Right-Angle USB-A Receptacle with Board Lock
The steel (SPCC) shell provides shielding against EMI, and the gold-plated contacts resist corrosion over repeated mating cycles.
Rated 1.5A per port at 30VAC, this connector delivers the standard power budget for USB 2.0 peripherals. That 1.5A is the total for the port — each of the four contacts shares the return path, so the current limit is set by the contact and housing temperature rise, not by any single pin. It will handle bus-powered mice, keyboards, memory sticks, and low-power sensors, but it is not designed for fast-charging or high-current battery charging profiles that draw above 1.5A. Every amp makes heat, and at this rating the connector stays within the UL94 V-0 housing's thermal envelope at the rated ambient.
Shielded and Locked Down for Production
The steel shell is soldered to ground planes on the PCB through the through-hole shield tabs, providing a low-impedance path for common-mode noise. The board lock — a pair of plastic posts that melt and re-solidify during wave soldering — holds the connector flat against the board during the process and resists the shear force from a cable yanked at an angle. For a right-angle USB port on a board edge, that mechanical retention is the difference between a reliable field life and cracked solder joints after a few insertion cycles.
It is a standard catalog item, not a last-time-buy or end-of-life part, so it can be specified into a BOM without obsolescence risk. No official second-source or replacement is recorded in the series documentation.