Patent ID: 7955136

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a shell; an insulating housing formed with a contact tongue plate received in the shell, the insulating housing comprising a main body formed with a front surface and a rear surface opposite to the front surface, the contact tongue plate extending from the front surface of the main body, a plurality of contact grooves defined at a plane of the contact tongue plate and extending to the rear surface of the main body, at least two positioning slits defined in the contact tongue plate and extending to the main body, the contact tongue plate being parallel to and offset from a top surface of the main body for a preset distance, and the contact tongue plate being parallel to and offset from a bottom surface of the main body for another preset distance; a plurality of contacts received respectively in the plurality of contact grooves of the insulating housing and exposed at the plane of the contact tongue plate; and at least two strengthening plates received in the at least two positioning slits of the contact tongue plate respectively, each of the at least two strengthening plates formed with a main board received in the main body and a finger piece received in the contact tongue plate.