Patent ID: 9178319
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector for mating with a plug connector and mounting to a printed circuit board, comprising: an insulative housing defining a rear base and a front mating tongue extending therefrom with opposite upper and lower surfaces; opposite upper and lower terminal modules stacked with each other and commonly received with the housing, each of said upper and lower terminal modules including an insulator associated with therewith a plurality of contacts categorized with differential pairs, grounding contacts and power contacts mixed up with one another for coupling to the plug, each of said contacts defining a front immovable contacting section exposed upon the mating tongue for mating with the plug, a middle retention section retained in the insulator for being positioned in the base, and a rear tail section extending out of the insulator for mounting to the printed circuit board; and a metallic shielding/reinforcement plate located between the pair of terminal modules and including a front region located between the contacting sections of the contacts of the opposite upper and lower terminal modules and snugly inserted into the mating tongue for reinforcement, a spring tang mechanically and electrically contacting a selected one of said grounding contact for grounding, and a rear tail section for mounting to the printed circuit board; wherein the front contacting sections of the upper terminal module are upwardly exposed upon the upper surface of the mating tongue in a flush manner, and the front contacting sections of the lower terminal module are downwardly exposed upon the lower surface of the mating tongue in a flush manner.