Patent ID: 7534141
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing extending in a front-to-back direction; and a first set of contacts held in the insulative housing, each first contact comprising a nonelastic contact portion; a second set of contacts held in the insulative housing and comprising at least one pair of differential contacts held in the insulative housing for transferring high-speed signals, and each of the second set of contacts comprising an elastic contact portion located behind the nonelastic contact portion along the front-to-back direction; a substrate assembled to the insulative housing and forming a plurality of first contact-connecting pads and second contact-connecting pads on a front end thereof to be soldered with the first and second sets of the contacts, and a plurality of first wire-connecting pads and second wire-connecting pads on a rear end thereof; a plurality of first and second wires soldered with the first and second wire-connecting pads to form electrical connection with the first and second sets of the contacts; and wherein at least two second wires are soldered to a single second wire-connecting pad of the substrate to form electrical connection with a single second set of contact; wherein the first contact-connecting pads and the second wire-connecting pads are arranged on an upper surface of the substrate, the second contact-connecting pads and the first wire-connecting pads are arranged on a lower surface of the substrate, and wherein the first and second wires are arranged in two rows with the second wires are in an upper row and the first wires are in a lower row; wherein the insulative housing comprises a tongue portion with mating portions of the first and second sets of contacts arranged on a mating surface of the tongue portion in front-to-rear relationship and a base portion behind the tongue portion, and wherein the substrate is assembled to the base portion; wherein the first set of contacts is adapted for USB protocol and an arrangement of the first set of contacts is compatible to a standard USB receptacle, and wherein the pair of differential contacts are adapted for non-USB protocol.