Patent ID: 7828599
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A USB connector for connecting with a USB female comprising metal legs, a connecting line and a substrate, wherein one end of the metal legs connects with one end of the connecting line, the metal legs are formed on a face of the substrate, a metal layer is provided at another face of the substrate opposite to the metal legs, the metal layer has a U-shaped cross-section having two flanks extending away from an undersurface of the metal layer, and the metal layer covers the substrate and allows access to a mating face of the metal legs; wherein the USB connector further comprises a fool-proof structure to prevent the USB connector from being inserted reversely, and the fool-proof structure includes at least one of a first projection and a second projection; wherein: the first projection includes a projection provided on the face of the substrate, the first projection being higher than the face of the substrate; or the second projection extends from at least one of the two flanks of the metal layer, the second projection being higher than the face of the substrate and at a longitudinal end of the metal layer which is near the metal legs.