Patent ID: 7628658
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A plug connector, comprising: an insulating housing having a base body and a tongue portion extending rearward from the base body, the tongue portion having a top portion and a bottom portion; and a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing, each of the contacts having a substantially U-shaped contacting portion which includes a first contacting branch, a second contacting branch substantially parallel to the first contacting branch and a connecting portion connecting one end of the first and second contacting branches together, the first and second contacting branches respectively being disposed in the top and bottom portions of the tongue portion for being exposed outside, the connecting portion being disposed in a rear end of the tongue portion opposite to the base body, wherein the contact further comprises a fixed portion fixed in the base body of the insulating housing and an extending portion exposed partially out of the base body, wherein the other end of the first contacting branch of the contacting portion bends towards an opposite direction with the connecting portion to form a bending portion connected with one end of the fixed portion, the other end of the fixed portion extending opposite to the contacting portion to form the extending portion substantially parallel with the first contacting branch of the contacting portion.