Patent ID: 8079878

Claim:
A combination electric plug assembly, comprising: an electric plug, said electric plug comprising an electrically insulative housing, the electrically insulative housing of said electric plug comprising a front shell and a rear shell and defining a front receiving chamber in a front side thereof, a set of power terminals mounted in and extending from a bottom side inside said front receiving chamber so as to be suspended within said receiving chamber, and a set of signal terminals mounted in said electrically insulative housing and respectively partially disposed in said front receiving chamber; an adapter adapted for electrically connecting said electric plug to a circuit board, said adapter comprising an electrically insulative housing, the electrically insulative housing of said adapter defining a receiving chamber adapted for receiving the electrically insulative housing of said electric plug, an electrically insulative core member suspending in the receiving chamber of the electrically insulative housing of said adapter and insertable into the front receiving chamber of the electrically insulative housing of said electric plug, a plurality of terminal slots formed in said electrically insulative core member for receiving the set of power terminals of the electric plug therein, a plurality of power terminals respectively mounted in said terminal slots for the contact of the power terminals of said electric plug respectively, and a set of signal terminals mounted on one side of said electrically insulative core member for the contact of the signal terminals of said electric plug respectively; and a transmission line electrically connected to the power terminals and signal terminals of said electric plug and extending out of a rear side of the electrically insulative housing of said electric plug.