Patent ID: 7946893
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical plug compatible to version 2.0 Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a mating portion which is divided into a first mating section and a second mating section along a rear-to-front direction; at least one contact-deformation slot defined in the first mating section; a first set of contacts fixed in the insulative housing and each having an elastic contact portion corresponding to and deformable in the contact-deformation slot; and a second set of contacts each having a stiff contact portion mounted on the second mating section, the second set of contacts being compatible to the version 2.0 USB standard; wherein the stiff contact portions and the elastic contact portions are located on a same side of the mating portion in condition that the elastic contact portions are located behind the stiff contact portions along the rear-to-front direction.