Slim USB male connector with system grounding
AssigneeMegaforce Company Limited
InventorMorris Peng
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Abstract
A slim USB male connector with system grounding mates with a USB socket. The USB male connector is received in a space between a mating board and a bottom wall of a frame of the USB socket. The USB male connector has a circuit board formed with a plurality of circuits on top and bottom surfaces thereof. Four contacts are formed on the top surface of the circuit board and connected with the circuits thereon. A grounding plate is mounted on the bottom surface of the circuit board and connected with a grounding circuit on the circuit board. The grounding plate connects to the tongues of the USB socket to ground the system.
Claims9
A slim USB male connector with system grounding, mating with a USB socket, the USB socket having a frame stamped with a plurality of tongues, a mating board mounted in the frame, and four terminals mounted on a bottom of the mating board, wherein the USB male connector is received in a space between the mating board and a bottom wall of the frame, the slim USB male connector comprising:
- a circuit board formed with a plurality of circuits on top and bottom surfaces thereof;
- four contacts formed on the top surface of the circuit board and connected with the circuits thereon;
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- a grounding plate mounted on the bottom surface of the circuit board and connected with a grounding circuit thereon, wherein the grounding plate connects with the tongues of the USB socket for achieving system grounding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.