Patent ID: 8133079
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
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, the base portion having a cavity recessed from an upper surface thereof, a bottom wall located below the cavity and defining a plurality of receiving slots extending along a front-to-back direction, and a plurality of retaining slots which each is communicated with each two adjacent receiving slots; a plurality of first contacts extending along the front-to-back direction and each having a contact portion, a retaining portion extending rearwardly from the contact portion, a pair of projections protruding outwardly from two lateral sides of the retaining portion along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction, and a tail portion extending beyond the insulative housing, the retaining portions received in the corresponding receiving slots, and the projections positioned in the corresponding retaining slots to prevent the first contacts from moving along the front-to-back direction; a plurality of second contacts received in the insulative housing, and each having a contact portion located at front of the contact portions of the first contacts, and a tail portion extending beyond the insulative housing; and a metal shell shielding the insulative housing, further comprising an insulator retained in the cavity and pressing onto either the retaining portion of the first contact or the projections of the first contacts to make the first contacts to be sandwiched between the insulating housing and the insulator, the tail portion of the first and the second contacts are arranged in one row in the traverse direction.