Patent ID: 9429360
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: F26B,H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing including a base and a mating tongue extending forwardly therefrom in a front-to-back direction; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and connecting legs exposed outside of the housing; and a heating device embedded within the housing and including a heating fin located adjacent to the contacting sections to heat the contacting sections and remove moisture therefrom; wherein the heating fin is spaced from the contacting sections in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction; wherein the mating tongue defines opposite first and second surfaces thereon in the vertical direction, the contacting sections are exposed upon the first surface and a metallic reinforcement plate is located upon the second surface, and the heating fin is located between the contacting sections and the reinforcement plate in the vertical direction; wherein said heating device includes a pair of connecting legs exposed outside of the housing beside the connecting sections of the contacts; and wherein the connecting legs and the connecting sections are arranged in one row in a transverse direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said vertical direction.