Patent ID: 9496664
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A receptacle connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a base with a mating tongue forwardly extending therefrom in a front-to-back direction; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts; a metallic shielding shell enclosing the housing to define a capsular mating cavity in which said mating tongue is disposed; and a metallic Z-shaped shielding plate embedded within said mating tongue; wherein the shielding plate defines a pair of rigid lateral edge sections configured to be adapted to be locked with a deflectable latch of a plug; wherein the mating tongue includes, along said front-to-back direction, a rear section formed by a first structure via a first insert molding process, and a front section sharing a same boundary molding line with the rear section and formed by a second structure via a second insert molding process; wherein the contacts include upper and lower contacts in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction, and the housing includes, along the vertical direction, an upper insulator formed of substantially Z-shape having the upper contacts to form an upper part via the first insert molding process, and a lower insulator formed of substantially Z-shape having a lower contacts to form a lower part via the second another first insert molding process; and wherein the upper insulator defines a plurality of upper grooves extending along the front-to-back direction under an upper surface of the upper insulator and being not aligned with the contacting sections of the corresponding upper contacts in the vertical direction but being laterally offset therefrom, and the lower insulator defines a plurality of lower grooves extending along the front-to-back direction above a bottom surface of the lower insulator and being not aligned with the contacting sections of the corresponding lower contacts in the vertical direction but being laterally offset therefrom, said upper grooves and said lower grooves being filled with the second structure after the second insert molding process.