Patent ID: 8821172

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a cord comprising a plurality of wires; and a plug extending from the cord, the plug including a top portion and an opposing bottom portion, each of the top portion and opposing bottom portion including a plurality of contacts, the plurality of contacts on each of the top portion and opposing bottom portion including: at least three contacts with a first distance from a front portion of the plug; and at least one contact with a second distance from the front portion of the plug, each of the plurality of contacts on the top portion being coupled to one of the plurality of wires and to one of the plurality of contacts on the bottom portion, a first of the at least three contacts on the top portion with the first distance from the front portion of the plug being coupled to a first of the at least three contacts on the bottom portion with the first distance from the front portion of the plug and closer to a first side portion of the plug than a second and third of the at least three contacts on the top portion with the first distance, the first of the at least three contacts on the opposing bottom portion with the first distance from the front portion of the plug being closer to a second side portion of the plug than a second and third of the at least three contacts on the opposing bottom portion with the first distance.