CN100380738C - Electronic latch interconnect for PDA/cell phone - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method and apparatus relating to an interconnection system configured for a portable electronic device. The interconnection system includes an interface connector (110) having a power port (122) configured to be positioned at a peripheral portion of the portable electronic device. The interconnection system is directed to a latching contact (160) mechanism that provides both electrical engagement and a latching mechanism between a power connector and the interface connector (110) disposed in the portable electronic device.
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Technical field
The present invention relates in general to the interconnection that is used for portable electron device.More particularly, the present invention relates to various interconnected locks are anchored to the method and apparatus of portable electron device.
Technical background
Portable telephone system is accepted as being used for the efficient apparatus that voice and data is communicated by letter widely with personal digital assistant (" PDA ").Although early stage mobile unit is big and complexity, miniaturization makes the handheld unit with global function telephone capability allow the user freely using phone in mobile environment or in the position that connects away from the hard lead-in wire that is connected to existing phone system.In addition, buy and use the cost of portable phone to descend significantly, and the communication quality of portable phone and definition increase, cause the public to increase and the general portable phone that needs.This demand causes needs to increase the competition of the reliability of portable phone and PDA.
Portable phone and PDA generally comprise the electrical interface connector with power port and FPDP, are used for charging and transfer data to portable phone and PDA.This interface connector is included in the medium elongation shell that has conducting terminal in each power port and the FPDP, is used for being connected with the data cable conduction with feed cable and engaging.Conducting terminal is interconnected to the circuit among portable phone and the PDA.
Feed cable and data cable the most often are configured to engage and utilize fastener system to keep this joint with interface connector, and fastener system keeps feed cable and/or data cable under the condition of coupling.This locker also can be released, and breaks away from from the condition of coupling to allow feed cable and/or data cable.
A problem that is used for the locker of aforesaid feed cable and data cable is to damage the possibility of snap close itself.In other words, feed cable and/or data cable are often placed and snap close hastily in out-of-alignment mode, cause strain and fatigue on snap close.This possibility of result damages snap close unintentionally.The snap close of fastener system is often formed by the polymeric material that stands moment of torsion and stress, has reduced the useful life of snap close.
Another problem of this system relates to the interface connector of portable phone and PDA.This interface connector is little, elongation and narrow structure, comprises the molding outer casing of medium polymeric material etc.When with the cavity that is used for power port and FPDP when very narrow shell forms the snap close cavity, produce open space, be easy to make the molded plastic housing bending of interface connector.Interface connector is designed to be installed on the printed circuit board (PCB), even the minimum bending of shell also can prevent connector smooth being positioned on the circuit board fully.
Summary of the invention
Have realized that a kind of interconnection system that is used for portable electron device of development improve one's methods and equipment is favourable, the interface connector that more reliable latching device is provided and more simplifies, have the improvement architectural characteristic, and further provide higher efficient aspect the cost in making interface connector and time.
The present invention relates to be the portable electron device interconnection system configured.Interconnection system comprises the interface connector with power port, and power port is configured to be positioned at the periphery of portable electron device.Interconnection system relates to the snap close contact mechanism, provides electricity to engage and latching device between power connector that this mechanism arranges in portable electron device and the interface connector.
To those of ordinary skill in the art, by considering description, accompanying drawing and additional claim subsequently, other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of portable electron device interconnection system is provided, comprise: portable electron device, has the interface connector that is configured to be positioned at wherein, described interface connector comprises: the elongation shell, be included in the leading flank that wherein is limited with power port and FPDP, described leading flank is configured to expose in the outer part office of described portable electron device; And shock plate, being configured to be arranged in described power port and FPDP, each shock plate has the contact portion that extends to the stop surface that limits therein; And power connector, being configured to provides power supply to arrive described portable electron device by the power port of described interface connector, described power connector has snap close contact, described snap close contact be configured to engage with the contact portion electricity of described shock plate and with the power port of described portable electron device in the stop surface snap close of described shock plate.
According to another aspect of the present invention, it is the power connector of portable electron device power supply that a kind of power port that is configured to by interface connector is provided, this power connector comprises: the contact shell has first and second depressions that limit in each opposite flank of described contact shell; And the first and second snap close contact, comprise that respectively the power supply contact contacts with ground connection, the contact of described power supply contact with ground connection each by the electric isolation of described contact shell maintenance, described first and second snap closes contact is configured to contiguous each first and second depression that limits and is provided with in described contact shell, described first and second snap closes contact is configured to have outside spring deflection and is configured to be moved in described each first and second depression, described snap close contact is configured to electricity and joins the power port of described interface connector to transmit power supply to described portable electron device, and the power port that snaps into described interface connector, think described portable electron device power supply.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of conducting terminal that is configured to be arranged in the interface connector of portable electron device is provided, this conducting terminal comprises: shock plate, have window opening, contact portion and shoulder part, described shoulder part stretches out from the bottom of described shock plate, described shoulder partly is configured to the printed circuit board (PCB) electrical interconnection with described portable electron device, described contact portion comprises the inclined surface of the stop surface that extends to described shock plate, and described stop surface is configured to the periphery as described window opening; The contact portion of wherein said shock plate and stop surface are configured to engage and snap close with the power connector electricity, and described power connector is configured to provide power supply to arrive described portable electron device.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of method for the portable electron device power supply is provided, this method may further comprise the steps: the power connector that will have the snap close contact is inserted in the power port that limits in the periphery of portable electron device, described power connector comprises having the snap close contact that power supply contact contact with ground connection, and each electric isolation that described power supply contact contact with ground connection also is configured to and contacts the depression vicinity setting that limits in the opposite flank of shell described; And the contact of the snap close of described power connector engaged with shock plate on the opposite flank that is positioned at described power port, snap into described shock plate and the power supply conductivity is arrived described portable electron device so that described snap close contacts by described shock plate.
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Although this specification ends to point out especially and clearly require those to be considered to claim of the present invention, can determine advantage of the present invention from the following description of the present invention when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 explanation is used for the preceding and top view of perspective of the elongation shell of interface connector, has described the power port and the FPDP that limit in the front surface of interface connector;
Fig. 2 explanation has after the perspective of interface connector of conduction shock plate (strike plate) and top view, has described the end from interface connector, the shoulder part of the shock plate that extends the rear surface;
At the bottom of the perspective of Fig. 3 specification interface connector and front view, described to be received into the shock plate in the basal surface of prolongation shell of interface connector;
Fig. 4 illustrates the enlarged perspective of an embodiment of shock plate, describes a shock plate structure, has the contact portion and the window that limit in shock plate, and the suspension shoulder that extends from shock plate;
Fig. 5 explanation has the perspective view of each interface connector of power port and FPDP, and power port and FPDP are correspondingly aimed at feed cable and data cable in disengaging configuration;
Fig. 6 explanation be configured to interface connector in the enlarged perspective of feed cable of power port interconnection;
Fig. 7 illustrates the decomposition diagram of feed cable, has described each parts of feed cable;
Fig. 7 (a) illustrates the decomposition diagram of another embodiment of feed cable, has described each parts of feed cable;
Fig. 8 explanation has the part perspective view of the feed cable of the part of cutting away, and has described to be used for the space that electrically contacts of feed cable, to move therein;
Fig. 9 explanation be configured to interface connector in the enlarged perspective of data cable of FPDP interconnection;
Figure 10 illustrates the decomposition diagram of data cable, has described each parts of data cable; And
Figure 11 illustrates the simplified perspective view of portable electronic system, describes the interface connector of the system that is interconnected to and the interface connector that engages with feed cable and data cable.
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With reference now to the exemplary embodiment that illustrates in the accompanying drawing,, uses specific this embodiment of language description at this.Yet be to be understood that and do not plan to limit the scope of the invention thus.The those skilled in the art expects and present disclosure had in the change of the invention characteristics of this explanation and further improve, and in the additional application of the inventive principle of this explanation, is considered within the scope of the invention.
Fig. 1 with reference to the accompanying drawings-3, Fig. 1-3 as an example rather than restriction, the forward and backward and end perspective view of each of specification interface connector 110.Interface connector 110 is configured to be close to the portable electron device (not shown), as the inner peripheral part of personal digital assistant (" PDA ") and/or portable phone.Interface connector 110 is configured to be connected with feed cable and/or data cable (not shown), power supply to be provided and data are sent to circuit in PDA and/or the radio telephone, after this further describes and describe interface connector 110.
The front surface 120 of elongation shell 112 is included in a plurality of interface ports 114 that wherein form.The front surface 120 of the port one 14 that is limited with therein is configured to expose at the periphery of portable electron device.A plurality of port ones 14 can comprise power port 122 and FPDP 124.Power port 122 can be to extend to single cavity the part elongation shell 112 from front surface 112.Power port 122 can be included in one of them surface elongate groove 121 and another the surface as with groove 121 facing surfaces on elongate protrusion 123.This elongate groove 121 in power port 122 and elongate protrusion 123 can be used for controlling polarity, by this polarity the feed cable (not shown) are inserted in the power port 122.
FPDP 124 can comprise a plurality of cavitys, and it can comprise and is configured to data-signal port one 28 that data cable is snapped into the snap close port one 26 on it and is used for transmitting by it data.In one embodiment, if wish that data snap close port one 26 can comprise that power supply contacts with ground connection, so that FPDP 124 can be used for transmitting data and transmitting power supply by data snap close port one 26 by the data-signal port.This power port 122 and FPDP 124 can partly extend in the front surface 120, and do not extend through rear surface 130.As the situation of power port 122, data snap close port one 26 can also comprise various structures, as groove and/or projection, with control polarity, by this polarity the data connector (not shown) is inserted in the data snap close port one 26.
According to Fig. 3, basal surface 150 can be included in the plate opening 152 that limits in the elongation shell 112.Shock plate 160 is made and be configured to hold to each plate opening 152 by size.Each plate opening 152 extends through basal surface 150, enters a corresponding port one 22.In addition, each plate opening 152 limits channel part 154 in basal surface 150.The edge of channel part 154 slave plate openings 152 extends to the edge of basal surface 150 and enters rear surface 130, so that limit recess 132 (Fig. 2) in the rear surface 130 of elongation shell 112.Channel part 154 is included in the brake portion 156 that limits in the plane substantially parallel with basal surface 150.
In addition, each plate opening 152 can be aligned, and is configured to corresponding at least two (Fig. 2) aiming at maintenance opening 142.Plate opening 152 in the basal surface 150 and the aligning in the top surface 140 keep this aligning between the opening 142 to be provided for shock plate 160 is inserted, aims at and remain to the mechanism that prolongs in the shell 112.It should be noted that this plate opening 152 is not limited to is formed in the basal surface 150 and can be formed in elongation other surface in the shell, as rear surface 130 and top surface 140.
With reference to figure 4, shock plate 160 is described.Shock plate 160 is the electric conducting materials that dispose for by its conduction power supply and/or signal.Shock plate 160 can be the electric conducting material that is fit to arbitrarily, as phosphor bronze or titanium copper or its alloy.In addition, shock plate 160 can be the gold plate of best electrical conductivity and minimal degradation.This golden plating can be adopted electrolysis or electrolysis process.
With reference to figure 3 and 4, shock plate 160 comprises the main board 162 with at least two extensions 164 and shoulder part 166, and extension 164 extends upward from main board 162, and shoulder part 166 is laterally extended from main board 162.At least two extensions 164 make by size and are configured to slides in aiming at maintenance opening 142 and installs.Shoulder part 166 is configured to be arranged in the channel part 154, so that its top surface 165 is near the brake portion 156 in the channel part 154 of elongation shell 112.Main board 162 also limits window 168 therein, has and its directly contiguous contact portion 169.Window 168 limits stop surface 167 in the end of contact portion 169.The contact portion 169 of shock plate 160 can be a recess that tilt or taper, so that the thickness of shock plate 160 is along changing towards the length of the stop surface 167 of shock plate 160, particularly, the thickness of shock plate 160 can reduce towards the direction of stop surface 167.In this way, stop surface 167 that in shock plate 160, limits and contact portion 169 can in conjunction be used for holding slidably, joint and snap close interconnection device, as part feed cable and/or data cable (not shown).Similarly, the stop surface 167 of shock plate 160 and contact portion 169 are configured to be convenient to the suitable power of taking off power supply or data cable and interface connector 110 slips are broken away from.
The interface connector 110 that Fig. 5 explanation has power port 122 and FPDP 124, power port 122 and FPDP 124 are faced and are aimed at feed cable 170 and data cable 180 in breaking away from placement.Specifically, power port 122 is aimed at and is configured to hold with feed cable 170, electrically contacts and snap close feed cable 170.Data snap close port one 26 is configured to hold and snap close data cable 180.As discussed previously, data snap close port one 26 can be configured to comprise the power junctions with data cable 180 electrical interconnections.
Turn to Fig. 6 to 8, illustrate at this previously mentioned feed cable 170.With reference to figure 1,6 and 7, feed cable 170 comprises that having ground connection contact 172 contact 173 snap close and contact 171 with power supply.Around the intermediate base part 174 of snap close contact 171, form inserted mode system cap 175, isolate to keep the electricity between ground connection and the power supply contact 172 and 173.Snap close contact 171 is enclosed in cap 175 and contacts in the shell 176, wherein contacts shell and can be connected to cable jacket 177.Cable jacket 177 comprises that the strain that cable (not shown) wherein can extend therefrom alleviates fin 178.Contact shell 176 comprises the insertion mechanism with elongate protrusion 176p and the elongate groove 176g that limits in the apparent surface who contacts shell 176.This elongate protrusion 176p and elongate groove 176g are configured to each elongate groove 121 and the elongate protrusion 123 corresponding to qualification in power port 122, guaranteeing the correct aligning and the insertion of the feed cable 170 in the power port 122, contact 173 with power supply with ground connection contact 172 corresponding to feed cable 170.
Snap close contact 171 can be configured to the spring of deflection on outside direction, outside deflection when moving on to interior location with box lunch, particularly, be configured to when engage with power port 122 and when disengaging and joint impact plate 160 inwardly and outwards mobile.The part of cutting away as the contact shell 176 among Fig. 8 is described, and snap close contact 171 can move inward by the sunk part 179 that limits in contact shell 176.Each ground connection contact 172 contacts 173 projection 172p and the 173p or the projections (nub) that can comprise separately with power supply, be configured to stop surface 167 snap closes that limit with window 168 by shock plate 160, also between the snap close contact 171 of shock plate 160 and contact portion 169, provide the deflection contact simultaneously.Each snap close contact 171 also can be formed with sunk part, sweep and/or corrugated portion, be configured to corresponding to shock plate 160 structures, and further strengthen with power port 122 in the electrically contacting and latching device of shock plate 160.
Fig. 7 (a) illustrates another embodiment of feed cable 170a.In the present embodiment, feed cable 170a is identical with the feed cable described among Fig. 7 basically, and except in the present embodiment, it is slicker and more sly that cable jacket 177a and strain alleviate the structure of rib 178a in appearance.In addition, cable jacket 177a comprises the fin 179 that stretches out that is configured to the interconnected that contacts shell 176.
In another embodiment, shock plate can comprise the Spring lock catch parts of the contact that is configured to the snap close feed cable.Thereby, the interconnection snap close and the conductivity of present embodiment, but opposite with previously described interconnection structure between power port and feed cable.
With reference to figure 9 and 10, data cable 180 is described.Data cable 180 comprises the lid 181 with egative film 181b and top flat 181t, and it surrounds each signal contact component 182, contact shell 186, data pcb (" PCD ") 187 and shielding part 188.Signal contact component 182 comprises the signal contact point 189 that extends from its fore-end.Shielding part 188 is configured to comprise from its anterior snap close 184 that extends.Contact shell 186 surrounds the signal contact component 182 with the data PCB 187 that is interconnected on it, and each is positioned at the inside of shielding part 188.Then, the end of lid 181 and top flat 181b and 181t are configured to clamp and surround in the mode of exposing signal contact point 189 and snap close 184 at the place, front portion of data cable 180 the above-mentioned parts of data cable 180.Lid 181 can also be clamped the front portion that strain alleviates parts 185, extends from its rear portion so that strain alleviates parts 185, and the cable (not shown) that is used to transmit data by this rear portion can extend.Utilize this layout, the interface connector 110 with data snap close port one 26 can hold, engages and break away from the snap close 184 of data cable 180, so that signal contact point 189 engages with shock plate 160 in each data-signal port one 28.
In another embodiment, the snap close 184 that extends from the shielding part 188 of data cable 180 can be as power supply contact and snap close 184.In this embodiment, one of signal contact point 189 can be as the ground connection contact.In another embodiment, one of snap close 184 can dispose as the ground connection contact, and another of snap close 184 can dispose as the power supply contact, simultaneously also as latching device.
Therefore those of ordinary skill in the field recognize easily, and shock plate 160 structures that are arranged in the interface connector 110 provide the snap close with feed cable 170 to contact 171 latching device and electrical interconnection mechanism.This shock plate 160 in the interface connector 110 is configured to spring loaded by the projection 172p of snap close contact 171 and extension therefrom and 173p and moves the snap close that engages with breaking away from feed cable 170 and contact 171.In this way, spring loaded snap close contact 171 guarantees feed cable 170 to power port 122, and can be by easily manually removing away from interface connector 110 dilatory feed cables 170.Pulling force overcomes the spring bias of assurance feed cable 170 to power port 122 easily, with the mobile snap close contact 171 in inside, allows feed cable 170 to skid off power port 122 thus.
Equally, identical with those shock plates that are used for power port 122, shock plate 160 also is used for FPDP 124.Therefore, data snap close port one 26 can provide the latching device and the electrical interconnection mechanism of the snap close 184 with data cable 180.Thereby the FPDP 124 with the shock plate 160 that is provided with therein can be configured to easily engage and break away from data cable 180, as is used for the previous description of feed cable 170.
The snap close that provides by snap close contact 171 and shock plate 160 and the difunctional design of having simplified interface connector 110 and feed cable 170 of conductivity.Specifically, form the needs that separate the snap close cavity, reduced the number of cavities that in interface connector 110, forms by eliminating at the interface connector that is used for feed cable snaps on it.This cavity reduces to simplify the structure and has increased the intensity of structural intergrity and interface connector 110, particularly, has reduced the possible chance of little elongation shell 112 slight warpages, causes inoperable interface connector.By simplifying the interface connector design, interface connector is also more easily made, less generation error.
Those of ordinary skill in the art recognizes easily that also feed cable 170 had than the bigger fatigue life of conventional feed cable with snap close, and snap close is formed by polymeric material and separates with electrically contacting.On the contrary, snap close contact 171 described here forms by be configured to hinder non-lasting metal, the electric conducting material of having a mind to moment of torsion and stress that produces in the snap close contact.In addition, the snap close contact is enclosed in the contact shell 176, and it has eliminated the ability that produces non-moment of torsion intentionally and stress in the snap close contact basically.
As previous elaboration, shock plate 160 is configured to them to be provided release mechanism and passes through their conduct electricity.Each interface port 114 is configured to hold identical shock plate 160, and therefore each power port 122, data snap close port one 26 and data-signal port one 28 can be carried out snap close function or conductivity function, or carries out the two.This shock plate 160 has further been simplified the manufacturing process that forms interface connector 110, minimizes the cost and the required time of preparation interface connector 110.Have this interface connector 110 of the characteristics that can utilize identical shock plate 160, bigger output also is provided, minimize the possibility of the error in the final products of interface connector 110.
With reference to Figure 11, the portable electron device 190 with interface connector 110 has been described.The electrical interconnection that comprises portable electron device 190 arrives the PCB 192 of interface connector 110.Interface connector 110 is adhered to the end 194 of PCB 192, so as the shoulder part 166 of the shock plate 160 that exposes at the back and basal surface 130 and 150 places of interface connector 110 can with PCB 192 on and/or in electrical interconnection and trace 196 electric connections.In this way, interface connector 110 is as conducting power supplys and the interface that transfers data to portable electron device 190 by feed cable 170 and data cable 180 respectively.
Should be appreciated that above-mentioned is to be used for the legend that principle of the present invention is used with reference to arranging.Although show the present invention in the drawings and as above described the present invention, under the condition that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention, can design many improvement and selectivity and arrange in conjunction with exemplary embodiment of the present invention.Under the condition that does not break away from principle of the present invention set forth herein and notion, can carry out many improvement for those of ordinary skill in the field.
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1. portable electron device interconnection system comprises:
Portable electron device has the interface connector that is configured to be positioned at wherein, and described interface connector comprises:
The elongation shell is included in the leading flank that wherein is limited with power port and FPDP, and described leading flank is configured to expose in the outer part office of described portable electron device; And
Shock plate is configured to be arranged in described power port and FPDP, and each shock plate has the contact portion that extends to the stop surface that limits therein; And
Power connector, being configured to provides power supply to arrive described portable electron device by the power port of described interface connector, described power connector has snap close contact, described snap close contact be configured to engage with the contact portion electricity of described shock plate and with the power port of described portable electron device in the stop surface snap close of described shock plate.
2. according to the interconnection system of claim 1, wherein said snap close contact comprises that the power supply contact contacts with ground connection, and each electricity isolation that described power supply contact contacts with ground connection also is configured to be provided with the depression that limits in the opposite flank that contacts shell of described power connector is contiguous.
3. according to the interconnection system of claim 1, wherein said power connector also comprises the contact shell of described power connector size, described contact shell is configured to surround described snap close contact and can inserts in the described power port, and described snap close contact is configured to the spring of outside deflection, and be configured to be moved in the depression that in the opposite flank of contact shell, limits, so that engage and snap close with described power port electricity.
4. according to the interconnection system of claim 1, also comprise data connector, be configured to interconnect separatably, data be sent to described portable electron device and transmit data from described portable electron device with described FPDP.
5. according to the interconnection system of claim 1, wherein said shock plate is configured to be positioned on the opposite flank of described power port, engages and snaps into described snap close and contact with electricity.
6. according to the interconnection system of claim 1, wherein said shock plate can insert in the bottom side that is adjacent to described leading flank of described elongation shell, and described shock plate has the shoulder part near described bottom side setting and the electrical interconnection printed circuit board (PCB) in the described portable electron device.
7. a power port that is configured to by interface connector is the power connector of portable electron device power supply, and this power connector comprises:
The contact shell has first and second depressions that limit in each opposite flank of described contact shell; And
The contact of first and second snap closes, comprise that respectively the power supply contact contacts with ground connection, the contact of described power supply contact with ground connection each by the electric isolation of described contact shell maintenance, described first and second snap closes contact is configured to contiguous each first and second depression that limits and is provided with in described contact shell, described first and second snap closes contact is configured to have outside spring deflection and is configured to be moved in described each first and second depression, described snap close contact is configured to electricity and joins the power port of described interface connector to transmit power supply to described portable electron device, and the power port that snaps into described interface connector, think described portable electron device power supply.
8. according to the power connector of claim 7, wherein said snap close contact comprises electric conducting material.
9. according to the power connector of claim 7, wherein said snap close contact comprises and is configured near described power port deflection and snaps into projection on it.
10. conducting terminal that is configured to be arranged in the interface connector of portable electron device, this conducting terminal comprises:
Shock plate, have window opening, contact portion and shoulder part, described shoulder part stretches out from the bottom of described shock plate, described shoulder partly is configured to the printed circuit board (PCB) electrical interconnection with described portable electron device, described contact portion comprises the inclined surface of the stop surface that extends to described shock plate, and described stop surface is configured to the periphery as described window opening;
The contact portion of wherein said shock plate and stop surface are configured to engage and snap close with the power connector electricity, and described power connector is configured to provide power supply to arrive described portable electron device.
11. according to the conducting terminal of claim 10, wherein said shock plate comprises the extension, the respective aligned that described extension is configured in described interface connector keeps aiming in the opening and keeping described shock plate.
12. conducting terminal according to claim 10, wherein said shock plate is configured to and can inserts at the bottom side place of described interface connector, described bottom side is adjacent to the leading flank that exposes at least in part on described portable electron device, described shoulder partly is configured to remain in the raceway groove of bottom side of described interface connector.
13. according to the conducting terminal of claim 10, wherein said shock plate comprises electric conducting material.
14. according to the conducting terminal of claim 10, wherein said shock plate is configured to latching device and conductive mechanism, to be arranged in the interface connector that is used for at least one interconnection of power connector and data connector.
15. the method for the portable electron device power supply, this method may further comprise the steps:
The power connector that will have the snap close contact is inserted in the power port that limits in the periphery of portable electron device, described power connector comprises having the snap close contact that power supply contact contact with ground connection, and each electric isolation that described power supply contact contact with ground connection also is configured to and contacts the depression vicinity setting that limits in the opposite flank of shell described; And
The contact of the snap close of described power connector is engaged with shock plate on the opposite flank that is positioned at described power port, snap into described shock plate and the power supply conductivity is arrived described portable electron device by described shock plate so that described snap close contacts.
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