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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Toshio Takeshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhito Ebine, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Katsuno, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Tashiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Takeshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhito Ebine, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Katsuno, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Tashiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Contact of terminals of a component to be loaded on a device and terminals on the device are avoided, even if the component is similar to, but differs from, a component intended to be loaded on that device. A discriminating tab is provided in the vicinity of the component terminals and a blocking portion is provided in the vicinity of the device terminals. The discriminating tab and blocking portion are relatively positioned to provide concave and convex interference or engagement with each other, either to block connection of the component terminal with the device terminal because of interference if the component is not permitted to be loaded on the device, or to permit connection of the component terminal with the device terminal because of engagement.