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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2019
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Sakae Ito, Kitanagoya, JP;
BOTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An open/close assembly, having a first housing with an aperture; a second housing being openable and closable to the first housing; a first protrusion arranged in the second housing and movable between a first position protruding from the second housing to be inserted in the aperture and a second position being more inward than the first position; a spring arranged in the second housing and configured to urge the first protrusion toward the second position; a sensor arranged in the first housing and configured to detect the first protrusion inserted in the aperture; and an actuator with a surface configured to move the first protrusion to the first position when the second housing is being closed and to move the first protrusion to the second position when the second housing is being opened, is provided.