Connector device and data transfer apparatus

(19)

(11)

EP 0 954 065 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	04.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/14

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	03.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/44

(21)	Application number: 99302824.0

(22)	Date of filing: 12.04.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01R 23/02, H01R 13/64, H01R 29/00, H01R 13/703

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30)

Priority:

27.04.1998 JP 11703798

(71)	Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
	Ota-ku Tokyo 145 (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Saito, Kyozo Iwate-gun, Iwate-ken (JP) Wagatsuma, Toru Miyagi-ken (JP) Ninomiya, Nobuyuki Furukawa-shi, Miyagi-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: Kensett, John Hinton
	Saunders & Dolleymore, 9 Rickmansworth Road Watford, Hertfordshire WD18 0JU Watford, Hertfordshire WD18 0JU (GB)

(54)	Connector device and data transfer apparatus

(57) A connector device by which problems such as confusion between signal cables of different kinds are avoided is disclosed. The device comprises a receptacle (6) provided on a device side, a plug (2) which is connected at an end of a signal cable and inserted into the receptacle, and cable discriminating means (10) which is provided on the device side and discriminates the kind of the signal cable to be connected.

Search report