Patent ID: 7794284
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G02B,H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector defining a receiving opening for receiving a corresponding plug, comprising: an insulative housing having a tongue extending to the receiving opening; a plurality of contacts attached to the insulative housing, the contacts comprising a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of second contacts, each first contact having a first tail portion, a flexible first contact portion extending to the receiving opening, and a first body portion connecting the first contact portion and the first tail portion together, each second contact having a second tail portion, a stiff second contact portion exposed to the receiving opening, and a second body portion connecting the second contact portion and the second tail portion together, the first tail portions of the first contacts being aligned with each other along an inserting direction of the plug, and the second tail portions of the second contacts being aligned with each other along the inserting direction and parallel to the first tail portions; and an optical module retained on the insulative housing and located between the first tail portions and the second tail portions; wherein a distance between the first tail portions and the second tail portions along a transverse direction of the insulative housing is larger than a width of the first and second contact portions along the transverse direction wherein the second body portion has a second extension portion extending upwardly and backwardly from a rear end of the second contact portion and a second inclined portion extending obliquely and sidewardly from a rear end of the second extension portion.