Patent ID: 9496653
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H01R,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A receptacle connector for use with a plug, 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 from the mating tongue and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts; a metallic shield enclosing the housing to define a capsular mating cavity in which said mating tongue is disposed and a metallic bracket positioned on the metallic shield; and a metallic shielding plate embedded within said mating tongue; wherein the shielding plates defines a pair of lateral edge sections configured to be adapted to be locked with a latch of the plug; wherein the shielding plate is assembled with the mating tongue via an insert molding process while the contacts are configured to be forwardly assembled to corresponding passageways in the housing, and a tip of each of said contacts is inwardly tilted toward the shielding plate and protectively with a corresponding recession in the mating tongue; wherein the tip of each of said contacts is further covered by a protection flange formed on the mating tongue; wherein said contacts are arranged in two rows, and rear tails of the contacts in one row are laterally offset from corresponding front contacting sections and split into two groups while those of the contacts in the other row are aligned with the corresponding contacting sections in the front-to-back direction so as to have the tails of the contacts in said two rows are arranged in a staggered manner; wherein the metallic shielding plate further unitarily forms a pair of contacting regions spaced therefrom in a parallel relation; and a pairs of spring arms located on two lateral sides thereof and wherein the metallic bracket defines tabs to retain on the metallic shield.