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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Nobuyuki Yasuda, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connection device including a plug unit (P) which has a connector plug ( ) provided at an end portion of a signal cable and a receptacle unit (R) in which the plug unit (P) is inserted. The plug unit (P) has an unlocking member ( ) supported on an outer circumferential surface of the connector plug ( ) so as to be movable in the axial direction of the cable ( ) and has a knob portion ( ) mounted thereon. The receptacle unit (R), in which the plug unit (P) can be inserted and removed, has a lock member ( ) housed in the receptacle unit (R) and adapted for being engaged with the connector plug ( ) to lock the plug unit (P) and controlled by movement of the unlocking member ( ) in the axial direction of the cable ( ) via a cam portion ( ) ( ) provided on an outer circumferential surface of the unlocking member ( ), thus locking and unlocking the connector plug ( ) inserted in the receptacle unit (R).