Patent ID: 7874845

Claim:
A scissor-type multi-functional connector, comprising a male device and a female device respectively mounted to substrate boards with pins, wherein: the male device comprises a housing, at least three plate terminals, and the pins, the housing forming a plurality of receiving slots for receiving the plate terminals, the housing forming a plurality of spaces arranged in a direction for accommodating a configuration of the respective plate terminal, each of the plate terminals forming a rearward-extending contact leg; and the female device comprises an upper cover, the pins, clips, and a lower body, the upper cover having a plurality of shielding plates extending frontward for mating spacer plates of the same number formed on the lower body, receiving slots being formed between adjacent spacer plates and extending to a rear portion for receiving therein the clips, each of the clips being integrally formed as a single piece and being bent frontward to form two contact plates that form a small included angle therebetween, outward curved sections being formed on and extending upward from the contact plates, a width-reduced intermediate section being formed rearward of each of the contact plates and extending rearward to a rear end section that is bent to form an expanded curved configuration showing resilience, a contact leg extending from a lower end of the rear end section, the male device and the female device both having opposite side portions respectively forming through holes.