Patent ID: 6854984

Claim:
A slim Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) connector comprising: a connector substrate; a plurality of metal contacts disposed on a contact surface of the connector substrate, the metal contacts for carrying USB signals; locking depressions formed below the connector substrate on a second surface opposite to the contact surface; wherein the locking depressions are for receiving metal springs from a female USB connector when the slim USB connector is inserted into the female USB connector; and end rails, substantially parallel to the metal contacts, along side edges of the connector substrate, the side edges being smaller in area than the contact surface and the second surface of the connector substrate and disposed between the contact surface and the second surface; a plurality of dividers, each divider disposed between an adjacent pair of the metal contacts, the plurality of dividers rising above the contact surface of the connector substrate; wherein the plurality of dividers are for filling in a gap between the connector substrate and the female connector substrate when the slim USB connector is inserted into the female USB connector; wherein the end rails are for sliding in gaps between sides of a female connector substrate of the female USB connector and a metal case surrounding the female connector substrate when the slim USB connector is inserted into the female USB connector.