Patent ID: 8968033
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a plug comprising: a plug insulative housing with a front mating region; a plurality of plug contacts disposed in the housing with plug contacting sections exposed upon the mating region; a plug metallic shell enclosing the front mating region to commonly define a plug mating port, the plug metallic shell defining essentially a rectangular cross-section including two opposite long sides and two opposite short sides perpendicular to each other; wherein a pair of chamfered structures is formed on two opposite corners along one of the two long sides, and a centered recessed area is formed on the other of said two long sides, the front mating region intimately abuts against the other of the two long sides; the receptacle intended for mating with the plug, the receptacle comprising: a receptacle insulative housing with a front mating tongue thereof; a plurality of receptacle contacts disposed in the receptacle housing with receptacle contacting sections exposed upon the front mating tongue; a receptacle metallic shell enclosing the front mating tongue to commonly define a receptacle mating port; wherein a contour of the receptacle metallic shell is similar to that of the plug metallic shell and adapted to intimately and compliantly surround the plug metallic shell during mating under condition that the mating tongue is sandwiched between the mating region and the plug metallic shell.