US 12,395,092 B2
Connector device and load device
Takeshi Kiribuchi, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 18/254,516
Filed by OMRON Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/009187
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/137578, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-213836 (JP), filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0014747 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2007.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H02M 7/003 (2013.01) [H02M 1/008 (2021.05); H05K 5/0247 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector device for connecting a load device to a power supply path in a daisy chain to allow transmission and reception of power between the load device and the power supply path, the connector device comprising:
a housing;
an upstream connector connectable to an upstream portion of the power supply path;
a downstream connector connectable to a downstream portion of the power supply path; and
a load connector configured to supply, to a body of the load device, power divided from an internal supply path connecting the upstream connector and the downstream connector in the housing,
wherein the connector device is separate from the body of the load device, and
a combination of the load device and a rated current of at least one of the upstream connector or the downstream connector is selected based on an expected current through the upstream connector and an expected current through the downstream connector.