Patent ID: 7473135

Claim:
A connector having a plug and a socket, said plug comprising: a plug assembly having two plug pieces detachably and laterally joined together, each plug piece having a blade on a front side and a plurality of first terminals having a middle section embedded in said plug piece, each first terminal having a front tip and a bottom section exposed outside said plug piece, said front tips of said first terminals aligned along two major sides of said blades; a hollow metallic first casing having a front opening and a side opening, said first casing housing said plug assembly so that said blades and said front tips of said first terminals are exposed from said front opening, said side opening allowing a cable of a plurality of wires to thread through; a first shielding wall positioned on said front opening of said first casing enclosing said blades and said front tips of said first terminals, said first shielding wall contacting said first casing; and an insulating plate sandwiched between said plug pieces and between said bottom sections of said first terminals of said plug pieces, said insulating plate having an embedded conducting plate extended laterally out of said insulating plate to contact said first casing; and said socket comprising: a socket assembly having two slots on a front side corresponding and matching to said blades of said plug and a plurality of L-shaped second terminals of four different dimensions, said second terminals being laterally arranged in a plurality of rows, each row having four second terminals, each having a different dimension, front ends of said second terminals aligned along two major inner sides of said slots so that when said plug is plugged into said socket, each second terminal contacts a first terminal; a hollow metallic second casing having a front opening, said second casing housing said socket assembly so that said slots and said front ends of said second terminals are exposed from said front opening, back ends of said second terminals extending outside said socket assembly and a bottom side of said second casing; and a second shielding wall positioned on said front opening of said second casing enclosing said slots and said front ends of said second terminals, said second shielding wall contacting said second casing, said second shielding wall contacting said first shielding wall when said plug is plugged into said socket.