Electrical connector with power contacts positioned at lateral ends without increasing dimension thereof

摘要

An electrical connector assembly includes a plug connector and a receptacle connector adapted to mate each other. The receptacle connector includes an insulative housing enclosed within a shell. The housing includes a main body with a tongue extending forwardly therefrom. A plurality of signal contacts received within the housing. A pair of power contacts are respectively disposed by two sides of the signal contacts in the housing. The plug connector includes the similar basic structures as the receptacle connector. The pair of power contacts of both the receptacle connector and the plug connector are delicately configured in the limited space in the corresponding connector housing to meet the required characters/qualities while without any interference in either mutually mating or self-assembling.