Patent ID: 8974249
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulating body with a front portion, the insulating body including a tongue protruded forwards from the front portion; a terminal module mounted to the insulating body, the terminal module including a first row of terminals and a second row of terminals, each terminal being provided with a contact portion and a soldering portion, the contact portions of the first row of terminals and the contact portions of the second row of terminals being disposed at an upper side and a lower side of the tongue, respectively, the soldering portions of the first row of terminals and the second row of terminals each being arranged in a front column and a back column so as to provide four columns; and a shield with a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls connected therebetween, the top wall, bottom wall and two side walls extending around a periphery of the insulating body so as to form a contact chamber for accommodating the tongue correspondingly, wherein the soldering portions of the first and second rows of terminals extending out of rear portion of the shield, wherein the shield includes a support surface configured to be supported on a circuit board and the bottom wall at the front portion of the shield is lower than the support surface wherein each terminal further comprises a bending portion upwardly bending and extending from rear end of the contact portion and an extending portion backwardly bending and extending from the bending portion, and the soldering portion is downwardly bending and extending from rear end of the extending portion so as to provide a U-shaped configuration and wherein the extending portions of the first row of terminals are spaced apart from the extending portions of the second row of terminals in an up-and-down direction; and the terminal module further comprises a protecting element which is made of insulating material and disposed between the extending portions of the first row of terminals and the extending portions of the second row of terminals and wherein the bending portions of the first row of terminals are spaced apart from the bending portions of the second row of terminals in a fore-and-aft direction; the protecting element comprises a horizontal portion, which is disposed between the extending portions of the first row of terminals and the extending portions of the second row of terminals, and a vertical portion, which is disposed between the bending portions of the first row of terminals and the bending portions of the second row of terminals.