Patent ID: 9705267
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical connector comprising a terminal module unit enclosed within a metallic shield unit to form a mating cavity to communicate with an exterior along a front-to-back direction; said terminal module unit including an upper terminal module, a lower terminal module and a metallic shielding plate sandwiched therebetween in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction to form a pre-assembled unit; the upper terminal module including a plurality of upper contacts retained within an upper insulative body via a first step insert-molding process; the lower terminal module including a plurality of lower contacts retained within a lower insulative body via another first step insert-molding process; a grounding plate unit including an upper grounding plate and a lower grounding plate; the upper grounding plate positioned upon the upper insulative body with latching devices secured to the lower insulative body, and the lower grounding plate positioned upon the lower insulative body with latching devices secured to the upper insulative body for providing retention of the grounding plate unit during a second step insert-molding process wherein an insulator is applied upon the pre-assembled unit during the second step insert-molding process to form a complete terminal module unit including a complete mating tongue thereof.