Patent ID: 7988460
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connection device comprising: a connector having an open-cavity plug receiving side, said connector having an outer configuration that is of RJ type, PJD type, USB type, HDMI type, E-SATA type, combined HDMI and E-SATA type, combined HDMI and display port type, combined USB and RJ45 type, combined USB and HDMI type, or display port type; a printed circuit board based tongue having a distal end extending toward said open-cavity plug receiving side and side edges that are spaced from corresponding inner walls of said connector, said printed circuit board based tongue having a surface on which one set of contacts or more sets of contacts arranged in front and rear portions thereof are formed, said contacts being arranged to define a USB2.0 bus, a USB3.0 bus, an HDMI bus, an E-SATA bus, a combined HDMI and E-SATA bus, a combined HDMI and display port bus, a combined USB and RJ45 bus, a combined USB and HDMI bus, and a display port bus; and a male plug mateable with said open-cavity plug receiving side and having a cavity engageable with said printed circuit board based tongue, said male plug having an outer configuration of RJ type, PJD type, USB type, HDMI type, E-SATA type, combined HDMI and E-SATA type, combined HDMI and display port type, combined USB and RJ45 type, combined USB and HDMI type, and display port type.