USB-C Dock with Japanese PSE Certification

What is a USB-C Dock?

It's commonly referred to as a "Type-C Dock" or "USB-C Docking Station" in English. Simply put, it's a base that can expand the functionality of a laptop. It consists of ports and slots that can connect various external devices, addressing the problem of limited ports on laptops. (When you need to connect a mouse, keyboard, USB drive, and Ethernet cable, but your laptop doesn't have enough ports, that's where a docking station comes in.)

I. What is PSE Certification?

PSE (Product Safety of Electrical Appliance & Materials) Certification, also known as "Conformity Assessment" in Japanese, is a mandatory market access system for electrical products in Japan. It's an important part of Japan's Electrical Appliance Safety Law and categorizes electrical products into "specified electrical products" and "non-specified electrical products." "Specified electrical products" include 116 types, while "non-specified electrical products" include 341 types. Technical requirements include EMC and safety standards.

Products listed as "specified electrical products" must undergo certification by a third-party certification body authorized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) of Japan, obtain a certificate of compliance, and affix the diamond-shaped PSE mark on the product label. Products listed as "non-specified electrical products" must be tested and declared compliant with Japanese electrical product technical standards through self-testing and self-declaration, and they must affix the circular PSE mark on the product label.

II. Categories of Products Under PSE Certification

1. Categories covered by Japan's PSE certification for specified electrical products include:

- Electric wires and cables

- Fuses

- Wiring devices (electrical accessories, lighting appliances, etc.)

- Current limiters

- Transformers

- Ballasts

- Electric heaters

- Electrical appliances for motive power (household appliances)

- Electrical appliances for electronic applications (high-frequency hair removal devices)

- Other AC electrical appliances (electric insect killers, DC power supplies)

- Portable engines

2. Categories covered by Japan's PSE certification for non-specified electrical products include eleven main categories:

- Electric wires and cables

- Fuses

- Wiring devices

- Transformers

- Ballasts

- Conduits

- Small AC motors

- Electric heaters

- Electrical appliances for motive power (shredders)

- Light source appliances (projectors, copiers)

- Electrical appliances for electronic applications (video recorders, televisions)

- Other AC electrical appliances

- Lithium batteries

III. Authoritative Qualifications

1. Major drafting units for Japan's PSE certification rules for specified electrical products

2. Major units involved in drafting the format of Japan's PSE certification reports for specified electrical products

3. Currently, for DC power supply units, test reports can be issued according to the latest versions of standards J62368-1 (H30) and J55032 (H29), and diamond-shaped PSE certificates are issued by CQC.

IV. Technical Service Advantages

1. Standards (J standards) corresponding to products certified under Japan's PSE certification for specified electrical products and non-specified electrical products have obtained CNAS and CMA certification.

2. The first batch of PSE certification testing laboratories recognized by Japan in China.

3. Laboratories authorized by Japan's certification body JQA.

4. Leading position in the number of PSE testing reports issued by domestic testing institutions.

5. Extensive authorization scope for PSE certification testing by domestic testing institutions."