Patent ID: 9306347
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a mating tongue extending in a front-to-back direction and defining opposite first and second mating faces opposite to each other in a vertical direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction; a plurality of first contacts retained in the housing and arranged in a transverse direction perpendicular to both the front-to-back direction and the vertical direction, the plurality of first contacts each defining a resilient first contacting portion exposed on the first mating face in the vertical direction and a first soldering portion extending out of the housing; and a plurality of second contacts retained in the housing and arranged in the transverse direction, the plurality of second contacts each defining a resilient second contacting portion exposed on the second mating face in the vertical direction and a second soldering portion extending out of the housing, the first contacting portions offset with the second contacting portions in a front elevational view; wherein the mating tongue defines a receiving room at a front portion thereof between the said first mating face and said second mating face in the vertical direction and extending in the transverse direction, the receiving room runs through the first mating face to directly face to the first contacting portions in the vertical direction and synchronously runs through the second mating face to directly face to the second contacting portions in the vertical direction.