronic device

• US 9,401,568 B1
• Filed: 06/05/2015
• Issued: 07/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Masuda, Kiyohioto, Ishii, Taro, Fukunaga, Seigo
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen, Gary
• Application Number:
  US14/732,560
• Time in Patent Office: 417 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/724 containing contact members forming a right angle
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5202 Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/521 Sealing between contact members and housing, e.g. sealing insert
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6581 Shield structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/62 Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices

Abstract

A connection device apparatus including a housing having tubular rectangle shape and a support portion integrally formed with the housing, a shell having a body portion with tubular rectangle shape, wherein the shell is supported by the support portion of the housing, and the body portion of the shell is provided with a first plurality of comb-teeth which project from an end side of an upper face of the body portion, a shield member configured to surround an end portion of the first plurality of comb-teeth of the body portion of the shell, and wherein the shield member is connected with the end portion of the first plurality of comb-teeth and the ground of the printed-circuit board, and a plurality of terminals arranged within the shell and supported by the support portion of the housing.

Claims

1. A connection device comprising:

a housing having tubular rectangle shape and a support portion integrally formed with the housing;

a shell having a body portion with tubular rectangle shape, wherein the shell is supported by the support portion of the housing, the body portion of the shell is provided with a first plurality of comb-teeth which project from an end side of an upper face of the body portion;

a shield member configured to surround an end portion of the first plurality of comb-teeth of the body portion of the shell, and wherein the shield member is connected with the end portion of the first plurality of comb-teeth and the ground of a printed-circuit board; and

a plurality of terminals arranged within the shell and supported by the support portion of the housing.

2. The connection device according to claim 1, wherein

the housing further comprises a sealing member arranged around the housing, wherein the sealing member is brought into pressure contact with a face of a casing of an electronic device.

3. The connection device according to claim 2, wherein

the housing is configured to attach the sealing member in a position deeper than the body portion of the shell of the housing.

4. The connection device according to claim 1, wherein

the body portion of the shell is configured to hold a plug.

5. The connection device according to claim 1, wherein

the first plurality of comb-teeth are arranged at positions corresponding to respective terminals for transmitting data, among the plurality of terminals.

6. The connection device according to claim 1, wherein

the first plurality of comb-teeth are formed in the body portion of the shell in a plug insertion direction at positions corresponding to the plurality of terminals respectively.

7. The connection device according to claim 6, wherein

each of the first plurality of comb-teeth has a portion parallel to the direction in which the plurality of terminals extend.

8. The connection device according to claim 6, wherein

a connecting portion extending in the plug insertion direction is provided on an end of a side face of the body portion of the shell, wherein the connecting portion connects the side face of the body portion of the shell and the shield member.

9. The connection device according to claim 8, wherein

a second plurality of comb-teeth projecting from an end side of a lower face of the body portion of the shell.

10. The connection device according to claim 9, wherein

the second plurality of comb-teeth projecting from the lower face of the body portion has a portion with the significantly similar height as that of the first plurality of the comb-teeth projecting from the upper face.

11. The connection device according to claim 9, wherein

the second plurality of comb-teeth projecting from the lower face of the body portion of the shell extends straight in the plug insertion direction from the connecting portion thereof connecting with the body portion.

12. The connection device according to claim 9, wherein

a third plurality of comb-teeth projecting from the upper face and the lower face of the body portion of the shell, wherein the third plurality of comb-teeth correspond to the positions of the terminals, among the plurality of terminals, for transmitting data in a universal serial bus connector of type-C.

13. The connection device according to claim 1, wherein

the shield member has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is parallel to the first plurality of comb-teeth, and the second surface is perpendicular to the first surface.

14. The connection device according to claim 13, wherein

a cutout is formed in the second surface of the shield member, at a position corresponding to the end portion of the first plurality of comb-teeth.

15. The connection device according to claim 1, wherein the shell is made of a metal.

16. The connection device according to claim 1, wherein

the shield member is made of a metal.

17. A electronic device apparatus comprising:

a connection device that includes

a housing having tubular rectangle shape and a support portion integrally formed with the housing,

a shell having a body portion with tubular rectangle shape, wherein the shell is supported by the support portion of the housing, and the body portion of the shell is provided with a first plurality of comb-teeth which project from an end side of an upper face of the body portion,

a shield member configured to surround an end portion of the first plurality of comb-teeth of the body portion of the shell, wherein the shield member is connected with the end portion of the first plurality of comb-teeth and the ground of a printed-circuit board, and

a plurality of terminals arranged within the shell and supported by the support portion of the housing; and

a casing for housing the printed-circuit board connected to the plurality of terminals and the shield member of the connection device.