US 12,469,995 B2
Cartridge with differently spaced terminals
Shinji Hirose, Kyoto (JP); and Yuta Fujita, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/443,746.
Application 18/443,746 is a continuation of application No. 17/497,227, filed on Oct. 8, 2021, granted, now 12,027,789.
Application 17/497,227 is a continuation of application No. 15/799,082, filed on Oct. 31, 2017, granted, now 11,171,433, issued on Nov. 9, 2021.
Application 15/799,082 is a continuation of application No. 15/398,903, filed on Jan. 5, 2017, granted, now 9,853,379, issued on Dec. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-205577 (JP), filed on Oct. 19, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0235075 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01R 12/71 (2011.01); A63F 13/95 (2014.01); H01R 13/26 (2006.01); H01R 13/652 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/712 (2013.01) [A63F 13/95 (2014.09); H01R 13/26 (2013.01); H01R 13/652 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge configured to be inserted into a cartridge insertion slot of a game apparatus in a first direction, the cartridge comprising:
a first group of terminals comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal being longer than the second terminal in the first direction, and the first terminal and the second terminal being adjacent one another in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and spaced apart by a first distance; and
a third terminal being adjacent to the second terminal in the second direction and spaced apart from the second terminal by a second distance, and the second distance being greater than the first distance.