Patent ID: 7789710

Claim:
A power cable connector compatible to Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) and Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) standards comprising: a SATA connector module comprising a SATA connector plug having a top; a bottom; a connecting side; a mounting side; a flat edge; a guide edge; a slot being formed through the connecting side; a guide protrusion being formed on and protruding from the guide edge; multiple recesses being formed on the mounting side and communicating with the slot; and multiple through holes being formed through the top and the bottom of the SATA connector plug and corresponding respectively to and communicating with the recesses; and multiple SATA power terminals being mounted in the SATA connector plug, comprising 3.3V, first ground, 5V, second ground and 12 V SATA power terminals disposed in series from the flat edge to the guide edge and corresponding respectively to the recesses; and an IDE connector module being detachably connected to the SATA connector module and comprising an IDE connector plug having a mounting side; a connecting side; a bottom; two edges corresponding respectively to the flat and guide edges on the SATA connector plug; multiple terminal holes being formed through the connecting side of the IDE connector plug and formed individually in series from the edge of the IDE connector plug corresponding to the flat edge of the SATA connector plug to the other edge of the IDE connector plug; a chamber being formed through the mounting side of the IDE connector plug, being detachably mounted around the mounting side of the SATA connector plug, communicating with the terminal holes and having an inner surface; and a detour guide being formed on the inner surface of the chamber and around one of the terminal holes; and multiple IDE power terminals comprising 5V, first ground, second ground and 12V IDE power terminals contacting respectively with the 5V, first ground, second ground and 12V SATA power terminals and being mounted respectively in the terminal holes of the IDE connector plug from the edge of the IDE connector plug corresponding to the flat edge of the SATA connector plug to the other edge of the IDE connector plug, and each IDE power terminal comprising a connecting contact being mounted in a corresponding terminal hole; a connecting element being formed on the connecting contact of a corresponding IDE power terminal, and the connecting element of the 5V IDE power terminal being mounted along the detour guide in the IDE connector plug to detour round the connecting element of the first ground IDE power terminal; and a mounting contact being formed on the connecting element of the corresponding IDE power terminal and detachably contacting with a corresponding SATA power terminal.