Patent ID: 6948966
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: G06F,H01R

Abstract:
1. A detachable connector unit for an electronic apparatus comprising: a housing; a plurality of first connectors mounted in the housing affording connections to respective peripheral units; a second connector mounted in the housing and a part thereof projecting from a front surface of the detachable connector unit and affording a detachable connection to the electronic apparatus; a pair of fasteners incorporated in the connector unit with said first connectors arranged therebetween and operable independently of each other to detachably fix the housing to the electronic apparatus, the length of the housing with the pair of fasteners incorporated therein being substantially equal to the overall length of the detachable connector unit, wherein each of the pair of fasteners comprises a threaded shaft axially movable between retracted and extended positions projecting outwardly from the front surface of the detachable connector unit; and the second connector further comprises guide pins projecting outwardly by a fixed length from the front surface of the detachable connector unit and, in a state in which the connector unit is not attached to the electronic apparatus, the length of an outwardly projecting portion of each threaded shaft, in the retracted position, being shorter than the fixed length of the outwardly projecting guide pins.