DUAL ORIENTATION ELECTRONIC CONNECTOR

摘要

A dual orientation connector having a connector tab with first and second major opposing sides and a plurality of electrical contacts carried by the connector tab. The plurality of contacts includes a first set of external contacts formed at the first major side and a second set of external contacts formed at the second major side. Each individual contact in the first plurality of contacts is electrically connected within the tab or body to a corresponding contact in the second plurality of contacts. In some embodiments contacts in the first and second pluralities of contacts that are directly opposite each other are coupled together. In some other embodiments, contacts in the first and second pluralities of contacts that are in a cater cornered relationship with each other are coupled together. The first plurality of contacts are symmetrically spaced with the second plurality of contacts and the connector tab is shaped to have 180 degree symmetry so that it can be inserted and operatively coupled to a corresponding receptacle connector in either of two insertion orientations.

主权项

1. An unpolarized multiple orientation plug connector comprising:
a body; a connector tab coupled to and extending away from the body, the connector tab having a cross-sectional shape that allows the tab to be inserted and operatively coupled to a corresponding receptacle connector in multiple orientations; a first plurality of contacts carried by the tab at a first exterior surface and a second plurality of contacts carried by the tab at a second exterior surface in a symmetrical relationship with the first plurality of contacts, wherein at least one individual contact in the first plurality of contacts are electrically connected within the tab or body to a corresponding contact in the second plurality of contacts; and a retention feature adapted to engage with a retention feature on a corresponding receptacle connector.