Side-by-side dual port USB connector

Claim 1

An arrangement for optionally utilizing an updated USB connector assembly or a traditional D-Sub connector on a mother board, comprising: said mother board including a first set of plural contact holes positioned in a first distance from an edge of the mother board, and a second set of plural contact holes positioned in a second distance from the edge of the mother board wherein the second distance is substantially larger than the first distance; pair of boardlock retaining holes disposed adjacent two sides of the first set of contact holes; said USB connector assembly including a pair of boardlocks adapted to be received within the boardlock retaining holes, respectively, and a plurality of first contacts wherein contact tail sections of said first contacts extend downward in alignment with the corresponding contact holes of the second set, respectively; and said D-Sub connector including a pair of boardlocks also adapted to be received within the boardlock retaining holes, respectively, and a plurality of second contacts wherein contact tails of said second contacts extend downward in alignment with the corresponding contact holes of the first set, respectively, so that said USB connector assembly and said D-Sub connector can be mutually exclusively mounted on the mother board for different rank models usage.

Claim 5

A method for having two different connectors exclusively used with one PC board, the steps comprising: providing said PC board with first retaining means in a connector-mounting area adjacent to an edge; providing a first set of contact circuits in a first region of said connector-mounting area and providing a second set of contact circuits in a second region of said connector-mounting area; providing a first connector having second retaining means being adapted to cooperate with said first retaining means in the PC board for retaining the first connector on the PC board, and arranging a plurality of first contacts of the first connector adapted to be mechanically and electrically connected to said first set of contact circuits on the PC board; and providing a second connector having third retaining means being adapted to cooperate with the same first retaining means in the PC board for retaining the second connector on the PC board, and arranging a plurality of second contacts of the second connector adapted to be mechanically and electrically connected to said second set of contact circuits on the PC board; whereby said first connector and said second connector can be mutually exclusively or interchangeably mounted on the same connector-mounting area of the PC board and operated with the corresponding circuits.

Claim 6

A method for having two different connectors exclusively used with one PC board, the steps comprising: providing said PC board with first retaining means in a connector-mounting area adjacent to an edge; providing a first set of contact circuits in a first region of said connector-mounting area and providing a second set of contact circuits in a second region of said connector-mounting area; providing a first connector having second retaining means being adapted to cooperate with said first retaining means in the PC board for retaining the first connector on the PC board, and arranging a plurality of first contacts of the first connector adapted to be mechanically and electrically connected to said first set of contact circuits on the PC board; and providing a second connector having third retaining means being adapted to cooperate with the same first retaining means in the PC board for retaining the second connector on the PC board, and arranging a plurality of second contacts of the second connector adapted to be mechanically and electrically connected to said second set of contact circuits on the PC board; whereby said first connector and said second connector can be mutually exclusively or interchangeably mounted on the same connector-mounting area of the PC board and operated with the corresponding circuits.