Patent ID: 8684754

Claim:
A plug and socket convertible electrical connector assembly, comprising: a connector body comprising a housing defining therein an accommodation chamber, said housing comprising an oblong insertion opening located on one sidewall thereof, a locating groove located on an inside wall thereof at adjacent to one side of said oblong insertion opening, a plurality of insertion slots located on an adjacent sidewall thereof, a rack slidably accommodated in said accommodation chamber, an electrical socket fixedly mounted in said rack and aimed at said oblong insertion opening, said rack comprising a mating hole and a plurality of conducting contacts fixedly suspending in said mating hole, and two conducting terminals mounted at one side of said rack and electrically connected to said conducting contacts of said electrical socket and an internal circuit of a predetermined electronic device; and a slide cover mounted in said housing of said connector body between said oblong insertion opening and said electrical socket and slidable relative to said connector body between a received position and an extended position, said slide cover comprising a plurality of metal conducting blades affixed to one side thereof and movable with said slide cover relative to said connector body in and out of said insertion slots of said housing, said metal conducting blades each comprising a rear contact portion, the rear contact portions of said metal conducting blades being electrically connected to said conducting terminals when said metal conducting blades being movable with said slide cover out of said insertion slots of said housing.