# US 12,224,530 B2 · Connector assembly of supporting forward and reverse insertion function, and female connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,224,530 B2 - Document ID: US12224530B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/706,672 - Filed: 2022-03-29 - Published: 2022-10-06 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-01 - Assignees: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. - Applicants: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. - Inventors: Guang-Yi Zeng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12224530B2 ## CPC - H01R 13/6474: by variation of conductive properties, e.g. by dimension variations - H01R 24/60: Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement - H01R 13/187: with spring member in the socket - H01R 29/00: Coupling parts for selective co-operation with a counterpart in different ways to establish different circuits, e.g. for voltage selection, for series-parallel selection, {programmable connectors} - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract A connector assembly includes a male connector and a female connector. The male connector includes N pins with different lengths, and the N pins respectively correspond to N different transmission signals. The female connector includes N signal layers configured to transmit the N different transmission respectively, and each of the N signal layers includes N pass gates. One of the N pass gates of each of the N signal layers is configured to be coupled to a corresponding one of the N pins. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A connector assembly, comprising: a male connector, comprising N pins with different lengths, wherein the N pins respectively correspond to N different transmission signals; and a female connector, comprising N signal layers configured to transmit the N different transmission respectively, wherein each of the N signal layers comprises N pass gates, and one of the N pass gates of each of the N signal layers is configured to be coupled to a corresponding one of the N pins; wherein distances between the N signal layers and the male connector are different from each other; wherein when the male connector is engaged with the female connector, the N pins of the male connector are respectively in contact with the N pass gates on different signal layers, so that the N pins are respectively coupled to different signal layers by the N pass gates. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the female connector further comprises N top pins, and each of the N top pins comprises: a top end, configured to be coupled to one of the N pins; a connecting portion, comprising a conducting element, wherein the one of the N pins is configured to push the conducting element to a corresponding one of the N signal layers when the male connector is engaged with the female connector; and a reset element, coupled to the connecting portion, wherein when the male connector is coupled to the female connector, a length variance of the reset element is positively correlated with a length of the one of the N pins. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The connector assembly according to claim 2, wherein a size of the conducting element is greater than an aperture of each of the N pass gates on a first signal layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the N pass gates of each of the N signal layers each comprise a set of elastic pieces, wherein the set of elastic pieces are configured to be electrically coupled to the corresponding one of the N pins. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein a first pin of the N pins is configured to enable a plurality of switches of the N signal layers to connect the N signal layers, and the first pin is a longest one of the N pins. ### Claim 6 A female connector, configured to be coupled to a male connector, wherein the male connector has N pins with different lengths, the N pins respectively correspond to N different transmission signals, and the female connector comprises: N signal layers, configured to transmit the N different transmission respectively, wherein each of the N signal layers comprises N pass gates, and one of the N pass gates of each of the N signal layers is configured to be coupled to a corresponding one of the N pins; wherein distances between the N signal layers and the male connector are different from each other; wherein when the male connector is engaged with the female connector, the N pins of the male connector are respectively in contact with the N pass gates on different signal layers, so that the N pins are respectively coupled to different signal layers by the N pass gates. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The female connector according to claim 6, further comprising N top pins, wherein each of the N top pins comprises: a top end, configured to be coupled to one of the N pins; a connecting portion, comprising a conducting element, wherein when the male connector is engaged with the female connector, the one of the N pins is configured to push the conducting element to a corresponding one of the N signal layers; and a reset element, coupled to the connecting portion, wherein when the male connector is coupled to the female connector, a length variance of the reset element is positively correlated with a length of the one of the N pins. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The female connector according to claim 7, wherein a size of the conducting element is greater than an aperture of each of the N pass gates on a first signal layer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The female connector according to claim 6, wherein the N pass gates of each of the N signal layers each comprise a set of elastic pieces, and the set of elastic pieces are configured to be electrically coupled to the corresponding one of the N pins. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The female connector according to claim 6, wherein a first pin of the N pins is configured to enable a plurality of switches of the N signal layers to connect the N signal layers, and the first pin is a longest one of the N pins.