ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH GROUNDING PLATE RETAINED THEREIN

摘要

An electrical connector includes a terminal module unit with contacts and grounding plates thereof. The terminal module includes an insulative base and an insulative mating tongue forwardly extending therefrom. The mating tongue forms opposite mating surfaces. The contacts includes the contacting sections on the mating surfaces and the connecting legs. The mating tongue includes a root section adjacent to the base. The grounding plates unit covers the root section in an embedded manner. The grounding plate includes a planar body exposed upon the mating surface, and a pair of fixing side arms extending from two opposite ends of the planar body and equipped with corresponding latching hooks to secure to the semi-finished root section before the final insert-molding process is applied.

主权项

1. An electrical connector comprising a terminal module unit enclosed within a metallic shield unit to form a mating cavity to communicate with an exterior along a front-to-back direction;
said terminal module unit including an upper terminal module, a lower terminal module and a metallic shielding plate sandwiched therebetween in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction to form a pre-assembled unit; the upper terminal module including a plurality of upper contacts retained within an upper insulative body via a first step insert-molding process; the lower terminal module including a plurality of lower contacts retained within a lower insulative body via another first step insert-molding process; a grounding plate unit including an upper grounding plate and a lower grounding plate; the upper grounding plate positioned upon the upper insulative body with latching devices secured to the lower insulative body, and the lower grounding plate positioned upon the lower insulative body with latching devices secured to the upper insulative body for providing retention of the grounding plate unit during a second step insert-molding process wherein an insulator is applied upon the pre-assembled unit during the second step insert-molding process to form a complete terminal module unit including a complete mating tongue thereof.