Patent ID: 8708750
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A receptacle connector comprising: an insulative housing having a base and at least three tongue pieces which integrally extend from the base and are transversally spaced apart to each other and in which a tongue piece of the tongue pieces at a left side thereof belongs to a left tongue piece, a tongue piece of the tongue pieces at a right side thereof belongs to a right tongue piece, and the other of the tongue pieces between the left tongue piece and the right tongue piece belongs to a middle tongue piece; at least three terminal groups correspondingly provided on the tongue pieces respectively in which a terminal group of the terminal groups provided in the left tongue piece belongs to a first terminal group, a terminal group of the terminal groups provided in the right tongue piece belongs to a second terminal group, at least one of the terminal groups provided in the middle tongue pieces belongs to a third terminal group; and a metal shell sheathed on the insulative housing and surrounding the tongue pieces and defining a common mating space; the metal shell having a top plate and a bottom plate which are opposite to each other and a left side plate and a right side plate which connect the top plate and the bottom plate; a first mating space being defined by the left side plate, a part of the top plate and a part of the bottom plate which connect the left side plate, and a left side face of the middle tongue piece adjacent to the left tongue piece; a second mating space being defined by the right side plate, a part of the top plate and a part of the bottom plate which connect the right side plate, and a right side face of the middle tongue piece adjacent to the right tongue piece; and the first mating space and the second mating space being portions of the common mating space respectively.