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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2006
Masaki Fujimoto, Osaka, JP;
Hisahiro Ono, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Fujimoto, Osaka, JP;
Hisahiro Ono, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a connector which can downsize the peripheral device. A receptacleis capable of receiving both a mini-A plug based on a USB OTG standard and a mini-B plug based on a USB 2.0 standard. Further, the receptacleincludes first postscompliant with the USB standard and second postsdisposed at an opposite side to the first postswith a connecting partinserted into a connecting recessof a plugtherebetween. Furthermore, the plugincludes second contactscorresponding to the second postsin addition to first contactscorresponding to the first posts. Accordingly, it is possible to transmit data other than the data which are transmitted through the known USB connector by using the second postsand the second contacts. In addition, it is possible to down size the peripheral device compared to the case where the size increases when a connector for transmitting the other data is installed in addition to the USB connector.
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