Patent ID: 8342886

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulating housing defining an uninterrupted tongue portion with opposite first surface and second surface, the first surface defining at least one rib; a plurality of contacts loaded in the tongue portion, and comprising a first group of contacts with contacting portions loaded in the first surface at one side of the at least one rib, a second group of contacts with contacting portions loaded in the first surface at another side of the rib and a third group of contacts with contacting portions loaded in the second surface opposite to the at least one rib; wherein each of the second and third group of contacts is composed of signal contacts and grounding contacts; wherein the grounding contacts of each group unitarily connect with one another by a connecting bar at front distal ends thereof; wherein each of the connecting bars is perpendicular to the first and second surfaces of the tongue portion, and parallel and adjacent to a front face of the tongue portion, and is hidden in the tongue portion and not exposed to said front surface of said tongue portion.