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Flippable electrical connector

  • US 9,484,681 B2
  • Filed: 03/23/2015
  • Issued: 11/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A plug connector for use with a complementary receptacle connector, comprising:

  • an insulative housing defining a receiving cavity therein and a plurality of passageways on opposite of the mating cavity;

    a pair of terminal modules stacked on each other, each terminal module comprising an insulator and a plurality of contacts loaded on the insulator, the contacts comprising contacting sections extending out of a front side of the insulator and tails extending out of the insulator; and

    a metallic shell;

    whereinthe insulators of the stacked terminal modules are located behind the insulative housing, and the contacting sections of the contacts are disposed in the corresponding passageways, and the terminal modules and the insulative housing are commonly enclosed in the metallic shell;

    whereina metallic latch is sandwiched between the pair of insulators and equipped with a pair of side arms, said pair of side arms having corresponding locking heads sidewardly extending into the receiving cavity for locking with a metallic shielding plate of a receptacle connector into which said plug connector is inserted.

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