Electrical connector with upper and lower terminals coupled with each other

摘要

An electrical connector for mounting to a printed circuit board for mating with a plug connector, includes an insulative housing and the upper and lower contacts on the housing, each contact including a contacting section, the contacts including grounding contacts each having a free end of the contacting section, and a mounting leg mounted to the corresponding grounding region of the printed circuit board wherein the free ends of the corresponding paired upper grounding contact and lower grounding contact either abut against each other or against a metallic shielding plate embedded within the mating tongue to form a parallel relation between the paired upper grounding contact and lower grounding contact.

主权项

1. A receptacle connector for engagement with a complementary plug connector and mounting to a printed circuit board, comprising:
an insulative housing defining a main body and a mating tongue forwardly extending therefrom in a front-to-back direction, said mating tongue defining opposite upper surfaces and lower surfaces in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing, categorized with grounding contact, power contacts and differential pair contacts, and grouped as upper contacts and lower contacts, each of said contacts including a rear mounting section for mounting to the printed circuit board and a front contacting section exposed upon the mating tongue wherein the contacting section of the upper contact is exposed upon the upper surface and the contacting section of the lower contact is exposed upon the lower surface; a metallic shield enclosing the housing to define a mating cavity in which the mating tongue is disposed; and a metallic shielding plate embedded within the mating tongue and including at least a mounting leg for mounting to the printed circuit board; wherein the grounding contact of the upper contacts and the grounding contact of the lower contacts are symmetrically arranged with each other in the vertical direction and respectively equipped with extensions spaced from the corresponding upper and lower surfaces in the vertical direction to be simultaneously connected with the shielding plate.