Patent ID: 9356404
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing; a shell covering the insulative housing; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, the contacts having a plurality of first contacts comprising contacts have two pairs of differential signal contacts and a grounding contact between the two pairs; and an auxiliary contact, the auxiliary contact retained to the insulative housing and electrically connecting with both the grounding contact and the shell; wherein auxiliary contact has a retaining portion received in the insulative housing and upwardly abutting against the shell and a connecting portion contact extending downwardly from the retaining portion and abutting against the grounding contact; wherein the retaining portion has two latches protruding outwardly, the insulative housing has a base portion, the base portion defines a recess recessed from a middle of the top portion there of and two slots recessed from the two sidewalls of the recess, the retaining portion of the auxiliary contact is received in the recess and the latches are received in the slots.