Patent ID: 7748997

Claim:
A receptacle assembly for an electrical connector comprising: a conductive shield having a mating interface elongated along a longitudinal axis and configured to receive the electrical connector, the shield configured to be mounted to a circuit board; a housing disposed within the shield, the housing having a mating end and a mounting end oriented orthogonal to one another, the mating end elongated along the longitudinal axis and including a tongue oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis, the housing comprising holes through the housing on opposite sides of the tongue; and contact chicklets engaged with the housing and disposed within the shield, the contact chicklets including electrical contacts that extend between mating ends and mounting ends oriented orthogonal to one another, the contact chicklets engaging the housing such that the mating ends of the contacts extend through the holes in the housing and are presented on the opposite sides of the tongue, wherein the tongue of the housing is oriented perpendicular to the circuit board, wherein each of the contact chicklets includes a rib projection and the shield includes a window that receives the rib projections to secure the contact chicklets together.