Patent ID: 8011969

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing including a base portion and a mating tongue plate protruding forwardly from the base portion, the tongue plate defining a plurality of passageways, the base portion having a cavity extending rearwardly therethrough, and a plurality of through holes extending forwardly therein and communicating with the passageways and the cavity; two contact modules retained with each other and each including an insulative block, and a row of contacts being insert molded in the insulative block, the contacts defining contact portions protruding forwardly beyond the insulative block, and soldering tails extending beyond the insulative block for being soldered to a printed circuit board, the contact portions passing through the through holes and being received in the passageways of the tongue plate; and a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing and the contact modules, a receiving space being formed between the shell and the tongue plate for receiving a mating connector, the shell having a top wall and a bottom wall opposite to the top wall; wherein the insulative blocks each defines a front portion inserted in the cavity of the insulative housing for the contact modules being retained with the insulative housing reliably; wherein at least one of the insulative blocks unitarily defines a supporting plate protruding forwardly to support the bottom wall of the shell.