Patent ID: 8444423

Claim:
An extended universal serial bus (USB) plug receptacle, comprising: a connector substrate having a tongue portion having a first set of plurality electrical contact pins disposed on a top surface of the tongue portion and a second set of a plurality of electrical pins disposed on a bottom surface of the tongue portion, wherein the first and second sets of electrical contact pins disposed on the tongue portion are used to connect another USB plug connector of an external device, and wherein the connector substrate further comprises a third set of electrical contact pins disposed on an opposite end of the tongue portion, each of the third set of electrical contact pins is electrically coupled to one of the first and second sets of the electrical contact pins respectively; and a metal case made of a sheet of electrically conductive metal plate by blanking the sheet into a generally tubular shape to receive and enclose the connector substrate, wherein when the connector substrate is inserted into the metal case, the third set of electrical contact pins are exposed out side of the metal case, wherein the third set of electrical contact pins can be mounted on a first and second sets of electrical contact pads of a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly (PCBA) respectively, the PCBA having a flash controller and one or more flash memory devices disposed thereon, wherein the metal case further includes one or more mounting brackets to be mounted on a surface of the PCBA.