Patent ID: 7938660

Claim:
A connector unit for electrically connecting a power supply and an electronic apparatus to be supplied with electric power from the power supply, the connector unit comprising: a male connector to be connected to the electronic apparatus, the male connector including a pair of power plug terminals of conductors for receiving the electric power; a control plug terminal; a slide switch for moving the control plug terminal between a first position and a second position in a first direction; a return button protruding from an opening of the slide switch in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; an urging part configured to urge the return button in the second direction; and an elastic member; and a female connector to be connected to the power supply, the female connector including a pair of power jack terminals corresponding to the power plug terminals; and a control jack terminal corresponding to the control plug terminal and including a control switch, wherein the control plug terminal is configured to cause contacts of the control switch of the control jack terminal to be connected to allow the electric power to be supplied to the electronic apparatus, by being moved to the first position with the power plug terminals being fit into the jack plug terminals, and the return button is configured to cause the elastic member to deform via the control plug terminal by being pressed with the control plug terminal at the first position, so that the control plug terminal is moved to the second position with a restoring force of the elastic member.