This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201310614575.8 filed on Nov. 28, 2013 in the China Intellectual Property Office, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The present disclosure relates to connectors attached to other connectors.
Electronic devices include a number of connectors to connect a number interfaces. The connectors may be positioned at a number of slots or may be tied up together by a cord.
Implementations of the present technology will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the attached figures.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features. The description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “coupled” is defined as connected, whether directly or indirectly through intervening components, and is not necessarily limited to physical connections. The connection can be such that the objects are permanently connected or releasably connected. The term “outside” refers to a region that is beyond the outermost confines of a physical object. The term “inside” indicates that at least a portion of a region is partially contained within a boundary formed by the object. The term “substantially” is defined to be essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape or other word that substantially modifies, such that the component need not be exact. For example, substantially cylindrical means that the object resembles a cylinder, but can have one or more deviations from a true cylinder. The term “comprising” means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in a so-described combination, group, series and the like.
The connecting interface 10 includes four plates 11. The four plates 11 are perpendicularly attached one by one. The four plates 11 form a shell surrounding a socket 14, the socket 14 can receive a plug therein (not shown). The connector 100 includes four connection pieces 20 to be rotationally attached to four plates 11. The plate 11 includes a first edge 16 and a second edge 18 opposite to the first edge 16. The first edge 16 and the second edge 18 are substantially perpendicular to the socket 14. The plate 11 further includes two connection fringes 17 spaced from the socket 14. Two ends of the connection fringe 17 are positioned at the first edge 16 and the second edge 18.
In at least one embodiment, the two fringes 17 defines two opposite holes 13. The connection piece 20 includes a shaft 21. Two ends of the shaft 21 are rotationally received in the two holes 13.
The recess 12 includes a first recess 121, a second recess 122 and a third recess 123. The second recess 122 is arranged between the first recess 121 and the third recess 123. The first recess 121 and the second recess 123 can be shaped into the second recess 122. A size and a shape of the connection piece 20 is the same as the second recess 122. The connection piece 10 can be wholly received in the second recess 122. The connection piece 20 is rotatable 180 degrees around the shaft 21 to be partly extending out of the first recess 121. The part of the connection piece 20 extending out of the first recess 121 is configured to be received in another third recess 123 of another connector 100 to attach the connector 100 to the other connector 100.
In at least one embodiment, the first recess 121, the second recess 122 and the third recess 123 are three isosceles trapezoids. The top line of the first recess 121 and the top line of the second recess 122 overlap. The bottom line of the second recess 122 and the bottom line of the third recess 123 overlap. A length of the bottom line of the first recess 121 is same as that of the top line of the third recess 123. Thus, the first recess 121 and the second recess 123 can be formed to an isosceles trapezoid same as the second recess 122.
The embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the detail, including in matters of shape, size and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure up to, and including, the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2013106145758 | Nov 2013 | CN | national |