FLIPPABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR

摘要

A plug for provision of power includes a housing forming a receiving cavity with two opposite sites in a vertical direction which is compatible with a standard plug connector with twelve contacts on each site and a first and second rows of contacts on the sides while in diagonally symmetrical manner. Each contact includes a contacting section, and a connecting section for directly connecting to a corresponding wire. Each row of contacts is categorized with a pair of power contacts, a pair of grounding contacts and a specific contact without any high speed differential pair. Two pair of power contacts of both two rows are electrically connected together either via direct mechanical connection via vertical extensions or via indirect electrical connection via the latch which has a pair of side arms extending into the receiving cavity at two opposite transverse ends.

主权项

1. A plug connector for connecting with a cable, comprising:
an insulative housing forming a receiving cavity; an upper terminal module including an upper insulator insert molded with a plurality of upper terminals, the upper terminal comprising a pair of upper power terminals and a pair of upper grounding terminals; a lower terminal module including a lower insulator insert molded with a plurality of lower terminals, the lower terminals comprises a pair of lower power terminals and a pair of lower grounding terminals; a metallic latch comprising a pair of front side arms extending into the receiving cavity and a tail section; the upper and lower terminals comprising front contacting sections arranged on opposite sides of the receiving cavity and tail sections embedded in the corresponding insulators; wherein the tail sections of the upper power and grounding terminals expose to a lower surface of the upper insulator; the tail portions of the lower power and grounding terminals expose to an upper surface of the lower insulator; wherein the tail sections of upper and lower power terminals are confronted with each other one by one, the tail sections of the upper and lower grounding terminals are confronted with each other after the upper and lower terminal module sandwich the metallic latch and are inserted in the insulative housing to define a supporting platform behind the insulative housing.