Patent ID: 8672559

Claim:
A thin hybrid plug comprising: a plug body having a first side configured to be attached to an end of a cable and a second side being configured to engage a receptacle, the second side including an end face wherein the end face of the plug body lies in an X-Z plane of a Cartesian Coordinate System defined by an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis, wherein the X-axis, the Y-axis and the Z-axis are orthogonal to one another; an electrical contacts system at least partially encapsulated in the plug body, the electrical contacts system including at least one electrical contact portion that extends away from the end face of the plug body in a direction that is generally normal to the end face of the plug body, said at least one electrical contact portion being coupled to ends of electrical wires of the cable, said at least one electrical contact portion having a Z-axis dimension that is about 2.45 millimeters (mm); and an optics system at least partially encapsulated in the plug body, the optics system including an optical surface that is substantially flush with the end face of the plug body such that the end face of the plug body and the optical surface are substantially co-planar surfaces, the optics system including at least one optical element for coupling light between at least one end of at least one optical fiber of the cable and an optics system of the receptacle.