Patent ID: 7909652

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulative housing including an elongated base defining a lengthwise direction thereof and having a unitary mating tongue extending forwardly therefrom, said mating tongue including opposite first and second mating faces thereof; first and second alignment ribs formed on the first face and spaced from each other along said lengthwise direction to divide said first face into three spaced different contact areas; a group of first contacts disposed in the housing with first contacting sections positioned upon said three contact areas of first face and first tail sections exposing to a rear face of the elongated base; and a group of second contacts disposed in the housing with second contacting sections positioned upon the second face around back sides of said first and second ribs to form two spaced contact regions and second tail sections exposing to the rear face of the elongated base; wherein said second face is further equipped with two recesses each of which rearwardly communicates with an exterior via a through hole which extends therethrough the base, the recesses respectively are disposed at one side of contact regions of the group of second contacts.