Patent ID: 6948983

Claim:
A slim USB male connector with an anti-disorientation design and mating with a USB socket, the USB socket having a frame stamped with a plurality of tongues, a mating board mounted in the frame, and four terminals mounted on a bottom of the mating board, wherein the USB male connector is received in a space between the mating board and a bottom wall of the frame, the slim USB male connector comprising: a circuit board having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface mounted with four contacts thereon for respectively contacting with the four terminals, the bottom surface mounted with a grounding plate for contacting with the tongues of the USB socket; and an insulative housing covering a periphery of the circuit board, the insulative housing having a plurality of grooves formed therein for exposing the contacts and the grounding plate, and a pair of guiding boards respectively protruding from two sides thereof, wherein the pair of guiding boards are respectively inserted into side gaps between the mating board and two sides of the frame of the USB socket.