Patent ID: 7972151
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector to be mounted on a printed circuit board, comprising: an insulative housing having a base portion, a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the tongue portion being thinner than the base portion and defining a front face, a lower side face and an upper side face opposite to the first side face; a metal shell attached to the base portion to enclose the tongue portion to define a receiving room therebetween, and defines a top wall, bottom wall and a pair of side walls, a first receiving room being formed between the bottom wall and the lower side face, a second receiving room being formed between the top wall and the upper side face; a plurality of contacts including a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of second contacts, the first contacts each defining a first contacting arm and a first soldering leg, the second contacts each defining a second contacting arm and a second soldering leg; and wherein both the second contacting arms and the first contacting arms are located on a same side of the upper side face to be exposed to the first receiving room, the first soldering legs and the second soldering legs are arranged in one row, the second contacts includes a second ground contact having a pair of said second soldering legs which are spaced from each other along a lateral direction, all the first soldering legs of the first contacts are positioned between the pair of said second soldering legs of the ground contact of the second contacts.