Patent ID: 7744426
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing including a base portion and a tongue portion protruding beyond the base portion, the tongue portion extending along a front-to-rear direction and including a mating end opposite to the base portion; and a plurality of contacts held in the tongue portion, the contacts comprising a plurality of conductive contacts and at least one pair of differential contacts for transferring high-speed signals, each conductive contact comprising a first connecting portion, an elastic first contact portion extending from the first connecting portion and a first tail portion perpendicular to the first connecting portion, and each differential contact comprising a stiff second contact portion and a second tail portion perpendicular to the second contact portion, all the first and the second contact portions being located at a same side of the tongue portion, and all the first and the second contact portions being arranged in two parallel first rows along the front-to-rear direction in condition that the second contact portions being positioned nearer to the mating end than that of the first contact portions, the first and the second tail portions being arranged in at least two second rows parallel to or perpendicular to the first rows, wherein the tongue portion includes a mounting surface, the first and the second contact portions being located on different sides of the mounting surface, and wherein the first contact portions protrude beyond the mounting surface while the second contact portions are located under the mounting surface, wherein the tongue portion defines a plurality of depressions and a plurality of passageways in condition that the depressions are located nearer to the mating end than that of the passageways, the depressions and the passageways being recessed from the mounting surface, the first connecting portions being received in the passageways while leaving the first contact portions extending beyond the passageways, the second contact portions being attached to and received in the depressions, wherein the first and the second tail portions are arranged in three parallel rows of which the grounding contact locates in a middle row, wherein each differential contact comprises a bending portion connecting the second contact portion and a second connecting portion extending from the bending portion along the front-to-rear direction, the second contact portion and the second connecting portion being parallel to each other while being located on different vertical levels, wherein the bending portion is substantially perpendicular to the second connecting portion.