Electrical connector having improved tongue portion

摘要

An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of terminals (2) mounted to the housing and including a pair of outermost terminals, and a stiffener (3) attached to the housing and defining a pair of openings. The insulative housing includes a tongue portion (12) defining a number of passageways (121), a pair of first indentations (123) each opened upwardly and extending through an upper portion and a side portion of the tongue portion. The outermost terminal (20) has an upper surface and a side surface partly exposed outwardly via the first indentation and the opening. Also disclosed is a compression mounted electrical connector including a shell and a grounding member secured to the shell and similarly configured as terminals thereof.

主权项

1. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulative housing including a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, said tongue portion having an upper portion, a lower portion, a pair of side portions, and a plurality of passageways at the lower portion, said tongue portion defining a pair of first indentations each exposing upwardly and through the upper portion and the side portion; a plurality of terminals including a pair of outermost terminals, each terminal having a body portion secured in the passageways of the insulative housing, a substantially V-shaped compressible tail portion, and a connecting portion connecting with the tail portion and the body portion, said tail portion disposed below the insulative housing and facing the body portions for compression mounting to a printed circuit board; and a stiffener attached to the upper portion of the tongue portion and defining a pair of openings aligning with the first indentations respectively, said body portion of each outermost terminal having a side surface partly exposed outwardly via the first indentation and the opening.