Patent ID: 7428605

Claim:
A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device with a centered USB connector comprising: a circuit board having a top surface and a bottom surface parallel to the top surface, the circuit board having edges around a perimeter of the top and bottom surfaces, the circuit board having wiring traces; an integrated circuit mounted on the top surface or on the bottom surface of the circuit board; a USB connector having a metal wrap forming a perimeter of a USB plug; USB metal contacts formed on a plug substrate within the USB connector, the USB metal contacts for making physical and electrical contact with metal contacts in a USB socket when the USB plug is inserted into the USB socket; wherein the USB connector is mounted to the circuit board so that the USB connector extends to a level above the top surface of the circuit board and the USB connector also extends to a level below the bottom surface of the circuit board; wherein the USB connector further comprises a back step, the back step having a step height that is half of a height of the USB connector; solder pads on the circuit board, for soldering the USB connector to the circuit board; and a housing shaped to surround the circuit board, the housing having a front opening shaped to allow the USB connector to be mounted into the housing during assembly, whereby the USB connector extends above and below the circuit board and whereby the USB connector is centered over the circuit board by the back step that is half-height.