Patent ID: 8187039
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A sharable socket structure, comprising: a plastic base having a common slot for accommodating at least two connectors with different connection interfaces, wherein a front end of the common slot is formed with an inserting port and a tongue is disposed in the common slot; one row of first terminals separately arranged in the plastic base, wherein each of the first terminals has a contact, an extension, a fixing portion and a pin, wherein the contacts of the first terminals are disposed on the tongue in the common slot, and the contacts of the first terminals are electrically connected to one of the at least two connectors; and one row of second terminals separately arranged in the plastic base, wherein each of the second terminals has a contact, an extension, a fixing portion and a pin, the contacts of the second terminals are disposed on the tongue in the common slot, the contacts of the second terminals are closer to the inserting port than the contacts of the first terminals are, the contacts of the second terminals are to be electrically connected to the other of the at least two connectors, X coordinates of the contact and the extension of the one row of first terminals and the extensions of the one row of second terminals are staggered in a sequentially arranging direction of the terminals, and a step is formed between the X coordinates of the contact and the extension of at least one of the second terminals such that the contact of the second terminal partially overlaps with the contact of the first terminal neighboring the second terminal on the X coordinates, wherein: the contacts of the second terminals are in contact with the tongue and cannot elastically move, and the contacts of the first terminals protrude from the tongue and may elastically move up and down; and the sharable socket structure is a USB 3.0 socket capable of being electrically connected to a USB 3.0 connector and a USB 2.0 connector, the total number of the first terminals is equal to four, the total number of the second terminals is equal to five, the contact of the first terminal is electrically connected to the USB 2.0 connector, and the contacts of the first and second terminals are electrically connected to the USB 3.0 connector.