Patent ID: 7997927
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A dual socket connector comprising: an insulative housing assembly having multiple first terminals mounted on one of the top and bottom tongues and capable of implementing USB 2.0 signal transmission; multiple second terminals mounted on the other of the top and bottom tongues and capable of implementing USB 2.0 signal transmission; multiple third terminals mounted on one of the top and bottom tongues on which the second terminals are also mounted wherein the third terminals are capable of cooperating with the second terminals to implement USB 3.0 signal transmission; and a conductive shell covering the insulative housing assembly and the first, second and third terminals, having a front end, a rear end, a cavity, a top plate, a bottom plate and two opposite side plates and further having an upper socket hole defined in the cavity between the top plate and the partition and a lower socket hole in the cavity between the partition and the bottom plate; wherein the insulative housing is assembled by a top insulative housing and a bottom insulative housing; the top insulative housing has a top base having a top, a bottom, a front end, a rear end and two opposite sides and the top tongue is formed thereon and protrudes forward from the front end of the top base; and the bottom insulative housing has a bottom base having a top, a bottom, a front end, a rear end and two opposite sides and the bottom tongue is formed thereon and protrudes forward from the front end of the bottom base; wherein each first terminal has a mounting section, a soldering section formed and protruding downward from the mounting section and a contacting section formed on and protruding forward from the mounting section; each second terminal has a mounting section, a soldering section formed and protruding downward from the mounting section and a contacting section formed on and protruding forward from the mounting section; and each third terminal has a mounting section, a soldering section formed and protruding downward from the mounting section and a contacting section formed on and protruding forward from the mounting section; wherein a positioning bracket is mounted under the bottom insulative housing and has wherein the bottom base of the bottom insulative housing further has a mounting protrusion formed thereon and protruding backward from the rear end of the bottom base and having two slides formed oppositely on the mounting protrusion; and the mount of the positioning bracket further has two opposite rails formed on the mount respectively adjacent to the sides and each rail having a vertical sliding slot therein and slidably holding the slides of the bottom insulative housing respectively.