US 12,224,530 B2
Connector assembly of supporting forward and reverse insertion function, and female connector
Guang-Yi Zeng, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC., Taipei (TW)
Filed by ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC., Taipei (TW)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,672.
Claims priority of application No. 110112234 (TW), filed on Apr. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0320802 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6474 (2011.01); H01R 24/60 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6474 (2013.01) [H01R 24/60 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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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.