Patent ID: 7841903
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An adaptor connectable between a communication module and an external device that normally do not supply electrical power to each other, the adaptor comprising: a first connector configured based on a USB (Universal Serial Bus) plug connector prescribed by the USB standard to which a connector of the external device is coupled, including a plurality of first signal terminals and first power supply output terminals being arranged at the first connector; a second connector configured based on an extended USB receptacle connector prescribed by the USB standard to which a connector of the communication module is coupled, a plurality of second signal terminals, second power supply input terminals and second power supply output terminals as additional terminals being arranged at the second connector; data lines through which data is transferrable between the external device and the communication module, first ends of the data lines connected to the first signal terminals and second ends of the data lines connected to the second signal terminals; power lines through which power is transferrable from the communication module to the external device, one end of the power lines connected to the second power supply input terminals, the other ends of the power lines connected to the first power supply output terminals; power supply lines through which power is transferred from an external power supply to the communication module, the one ends of the power supply lines connected to the external power supply and the other ends connected to the second power supply output terminals.