Patent ID: 7993160

Claim:
A receptacle connector adapted for connecting with a complementary plug connector, comprising: an insulating housing defining an accommodating chamber having an open front end for receiving the plug connector therein and a receiving cavity in a bottom thereof, a front portion of the receiving cavity communicating with a bottom of the accommodating chamber, a rear portion of the receiving cavity passing through a lower portion of a rear wall of the insulating housing, with a connecting block formed thereunder, the bottom of the insulating housing defining a plurality of first terminal passages arranged at intervals along a traverse direction thereof and extending longitudinally to penetrate therethrough, the first terminal passages communicating with the accommodating chamber, the connecting block defining a plurality of second terminal passages arranged at intervals along a traverse direction thereof, each of the second terminal passages extend longitudinally to pass through a front and a rear of the connecting block and further penetrating through a bottom of the connecting block to communicate with the receiving cavity, fronts of the second terminal passages communicating with the accommodating chamber; and a terminal module including a terminal base disposed in the receiving cavity and a plurality of terminals molded together with the terminal base and arranged side by side, each terminal having a fastening portion, a front end of the fastening portion extending forward to form a connecting portion, the connecting portion slanting along a downward and forward direction, further being arched upward and rearward to form a substantially oblique U-shaped bending portion, a free end of the bending portion extending along a tangent direction thereof to form a contacting portion; wherein the fastening portions and the connecting portions are molded in the terminal base, the bending portions are positioned in the corresponding first terminal passages, the contact portions stretch into the accommodating chamber for electrically connecting with the plug connector, free ends of the contact portions are positioned in the corresponding second terminal passages.