Patent ID: 9293875
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A receptacle that is selectively mateable with one of a first plug and a second plug, the receptacle comprising: a holding member having a rear portion and a plate-like portion, the plate-like portion extending forward in a front-rear direction from the rear portion, the plate-like portion having a lower surface in an up-down direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction; a plurality of first contacts each of which has a first held portion and a first extending portion, the first held portions being held by the rear portion of the holding member, the first extending portions extending forward from the first held portions, respectively, each of the first extending portions being provided with a first contact portion, the first contact portions being exposed on the lower surface of the plate-like portion of the holding member to be contactable, the first contact portions being arranged at positions so as to be connectable with contacts of both the first plug and the second plug; and a plurality of second contacts each of which has a second held portion and a second extending portion, the second held portions being held by the rear portion of the holding member, the second extending portions extending forward from the second held portions, respectively, each of the second extending portions being provided with a second contact portion, the second contact portions being exposed on the lower surface of the plate-like portion of the holding member to be contactable, the second contact portions being arranged at positions so as to be connectable with only contacts of the second plug and not with contacts of the first plug, the first contact portions being located forward of the second contact portions, the second contact portions being grouped into two groups between which the first contact portions are located in a lateral direction perpendicular to both the front-rear direction and the up-down direction, wherein: the first plug has a first lock portion; the first lock portion protrudes upward in the up-down direction; the second plug has a second lock portion; the second lock portion protrudes outward in the lateral direction; the receptacle further comprises a shell; the shell covers, at least in part, the holding member; the shell has a first locked portion and a second locked portion; the first locked portion is configured to partially receive the first lock portion of the first plug in a state in which the receptacle is mated with the first plug; and the second locked portion is configured to partially receive the second lock portion of the second plug in a state in which the receptacle is mated with the second plug; one of the first plug and the second plug has a lock member, the lock member comprising a base portion, two arms, and two lock portions, said two lock portions corresponding to one of the first lock portion and the second lock portion of the corresponding one of the first plug and the second plug; the two arms extend from the base portion toward a plug mating end of the one of the first plug and the second plug; the lock member has a press-fit portion; the two arms are located at opposite ends of the base portion in the lateral direction, respectively; the press-fit portion is located at a middle portion of the base portion in the lateral direction while extending from the base portion toward the plug mating end; the press-fit portion is press-fit in a plug holding-member of the one of the first plug and the second plug; the lock member is further provided with two fixed portions; and the fixed portions extend from the base portion and away from the plug mating end.