Patent ID: 8460035

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a plug for a universal serial bus connector in a USB 3.0 standard; and a cable which is connected to the plug and is fixed by a cable fixing section of a connector shell, the cable comprising a signal line for a USB 2.0 standard, a signal line for the USB 3.0 standard, a power line, a ground line, and a jacket covering the signal line for the USB 2.0 standard, the signal line for the USB 3.0 standard, the power line, and the ground line, wherein the plug comprises a first electrode which approximately abuts a distal end of the cable fixing section, and to which at least one of the signal line for the USB 2.0 standard and the ground line is connected, and wherein a length from a distal end of the jacket of the cable to a distal end of the signal line for the USB 2.0 standard is shorter than a length from the distal end of the jacket to a distal end of the signal line for the USB 3.0 standard.