Patent ID: 7736190
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a tongue, a plurality of passageways and receiving grooves, the passageways extending to the tongue, the tongue having a stopping portion in the front of each passageway, a cavity defined below the stopping portion and communicated with the passageway; a shell encapsulating the insulative housing; and a plurality of contacts received in the housing side by side, each contact having a contacting portion and a tail portion wider than the contacting portion, the contacting portion received in a corresponding passageway with the tail portion received in a corresponding receiving groove, the contacting portion defining a tab protruding forwardly from a bottom surface thereof, the tab received in the cavity and protected by the stopping portion; the tail portion stamped downwards to form a notch receiving wires and soldering with the wires.