Patent ID: 8905779

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing formed with a rear base and a front mating tongue, the mating tongue defines a first face, a second face opposite to the first face and two lateral sides between the first and second faces; a metallic shell covering the insulative housing thereby defining a mating cavity surrounding the front mating tongue for receiving a mating plug and defining an insertion direction; a plurality of contacts loaded on the insulative housing and comprising contacting portions located on the first face of the mating tongue; and a first detecting pin and a second detecting pin fastened to the rear base, respectively, each of the first and the second detecting pins forwardly protruding and having a contacting portion located in the mating cavity, said the contacting portion of the first detecting pin being located behind the contacting pin of the second detecting pin in the insertion direction; wherein the contacting portion of the first detecting pin is located along and spaced from one of the lateral sides of the mating tongue, the contacting portion of the second detecting pin is located in the second face of the mating tongue, wherein the contacting portion has a triangular shape with a tip forming a contact point and a bottom side of the triangular shape being parallel to the second face of the mating tongue and spaced from the base.