Patent ID: 9537250
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical receptacle connector, comprising: an insulated housing comprising a base portion and a tongue portion extending from one side of the base portion, and the tongue portion comprising an upper surface and a lower surface; a plurality of upper-row plate terminals comprising a plurality of upper-row plate signal terminals, at least one upper-row plate power supply terminal, and at least one upper-row plate ground terminal, wherein each of the upper-row plate terminals is held on the base portion and the tongue portion and is at the upper surface of the tongue portion, wherein each of the upper-row plate terminals comprises an upper-row contact segment, an upper-row connecting segment, and an upper-row soldering segment, the upper-row connecting segment is at the base portion and the tongue portion, the upper-row contact segment is extending from one of two ends of the upper-row connecting segment to be at the upper surface, and the upper-row soldering segment is extending from the other end of the upper-row connecting segment to protrude out of the base portion; a plurality of lower-row plate terminals comprising a plurality of lower-row plate signal terminals, at least one lower-row plate power supply terminal, and at least one lower-row plate ground terminal, wherein each of the lower-row plate terminals is held on the base portion and the tongue portion and is at the lower surface of the tongue portion, wherein each of the lower-row plate terminals comprises a lower-row contact segment, a lower-row connecting segment, and a lower-row soldering segment, the lower-row connecting segment is at the base portion and the tongue portion, the lower-row contact segment is extending from one of two ends of the lower-row connecting segment to be at the lower surface, and the lower-row soldering segment is extending from the other end of the lower-row connecting segment to protrude out of the base portion; and a metallic shell defining a receptacle cavity therein, wherein the insulated housing is in the metallic shell, and the metallic shell comprising: a top cover plate located atop the base portion and the tongue portion; a rear cover plate extending from the rear side of the top cover plate downwardly along the rear side of the base portion and the rear cover plate comprising a bottom edge and a bent sheet substantially perpendicular to an outer wall of the rear cover plate and extended outward from the outer wall of the rear cover plate; and a plurality of pins, wherein a part of the pins extend downwardly from the bottom edge of the rear cover plate, and a part of the pins extend downwardly from the bent sheet.