Patent ID: 7798726

Claim:
A receptacle connector to be mounted on a printed circuit board, comprising: an insulative housing having a base portion, a first tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion and a plurality of first passageways, the first tongue portion being thinner than the base portion and defining a front mating face, an upper side face and a lower side face opposite to the upper side face; the insulative housing further defining a second tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion to be spaced from the first tongue portion along a height direction of the insulative housing, the second tongue portion is shorter than the first tongue portion, a plurality of second passageways are formed on the second tongue portion; a metal shell enclosing the first tongue portion and the second tongue portion to form a receiving room to receive either an existing USB 2.0 standard type-A plug or a second plug non-simultaneously; the second tongue portion defines a first stop surface on a front end thereof to stop the existing USB 2.0 Standard-A plug, the base portion defines a second stop surface on a front end thereof to stop the second plug different from the existing USB 2.0 Standard-A plug; a plurality of first electrical contacts received in the first passageways respectively, the first electrical contacts each defining a first contacting portion, a first soldering portion and a first retaining portion connecting with the first contacting portion and the first soldering portion; a plurality of second contacts received in the second passageways respectively and each defining a second contacting portion, a second soldering portion and a second retaining portion connecting with the second contacting portion and the second retaining portion; a plurality of optical components mounted on the first tongue portion and being exposed to exterior through the front mating face, the optical components extending forwardly along the first tongue portion to be adjacent to the front mating face; and wherein the first contacting portions are arranged in a first row and the second contacting portions are arranged in a second row located below and behind the first row.