Patent ID: 7862378

Claim:
A vertical socket connector comprising: an insulating housing having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear and two opposite sides and further having a first tongue formed and protruding from the insulating housing and having a top surface and a bottom surface; and a mounting slot defined in the top; an insulating bracket mounted in the insulating housing and having a base mounted in the mounting slot of the insulating housing and having a front end and a rear end; and a second tongue formed on and protruding from the front end of the base, located above the first tongue and having a top surface, a bottom surface and multiple embedding slots defined in the bottom surface of the second tongue; multiple first terminals mounted through the first tongue of the insulating housing and each first terminal having a mounting section mounted in the insulating housing; a soldering section formed on the mounting section, protruding horizontally backward out of the rear of the insulating housing and paralleling the top and the bottom of the insulating housing; and a contacting section formed on and protruding forward from the mounting section; multiple second terminals being horizontal relative to the insulating housing, mounted through the insulating bracket and each second terminal having a mounting section mounted in the base of the insulating bracket; a soldering section formed on the mounting section and protruding horizontally backward out of the rear end of the base; and a contacting section formed on and protruding forward from the mounting section, mounted on the bottom surface of the second tongue and having a distal end; and an embedding tab formed on and protruding from the distal end and mounted securely in one embedding slot of the second tongue; an insulating positioning bracket mounted in a fastening slot at the rear of the insulating housing and having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear and two opposite sides and further having multiple positioning holes defined through the positioning bracket from the front to the rear, paralleling the top and bottom and respectively mounted around and holding the soldering sections of the first and second terminals; and a conductive shell covering the insulating housing, insulating bracket, first terminals, second terminals and insulating positioning bracket; wherein the mounting slot of the insulating housing has two opposite inner surfaces corresponding to the sides of the insulating housing; and two positioning notches defined respectively in the inner surfaces; and the base of the insulating bracket further has two positioning protrusions formed on and protruding forward from the front end of the base and mounted respectively in the positioning notches.