Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion; plural contacts affixed to the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue portion; an outer cover enclosing the insulative housing, the outer cover having plural peripheral grooves (111) open at a front face thereof; and a sealing element having plural protrusions (421) secured to the plural grooves.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a contact module and a mating/outer case enclosing the contact module. The mating case includes an insulative shell with a metallic reinforcement bracket embedded therein. The insulative shell forms opposite inner and outer surfaces wherein the inner surface forms a mating cavity for receiving a complementary plug connector therein, and the bracket is essentially located between the outer surface and the inner surface except the corresponding mounting legs extending out of the insulative shell for mounting to a printed circuit board.