Electrical connector with improved terminal module

摘要

A receptacle connector for mating with the plug connector, includes a terminal unit, a metallic shield and a mating cavity surrounded by the metallic shield. The terminal unit includes a terminal module having a first insulator with a plurality of first contacts embedded therein via a first stage insert-molding process, a second insulator with a plurality of second contacts embedded therein via the similar first stage insert-molding process. The first insulator includes a first front insulator and a first rear insulator spaced from each other while linked together by the corresponding first contacts; the second insulator includes a second front insulator and a second rear insulator spaced from each other while linked together by the corresponding second contacts.

主权项

1. An electrical connector comprising:
a terminal unit enclosed in the metallic shield, said terminal unit including: a terminal module and an insulative tongue piece to commonly define a mating tongue extending into the shield, said terminal module including a first terminal module, a second terminal module commonly sandwiching a metallic shielding plate therebetween, the first terminal module including a first front insulator and a first rear insulator spaced from each other with a first space therebetween in a front-to-back direction, a plurality of first contacts integrally assembled with said first front insulator and said first rear insulator, via a first stage insert-molding process, with middle connection regions thereof exposed in the first space; the second terminal module including a second front insulator and a second rear insulator spaced from each other with a second space therebetween in the front-to-back direction, a plurality of second contacts integrally assembled with said second front insulator and said second rear insulator, via another first stage insert-molding process, with middle connection sections thereof exposed in said second space; said insulative tongue piece being integrally assembled with the terminal module via a second stage insert-molding process; wherein each of said first contacts has on the middle connection a mark derived from removal of a corresponding linking bridge which is linked between every adjacent two first contacts for assuring true positions of the first contacts during the first stage insert-molding process; wherein each of said second contacts has on the middle connection a mark derived from removal of a corresponding linking bridge which is linked between every adjacent two second contacts for assuring true positions of the second contacts during the first stage insert-molding process.