Patent ID: 8475216

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing and a shell surrounding the housing to define a receiving cavity; a tongue member retained to the receiving cavity, and configured by first and second tongue modules interlocked with each other, the first tongue module embedded with a plurality of first contacts thereof and the second tongue module embedded with a plurality of second contacts thereof; wherein the first tongue module defines a first main body portion having a first mating wall and a first front wall connecting with the first mating wall, the plurality of first contacts define corresponding first contacting portions exposed upon the first mating wall, the second module defines a second main body portion having a second mating wall and a second front wall connecting with the second mating wall, the plurality of second contacts define corresponding second contacting portions exposed upon the second mating wall; wherein the second front wall of the second tongue module is completely behind the first front wall of the first tongue module and abuts against a rear face of the first front wall, and thereby the first front wall functions as a confrontation wall for a mating connecting.