Patent ID: 9337594
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector device, which extends along a longitudinal axis and having an interface part comprising a first set of electrical contact elements arranged along a first line, which is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, and mechanical engagement elements being shaped such that the electrical connector device can be electrically and mechanically connected with an identical connector device when they are aligned along the longitudinal axis and one of them rotated 180 degrees about a transversal axis parallel with the first line, wherein the interface part comprises a second set of electrical contact elements and a third set of electrical contact elements, which the second and third sets are symmetrically arranged on opposite sides of the first line in a first plane through the first line, such that for each contact element of the second set there is a corresponding contact element of the third set, which is arranged with equal distance to the first line, and wherein each contact element of the second set is electrically connected to its corresponding contact element of the third set, whereby the second and third sets, via their electrical interconnection, provide backward compatibility to devices having only one of said second or third sets.