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Patent No.:

US 7895384 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011

Filed:

May. 06, 2005

Portable terminal and usb device

Applicant:

Naoya Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Naoya Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mark Rinehart

Assistant Examiner:

Christopher A Daley

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/36 (2006.01); H01R 33/955 (2006.01); H01R 4/60 (2006.01); H01R 4/66 (2006.01); H01R 4/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention helps to develop a smaller sized portable terminal without reducing the functions available for the user. A USB device which is detachable from the portable terminal is provided with a USB connector which is inserted into a USB part of the portable terminal, a power source terminal which comes into contact with a power supply terminal of the portable terminal, when the USB connector is inserted into the USB port of the portable terminal, and a screw which is engaged with a screw hole of the portable terminal. When the screw is engaged with the screw hole of the portable terminal, a switch inside the screw hole is pushed down due to a contact with the screw. The portable terminal detects mounting of the USB device by an output from the switch, and initiates power supplying from the power supply terminal of the portable terminal to the power source terminal of the USB device. The USB device is started up by this power, and establishes connection with the portable terminal via the USB connector.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Matsui, Naoya. (2011). Portable terminal and usb device (U.S. Patent No. 7895384). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7895384

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