ELECTRICAL CABLE AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH VOLTAGE STEP DOWN SYSTEM

摘要

An electrical cable and connector assembly (24) having an electrical cable comprising a 12 Volt supply conductor and a 5 Volt supply conductor; and an electrical connector (30) connected to the electrical cable. The electrical connector includes a 12 Volt supply contact connected to the 12 Volt supply conductor, a 5 Volt supply contact connected to the 5 Volt supply conductor, and a 3.3 Volt supply contact connected to the 5 Volt supply conductor by a voltage step down system (42) located inside a housing (40) of the electrical connector. With this embodiment, the connector can be connected to a device, such as a disc drive, requiring 12 and 5 Volt inputs or alternatively can be connected to a device requiring 12 and 3.3 Volt inputs.