Patent ID: 8190205

Claim:
A male plug connector for connecting to a corresponding female receptacle connector, the male plug connector comprising: a housing designed to accommodate thirty contacts positioned within the housing and spaced apart in sequentially numbered contact locations, wherein the sequentially numbered contact locations include: first, second and third ground contact locations designated for ground at contact locations 2 , 16 and 29 , respectively; a USB power contact location designated for a USB power signal; first and second digital USB contact locations designated for USB differential data signals interleaved around a contact location designated for another digital signal other than a USB differential data signal; analog contact locations designated for left and right audio signals; a fourth ground contact location designated for ground at a location between contact locations 2 and 16 , wherein the analog contact locations are separated from the first and second digital USB contact locations by the fourth ground contact location and wherein the first and second digital USB contact locations are located between the first ground contact location and the fourth ground contact location.