Patent Application
20080078578
The invention will become more fully understood from the subsequent detailed description and the accompanying drawings, which are given by way of illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:
The present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same references relate to the same elements.
Referring to
In the integrated transmission cable 2, a portion of the first core group 21 adjacent to the first end of the first core group 21 is separated from a portion of the second core group 22 adjacent to the first end of the second core group 22 so that the multi-core cable 20 has a Y shape. In addition, the integrated transmission cable 2 further includes an adjusting element 40 located at a bifurcation point of the first core group 21 and the second core group 22. The adjusting element 40 adjusts lengths L of the separated portions of the Y-shaped cable 20. Preferably, the length L of the separated portion of the first core group 21 is not greater than 5 meters, and the integrated transmission cable 2 is adapted to a network transmission rate of 10/100M Base-T. In the embodiment, the adjusting element 40 is a wire reel.
As shown in
In this embodiment, the connection order of the multi-core cable 20 and the cables between the connectors 31 to 33 will be described in the following. The pins 311, 312, 313 and 314 of the USB connector 31 include two power pins and two data pins, and the arrangement order of the four pins includes, for example but not limited to, a power receiving end (Vcc, the pin 311), a data transmitting end (DATA-, the pin 312), a data receiving end (DATA+, the pin 313) and a power ground (GND, the pin 314). The pins 311, 312, 313 and 314 are electrically connected with the first ends of the cores 211, 212, 213 and 214 of the first core group 21, respectively. The second end of the first core group 21 is electrically connected with, for example but not limited to, the pins 334, 335, 337 and 338 of the common connector 33, respectively. Thus, the USB connector 31 can provide the 5-volt power to the common connector 33 through the power pins 311 and 314 so that the 5-volt power can be used by an electronic device or a network device.
In this invention, the pins 311, 312, 313 and 314 of the USB connector 31 and the idle pins 324, 325, 327 and 328 of the network connector 32 are integrated together and electrically connected with the pins 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337 and 338 of the common connector 33. Thus, the USB transmission and the network transmission which are independent from each other can be integrated in the same transmission cable and share the common connector. The idle pins 324, 325, 327 and 328 in the network connector 32, which integrates the pins 311, 312, 313 and 314 of the USB connector 31, are arranged in a manner that is not particularly restricted. For example, as shown in Table 1, when the pin 311 of the USB connector 31 is connected with the idle pin 324 of the network connector 32, the other pins 312, 313 and 314 of the USB connector 31 can be connected with the other idle pins 325, 327 and 328 of the network connector 32 in a non-limitative manner. Thus, there are six arrangement variations, as listed in Table 1. Similarly, when the pins 312, 313 and 314 of the USB connector 31 are connected with the idle pin 324 of the network connector 32, six different arrangements also exist. Thus, the pins 311, 312, 313 and 314 of the USB connector 31 can be connected with the idle pins 324, 325, 327 and 328 of the network connector 32 according to 24 variations in total. Similarly, the used pins 321, 322, 323 and 326 of the network connector 32 can also be arranged according to various manners, so the flexibility of designing the pins of the common connector 33 can be increased.
The integrated transmission cable 2 of the embodiment can be applied to the electrical connection and the data transmission between the electronic device and other electronic devices, a network device or a USB interface device. Referring to
The integrated transmission cable 2 is connected with the second electronic device 200 through the first core group 21 and the USB connector 31, and connected with the network 300 through the second core group 22 and the network connector 32. Under this architecture, different devices are connected with the first electronic device 100 through the common connector 33. Thus, the numbers of the connectors and the transmission cables can be reduced according to the integrated arrangement of the integrated transmission cable 2 and the common connector 33. In this embodiment, the network 300 may be an Intranet or an Internet. In addition, the USB connector 31 can provide a 5-volt power from the second electronic device 200 to the common connector 33 through the power pins 311 and 314, so that the power can be provided to the first electronic device 100.
In summary, when the transmission system and the integrated transmission cable thereof are applied to the condition with the transmission rate of 10/100M Base-T, the four pins of the USB are integrated with the four idle pins of eight pins of the network transmission cable so that independent transmission cables are integrated in the same transmission cable and share the connector. Compared with the prior art, the USB and the network transmission cable and the connection interfaces thereof are integrated so that the circuit layout of the miniaturized electronic product can be simplified. In addition, four pins of the USB can be freely connected to four idle pins of the transmission cable according to the circuit layout so that the flexibility of designing the circuit can be increased, the numbers of the connectors and the transmission cables can be reduced. Furthermore, a working power can be provided to the electronic device or the network device through the USB directly.
Although the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, this description is not meant to be construed in a limiting sense. Various modifications of the disclosed embodiments, as well as alternative embodiments, will be apparent to persons skilled in the art. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claims will cover all modifications that fall within the true scope of the invention.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 095136194 | Sep 2006 | CN | national |
