Patent ID: 8858243

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a housing defining a front and a rear, the housing comprising a base portion and a tongue portion from a front face of the base portion, the tongue portion defining a first side face and a second side face opposite to the first side face, the second side face defining a rib with a third side face; a first group of contacts held in the first side face, the first group of contacts comprising group contacts and signal contacts; a second group of contacts held in the second side face, the second group of contacts comprising group contacts and signal contacts; a third group of contacts held at the third side face; said three groups of contacts comprising contacting plates located in the tongue portion, leg portions extending from the rear of the housing and a retaining portion retained in the base portion of the housing; a one-piece grounding bar retained in the base portion; wherein the ground bar defines first fingers extending to touch with the retaining portions of all ground contacts of the first group of contacts and a second fingers extending to touch with retaining portions of all ground contacts of the second group of contacts.