Patent ID: 8198563

Claim:
A socket structure with duplex electrical connection, the socket structure comprising: a plastic base; a connection slot, which is disposed in front of the plastic base and may be connected to a plug having at least one row of connection terminals; a tongue, which has a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite the first surface, and is disposed on one end of the plastic base and within the connection slot, such that chambers of the connection slot on two sides of the tongue make the plug be normally and oppositely inserted and positioned into the connection slot; at least one row of first contacts separately arranged on the first surface of the tongue, wherein each of the first contacts is electrically connected to a first pin extending out of the plastic base; and at least one row of second contacts separately arranged on the second surface of the tongue, wherein: each of the second contacts is electrically connected to a second pin extending out of the plastic base; when the plug is normally inserted into the connection slot with the at least one row of connection terminals of the plug facing the second surface of the tongue, the at least one row of connection terminals of the plug are electrically connected to the at least one row of second contacts; and when the plug is oppositely inserted into the connection slot with the at least one row of connection terminals of the plug facing the first surface of the tongue, the at least one row of connection terminals of the plug are electrically connected to the at least one row of first contacts.