Patent ID: 6336819
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electronic apparatus, comprising:an apparatus body; a first connector, fixed to said apparatus body, with which a second connector, attached to a cable, is to be engaged by movement of the second connector in a first direction relatively to, and by insertion thereof into, the first connector; a connector housing provided in said apparatus body and having a wall to which said first connector is installed and a space accommodating therein the second connector, as inserted into the first connector; a connector cover closing said housing, the connector cover having projections protruding therefrom in a second direction, different from the first direction, preventing movement of the second connector in a direction, opposite to the first direction and tending to disengage the second connector from the first connector; and said connector cover is slidingly movable in a third direction, different from the first and second directions, between a first, opened position in which the connector cover is removable from the apparatus body and wherein said second connector can be removed from and inserted into said connector housing to be engaged with said first connector, and a second, closed position in which said connector cover is locked to the apparatus body.