Patent ID: 9281628
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A plug connector comprising: a plug housing defining a receiving space; a plurality of contacts retained in the plug housing, the contacts comprising a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of second contacts, each first contact having a stiff contacting portion with each second contact having an elastic contacting portion, the stiff contacting portions of the first contacts exposed in the receiving space, and the elastic contacting portions of the second contacts exposed in the cavity for transmitting high speed signal; a cable electrically connected with the contacts; and a shielding member enclosing on the plug housing to form a cavity, the cavity stacked on the receiving space along an up-to-down direction; wherein the plug housing has a slit on a bottom surface thereof, and the slit is communicated with an exterior in the up-to-down direction, the plug connector further comprises an additional contact received in the slit and extending beyond the bottom surface of the plug housing; wherein the slit is extending forwards a certain distance from a back end of the plug housing, and not penetrating through the plug housing along a front-to-back direction; wherein the plug housing comprises a main portion and an extension portion extending backwards a top surface of the main portion, the extension portion has a step-shaped lower surface; wherein the plug connector further comprises a spacer assembled to the back end of the plug housing, and the spacer comprises a first spacer and a second spacer; wherein the first spacer has a front blocking plate and a rear blocking plate, and comprises an upper stepped portion and a lower stepped portion.