FLIPPABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR

摘要

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a forwardly extending mating tongue, a plurality of contacts with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and a metallic shield enclosing the insulative housing to define a mating cavity. A metallic shielding plate is embedded within the mating tongue and forms a pair of locking notches in two opposite lateral sides. The mating tongue further includes in two opposite lateral sides a pair of recesses aligned with and intimately located inside of the pair of locking notches, respectively, in the transverse direction. The housing and the corresponding contacts commonly form the terminal module which is composed of an upper terminal module, a lower terminal module commonly sandwiching a shielding plate module therebetween in the vertical direction. The metallic shield optionally defines a clip structure by folding an extension on a rear lower edge thereof.

主权项

1. An electrical connector comprising:
a metallic shield forming a mating cavity; a terminal assembly disposed within the shield and forming a mating tongue extending into the mating cavity; said terminal assembly including: an upper terminal module with a plurality of upper contacts embedded within an upper insulator via a first insert-molding process; a lower terminal module with a plurality of lower contacts embedded within a lower insulator via a second insert-molding process; and a shielding plate module including at least one metallic shielding plate located between the upper terminal module and the lower terminal module in a vertical direction; wherein the shielding plate defines a pair of locking notches in two opposite lateral side, respectively, in a transverse direction perpendicular to said vertical direction for latching with a latch of a complementary plug connector.