Patent ID: 8708718

Claim:
A cable connector compatible to type-A Universal Serial Bus (USB) 3.0 standard, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a tongue plate defining a mating portion; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing and divided into a first contact group and a second contact group, the first contact group comprising a plurality of first contacts each of which comprises a flat first contacting section extending onto the mating portion, a first retaining section fixed in the insulative housing and a first soldering section for being connected to a cable, the second contact group comprising a plurality of second contacts each of which comprises a resilient second contacting section protruding upwardly beyond the first contacting sections, a second retaining section fixed in the insulative housing and a second soldering section for being connected to a cable, the second contacts comprising a first pair of high-speed differential signal contacts, a second pair of high-speed differential signal contacts and a grounding contact disposed between the first pair and the second pair of high-speed differential signal contacts; and a metallic shell enclosing the mating portion; wherein the second soldering section of the grounding contact is of a forked manner and comprises at least a first branch and a second branch; and wherein front ends of the first branch and the second branch are connected together while rear ends of the first branch and the second branch are separated from each other; and wherein regarding the grounding contact, the second retaining section thereof is wider than the resilient second contacting section while is narrower than the second soldering section; and wherein regarding the grounding contact, center line axis of the second retaining section, the resilient second contacting section and the second soldering section are aligned together and define a single straight axis along a front-to-back direction, and the first branch and the second branch are symmetrical to each other along one of the center line axis.