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Connector having improved contacts arrangement

  • US 8,079,854 B2
  • Filed: 04/29/2011
  • Issued: 12/20/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An USB connector comprising:

  • an insulative housing defining a mating port;

    a plurality of first contacts disposed in the insulative housing and comprising a power contact, a first grounding contact and a first pair of differential contacts located between the power contact and the first grounding contact, each of said first contacts comprising a first contacting portion exposed in the mating port and a first tail portion opposite to the first contacting portion; and

    a plurality of second contacts disposed in the insulative housing and being configured essentially different from the first contacts, the second contacts comprising a second pair of differential contacts, a third pair of differential contacts, and a second grounding contact located between the second and third pairs of differential contacts, each of said second contacts comprising a second contacting portion exposed in the mating port and essentially located at a different level with regard to the first contacting portion, and a second tail portion opposite to the second contacting portion;

    whereinthe first and second tail portions are arranged in one row in a transverse direction under a condition that all of the second tail portions are located between the first tail portions of the power contact and the first grounding contact in said transverse direction.

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