Sony Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Smk Corporation

Shintaro Nonaka

Koichi Izawa

Tsutomu Takahashi

Kiyoshi Asai

Kenichi Kawasaki

Hiroyuki Yamagishi

Yasuhiro Okada

Takahiro Takeda

Isao Matsumoto

Takayuki Mogi

Toshihiko Kato

Yu Shigeta

Tatsuhito Aono

Tamio Nishino

Tetsuya Makita

Taro Takamoto

Yutaka Nakaone

A connector device according to the present disclosure includes a first connector section and a second connector section. The first connector section includes a waveguide for transmitting a high-frequency signal. The second connector section includes a waveguide for transmitting a high-frequency signal, a yoke disposed to cover the waveguide, and a magnet forming a magnetic circuit with the yoke, and is couplable to the first connector section by the attractive force of the magnet. A communication system according to the present disclosure includes two communication devices and a connector device. The connector device has the above-described configuration and transmits a high-frequency signal between the two communication devices.

Connector device and communication system

An apparatus includes a main body having an opening and a movable member configured to hold a plug capable of transmitting an electrical current to an external device. At least one of the movable member and the plug include a magnet. The movable member and the plug are arranged such that at least one connector of the plug extends beyond a plane parallel to the opening when the movable member is in a first state, the first state corresponding to a magnetic force between a ferromagnetic material and the magnet above a predetermined magnitude. The movable member transitions from the first state to a second state when the magnetic force is below the predetermined magnitude. When the movable member is in the second state, the at least one connector of the plug remains below the plane parallel to the opening.

Charging stand

The magnetic coupling connector includes: first and second connector main bodies to be coupled with each other; a magnet member disposed in a coupling portion of the first connector main body and a mate-side magnetic material disposed in a coupling portion of the second connector main body, the magnet member in the first connector main body adsorbing onto the mate-side magnetic material in the second connector main body, thereby coupling the connector main bodies together; and a contact terminal disposed in the coupling portion of the first connector main body and a contact terminal disposed in the coupling portion of the second connector main body, the contact terminals being pressed against each other when coupled. In the magnetic coupling connector, the magnet member is held by the first connector main body so as to be allowed to swing.

Magnetic coupling connector

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Saitama, Japan

Shintaro Nonaka