Flippable electrical connector
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1. A receptacle connector, comprising:
- an insulating housing comprising a base and a mating tongue extending from the base, the mating tongue defining a thickened step portion at a root near to the base;
two rows of contacts with contacting section exposed to opposite surfaces of the mating tongue in front of the step portion and tail sections extending out of the base;
a pair of separate metallic collars respectively disposed upon the opposite surfaces of the step portion;
wherein two opposite ends of each metallic collar are embedded in the step portion of the insulating housing via an insert molding process.
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Abstract
A receptacle connector includes an insulating housing including a base and a mating tongue extending from the base and the mating tongue defining a thicken step portion at a root near to the base, two rows of contacts with contacting section exposing to opposite surfaces of the mating tongue in front of the step portion and tail sections extending out of the base, and a pair of separate metallic collars respectively disposed upon the opposite surface of the step portion. Two opposite ends of each metallic collar are embedded in the step portion of the insulating housing via an inserting mold process.
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1. A receptacle connector, comprising:
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an insulating housing comprising a base and a mating tongue extending from the base, the mating tongue defining a thickened step portion at a root near to the base; two rows of contacts with contacting section exposed to opposite surfaces of the mating tongue in front of the step portion and tail sections extending out of the base; a pair of separate metallic collars respectively disposed upon the opposite surfaces of the step portion; wherein two opposite ends of each metallic collar are embedded in the step portion of the insulating housing via an insert molding process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A receptacle connector adapted for mounting on a printed circuit board, comprising:
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an insulating housing defining a base and a mating tongue forwardly extending therefrom in a front-to-back direction with a thicken step structure formed around a root thereof in transverse direction and a vertical direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction, the mating tongue defining upper and lower surfaces thereof; a row of upper contacts and a row of lower contacts disposed in the insulative housing with contacting sections exposed upon the upper and lower surfaces of the mating tongue respectively; a shielding plate embedded in the mating tongue and the base, the shielding plate defines a pair of lateral locking side edges, and a metallic shield retained on the base and surrounding the mating tongue to define a mating cavity around the metallic shield and the mating tongue; wherein a rear wall of the metallic shield covers a back side of a lower portion of the base of the insulative housing so as to efficiently prevent EMI which invades through the mating cavity from rearwardly entering an interior around the printed circuit board. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A receptacle connector, comprising:
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an insulating housing defining a base and a mating tongue forwardly extending therefrom in a front-to-back direction with a thickened step structure formed around a root thereof in transverse direction and a vertical direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction, the mating tongue defining upper and lower surfaces thereof; a row of upper contacts and a row of lower contacts disposed in the insulating housing with contacting sections exposed upon the upper and lower surfaces of the mating tongue respectively; a shielding plate embedded in the mating tongue and the base, the shielding plate defines a pair of lateral locking side edges, and a metallic shield retained on the base and surrounding the mating tongue to define a mating cavity around the metallic shield and the mating tongue, the mating cavity is for mating with a plug connector in a flippable manner; wherein the metallic shield has no slits thereon. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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