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Electrical connector having insulative members and method of making the same

  • US 9,853,387 B2
  • Filed: 01/22/2015
  • Issued: 12/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electrical connector comprising:

  • an insulative housing including a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly therefrom in a front-to-back direction;

    a plurality of immovable terminals embedded within the housing via an insert-molding process, the tongue portion defining a plurality of passageways arranged with one another in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction to receive said immovable terminals therein, and a plurality of molding holes communicating with said passageways in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction for receiving corresponding molds during said insert-molding process;

    a metallic stiffener embedded in the tongue portion, said stiffener including an opening; and

    an insulative block including a plurality of parts filled within the corresponding molding holes through the opening of the stiffener;

    whereinthe tongue portion defines opposite surfaces in the vertical direction, and the immovable terminals are exposed upon one surface while the insulative block and the stiffener are exposed upon the other surface.

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