USB 2.0 Type-A Receptacle for Board-Edge Mounting
The TE Connectivity 292303-2 is a USB 2.0 Type-A receptacle with 4 contacts rated 1 A per contact at 30 VAC. The shielded steel and stainless shell contains EMI from the differential data pair, and the board lock anchors the connector against the shear force of repeated cable insertion and removal. With 1500 mating cycles, this port is built for field-serviceable equipment where the USB cable is plugged and unplugged daily over several years — a step above the 500-cycle consumer baseline.
What the 1 A Rating and USB 2.0 Spec Mean for Your Design
The USB 2.0 specification limits the data rate to 480 Mbps — this connector is not electrically rated for USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (5 Gbps) or USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), even though the physical Type-A form factor looks the same. For a USB 3.x design, you need a connector rated for the higher-speed differential pair impedance and additional SuperSpeed contacts.
Mating Cycles and Field Reliability
The 1500 mating cycle rating tells you the gold or gold-palladium plating on the contacts is thick enough to resist fretting corrosion through thousands of insertions. The board lock and right-angle solder tails together handle the mechanical stress of cable insertion.