USB receptacle
US9225123B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R24/62
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A USB receptacle mateable with a USB plug along a mating direction is disclosed. The USB receptacle comprises a holder member made of insulator, a shell made of conductor, and a detection pin made of conductor which is separated and is different from the shell. The detection pin is made of resiliently-deformable material and is held by the holder member so as not to be in direct contact with the shell. The detection pin includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion. The first contact portion and the second contact portion pinch a part of a plug shell of the USB plug when the USB receptacle is mated with the USB plug. Under a condition where the USB receptacle is not mated with the USB plug, the first contact portion and the second contact portion meet an inequality of “(b−a)<T”, where “a” is a distance to the first contact portion from a center of the USB receptacle in the perpendicular direction perpendicular to the mating direction, “b” is a distance from the center to the second contact portion, and “T” is a thickness of a normal shell of a normal USB plug compliant with the USB standard.
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