Patent ID: 7654866
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An upright electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing comprising a base portion having a mounting face extending along a horizontal direction, a first tongue portion and a second tongue portion defining a mating face and extending beyond the base portion; a plurality of first and second contacts retained in the insulative housing, the first contacts having first contacting portions held in an inner surface of the first tongue portion, the second contacts having second contacting portions held in an inner surface of the second tongue portion; an inner shell mounted to the base portion, the inner shell comprising four upwardly-extending side walls enclosing the first tongue portion and the second tongue portion with an inner receiving space formed between the side walls of the inner shell and the first tongue portion and the second tongue portion, the inner receiving space being open through the mating face along a first direction oblique to the horizontal direction, the first and the second contacting portions being exposed to the inner receiving space; and an outer shell mounted to the base portion, the outer shell comprising four side walls extending upwardly and inclinedly to form an angle with respect to the horizontal direction, the outer shell enclosing the base portion, the first and the second tongue portions and the inner shell with a hollow cavity formed between the side walls of the inner shell and the side walls of the outer shell; and further comprising a first mating plate and a second mating plate, the base portion define a receiving cavity extending through an upper side and a lower side thereof for receiving the first mating plate and the second mating plate, the first and the second tongue portions are formed integrally with the first mating plate and the second mating plate respectively; the receiving cavity being recessed along the first direction.