Patent ID: 9106024
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion; a plurality of contact terminals disposed in the insulative housing, each contact terminal including a flat contact portion for connecting with a mating connector, a tail extending out of a back wall of the base portion for soldering with a printed circuit board, and a connecting portion connecting the flat contact portion and the tail; a metallic shell comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls connecting with the top wall and the bottom wall for cooperatively defining a receiving room in which the mating connector is inserted; and a metal plate retained in the tongue portion of the insulating housing, the metal plate comprising at least one positioning end portion, the at least one positioning end portion extending out of the insulative housing for soldering with the printed circuit board, wherein the at least one positioning end portion is substantially coplanar with the tails of the contact terminals, wherein the metal plate comprises a plan main portion covering the tongue portion, and the plan main portion has a pair of side parts extending from two sides thereof and a front part extending from a front end thereof, the pair of side parts and the front part respectively covering the two side surfaces and the front surface of the tongue portion of the insulative housing, wherein the plan main portion defines a gap between each corner formed by each side part and said front part.