Patent ID: 8398416

Claim:
A socket connector, comprising: a housing, with a front end and a rear end, the housing including a base part and an inserting board connected to the base part, wherein the inserting board has a first board surface and a second board surface opposite to each other; an External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment terminal set with seven terminals side by side provided on the first board surface; a universal serial bus (USB) terminal set with nine terminals provided on the second board surface, wherein five of the USB terminal set being placed side by side are a first USB terminal set and the remaining four terminals placed side by side are a second USB terminal set, wherein the first USB terminal set is placed on the front end of the second board surface; the second USB terminal set is placed on the second board surface and is located at the rear of the first USB terminal set, wherein five of the terminals side by side of the first USB terminal set are respectively and correspondingly connected to the five terminals at a central location of the External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment terminal set, constituting the structure for a shared terminal; and a shield, wherein the shield covers the housing and constitutes a shared inserting space, the shared inserting space including a first inserting space for plugging in an eSATA plug-in connector and a second inserting space for plugging in a corresponding type A USB plug-in connector, wherein the first inserting space and the second inserting space have a partial overlapping space and a partial non-overlapping space; a detection switch supported by the housing, wherein the detection switch comprises a first detection terminal and a second detection terminal; a pressure contact part that protrudes from the first detection terminal, wherein the contact part protrudes out and extends into the second inserting space on the side of the second board surface of the inserting board and is located in the non-overlapping partial space of the first inserting space and the second inserting space, wherein, in operation, when the eSATA plug-in connector is inserted into the second inserting space, it will not be pressed against the pressure contact part of the first detection terminal and wherein when the USB plug-in connector is inserted into the second inserting space, it will be pressed against the pressure contact part of the first detection terminal, so that the first detection terminal moves relative to the second detection terminal.