Patent ID: 7751853

Claim:
A female receptacle connector for connecting to a corresponding male plug connector, the female receptacle connector comprising: a housing designed to accommodate 30 contacts recessed within the housing and spaced apart in a single row of sequentially numbered contact locations, wherein the sequentially numbered contact locations include: digital contact locations 3 to 9 designated for digital signals including Firewire contact locations 3 , 5 , 7 and 9 designated for Firewire signals interleaved with Universal Serial Bus (USB) contact locations 4 , 6 and 8 designated for USB signals; an accessory identify contact location 10 designated for an accessory identify signal; serial protocol contact locations 18 and 19 designated for serial protocol signals; analog contact locations 25 to 28 designated for analog signals and spaced apart from digital contact locations 3 to 9 , wherein the analog contact locations include audio contact locations 25 , 26 , 27 and 28 designated for audio signals; and ground contact locations 1 , 16 and 30 designated for ground.