Patent ID: 8651897

Claim:
A USB3 device with solderless USB3 connector interface comprises: a USB3 device main body that houses a carrier body made of rigid material; four interface pins in an outer row that conform to a USB2.0 standard; five interface pins in an inner row that conform to a USB3.0 standard; and a substrate and an electronic circuitry; and a USB3 device sub-body that houses: a carrier body made of rigid material; and five interface pins that conform to the USB3.0 standard wherein each of the interface pins has at least one upper convex part and at least one lower concave part; the at least one upper convex part and the at least one lower concave part forms a spring coil pin; and the spring coil pin can withstand multiple times of compression, wherein the at least one upper convex part compresses and connects to its corresponding pin in another outer row of a USB3 host connector when the USB3 device is plugged into the USB3 host connector; wherein the at least one upper convex part compresses and connects to no pin in a USB2 host connector when the USB3 device is plugged into the USB2 host connector; wherein the at least one lower concave part compresses and connects to its corresponding pin in the inner row of the USB3 device when the USB3 device is plugged into a USB host connector; wherein when the USB3 device is unplugged from the USB host connector, the spring coil pin rebounds to its original state and is free from making contact with either a corresponding pin in the USB host connector or a corresponding pin in the USB3 device; a top casing; a bottom casing; and a case assembly.