Patent ID: 8070512
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulating housing defining a mating port for mating with a complementary connector and a cavity below the mating port in a front face thereof; a stacked USB 3.0 connector received in said cavity of the insulating housing, the stacked USB 3.0 connector having a length equal to that of a stacked USB 2.0 connector and having two mating ports aligned with the mating port of the insulating housing along the front face; wherein the cavity extends rearwardly from the front face a length equal to the length of the stacked USB 3.0 connector; wherein the stacked USB 3.0 connector has a base and two tongue boards, the base defining a rear vertical face, a lower fastening slot and an upper fastening slot for fastening the two tongue boards respectively therein, the lower fastening slot and associated tongue board extending up to the rear vertical face; wherein the base is assembled with a first row of contacts horizontally lined below the lower fastening slot, and the lower tongue board is molded with a second row of contacts horizontally lined therein.