Patent ID: 8073985

Claim:
An extended Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) socket comprising: an extended socket pin substrate made of non-conducting material, having an upper socket-substrate portion and a lower socket-substrate portion forming a cavity between, the cavity being an opening sized to accept a standard connector pin substrate or an extended connector pin substrate, where the standard connector is a standard USB connector plug, wherein the extended connector is an extended USB connector plug; an extended socket metal cover that partially surrounds the extended socket pin substrate, wherein an upper gap between the upper socket-substrate portion and an upper portion of the extended metal cover is sized to accept a standard connector metal cover or an extended connector metal cover, the extended socket metal cover having an opening to allow the standard connector pin substrate or the extended connector pin substrate to fit through when being inserted into the cavity; standard metal contact pins, mounted on the upper socket-substrate portion, located to make physical and electrical contact with metal contact pins of the standard connector when inserted; and extended metal contact pins, mounted on the socket pin substrate without making physical and electrical contact with the standard connector metal cover and the metal contact pins of the standard connector when the standard connector is inserted, wherein the extended metal contact pins make physical and electrical contact with metal contact pins of the extended connector when the extended connector is inserted.