Patent attributes
The connector socket has a casing, an eSATA contact set and an USB contact set. The casing has a cavity and a contact seat being disposed in the cavity. The eSATA contact set is mounted on the contact seat and has side eSATA contacts and middle eSATA contacts. The middle eSATA contacts are disposed between the side eSATA contacts and mounted on the contact seat. The USB contact set is mounted on the contact seat opposite to the eSATA contact set and has multiple interior USB contacts and multiple exterior USB contacts. The exterior USB contacts respectively connect the middle eSATA contacts to transmit signals via the middle eSATA contacts. Therefore the connector socket is compatible with USB 3.0 specification and is compact with the single contact seat.
