Design Critique

USB

of every si..

Redesign

USB plug

by ewicked

If they kept the same outside, and put the block a little more downwards (in the middle) having every "pin" 2 times as shown in the picture, you would only have to keep in mind horizontal or vertical orientation but i guess that won't be hard, eventualy they can even make a square plug, having 4 connections (other picture) , round plugs would need some kind of orientation though (maybe done by a squaredcone thingy, which orientate the plug when plugging it in also having 4 connections per "line", make the outer shell loose fitted for extra comfort..)

 


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Placed by ewicked
on Tuesday November 13 2007 12:00:00 am

Good Redesign?


8 Yes
124 No
12 Votes
Discussion (1)
  • wrote: Nov 13 2007 2:00 pm When the plug is bigger, you also solve the problem of USB device thickness. Portable drives, TV tuners, USB BT/WiFi dongels, and stuff like that are often too thick to sit next to each other in the slots. If the plug was thicker, designers have more room to design attached units.



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