Patent ID: 7717745

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing comprising a base portion, the base portion having a front face, a top face and a mounting face opposite to the top face, the insulative housing having a tongue extending forwardly from the front face, the tongue having a left face and a right face; a metal shell covering the insulative housing and defining a receiving space with the insulative housing, the metal shell comprising a left wall and a right wall; and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, each contact having a contact portion extending to the left face of the tongue and a soldering portion extending out of the mounting face; wherein the space between the left face and the left wall is larger than that between the right face and the right wall: Wherein the contacts comprise a plurality of first contacts with first contact portions and a plurality of second contact with second contact portions, wherein the first and second contact portions are spaced apart and arranged in two rows along a lengthwise direction of the tongue, Wherein the insulative housing comprises a first housing insert molded around the first contacts and a second housing insert molded around the second contacts, and the first housing has a plurality of grooves recessed from an inner wall to engage a plurality of protrusions on the second housing.