Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing having a base portion, and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the base portion defining a cavity recessed from an upper surface thereof and communicating with a mating port, a bottom wall below the cavity and having a plurality of receiving slots, and a plurality of retaining slots which each is communicated with each two adjacent receiving slots. A plurality of first contacts each has a contact portion, a retaining portion extending rearwardly from the contact portion, and a pair of projections protruding outwardly from two lateral sides of the retaining portion along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction. The retaining portions are received in the corresponding receiving slots downwardly. The projections are positioned in the corresponding retaining slots to prevent the first contacts from moving along the front-to-back direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a base (11) and a tongue plate (12) extending beyond the base; a set of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing; and a metal shell (3) covering the insulative housing. The metal shell includes a pair of first walls (31), a pair of second walls (32) including a front wall and a back wall, and a receiving space (33) surrounded by the first walls and the second walls. The first walls have a pair of first mounting portion (315) for being mounted onto first holes of the PCB. The front wall has a pair of jointing walls (326) extending toward each other from the respective front sides of the first walls and combining with each other at a joint. The front wall has a pair of mounting legs (325) extending from the jointing walls at the joint and forming as a second mounting portion (35) for being mounted onto a second hole of the PCB.

Abstract: A connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a set of contacts (3) attached to the insulative housing, an insulator (2) retained in the insulative housing (1) and a metal shell (4) covering the insulative housing and the insulator. The insulative housing has a base portion (11) and a tongue potion (12) extending from the base portion (11). The base portion has a retaining slot (1110) and a pair of side walls (113), each side wall has a protrusion (1131) protruding outwardly from an outer face thereof. The insulator (2) is retained in the retaining slot and has a pair of side surfaces (23) facing inner faces of the side wall. At least one clearance is formed between the adjacent side surface and inner face and is corresponding to the protrusions (1131, 1132) respectively in a transverse direction.

Abstract: A connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a set of contacts (3) attached to the insulative housing, and a metal shell shielding the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a base portion (11) and a tongue potion (12) extending forwardly from the base portion. The base portion has a pair of first bumps (1124) protruding therefrom and located at two sides thereof, and a second bumps (1125) protruding therefrom and located between the first bumps. The metal shell has a pair of first notches (44) locating at two sides thereof and locking with the first bumps, and a second notch (45) located between the first notches and locking with the second bumps.

Abstract: A connector includes an insulative housing having a mating port; and a set of first contacts; and a set of second contacts disposed in the insulative housing. The first contacts include a power contact, a first grounding contact and a first pair of differential contacts. Each of the first contacts includes a first contacting portion exposed in the mating port and a first tail portion. The second contacts include a second pair of differential contacts, a third pair of differential contacts, and a second grounding contact. Each of the second contacts includes a second contacting portion exposed in the mating port, and a second tail portion. The first and second tail portions are arranged in one row in a transverse direction wherein all of the second tail portions are located between the first tail portions of the power contact and of the first grounding contact in the transverse direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing with a number of passageways, a plurality of contacts retained in the passageways, and a spacer assembly assembled to a rear side of the housing. The contacts are arranged in plural rows along an insertion direction of a mating plug. Each contact has a connecting portion extending along an up to down direction. The spacer assembly has at least two spacers stacked with each other along the up to down direction to jointly receive and position the connecting portions.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue potion extending forwardly from the base portion. The base portion has a mounting surface for being mounted to a printed circuit board upwardly, and a lower surface opposite to the mounting surface. The tongue portion has an upper side face, and a lower side face opposite to the upper side face. The mounting surface and the upper side face essentially are lied in a planar surface. A plurality of contacts are received the insulative housing and have contact portions exposed upon the upper side face of the tongue portion.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a top face, a pair of side walls, a rear face and a first receiving cavity extending upwardly and through the top face; a contact module including a first tongue portion extending into the first receiving cavity, and a number of first contacts insert molded with the first tongue portion, the first contacts being disposed on a mounting surface of the first tongue portion and exposed to the first receiving cavity, the contact module being attached to the insulative housing; a second receiving cavity into which a second tongue portion extends, the first receiving cavity being essentially narrower than the second receiving cavity communicating with the first receiving cavity, the first and the second tongue portions being parallel to each other; a number of second contacts disposed on opposite first and second surfaces of the second tongue portion, the second contacts being elastic and protruding into the second receiving cavity.

Abstract: An electrical connector defines a receiving space for receiving a corresponding plug and comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts disposed in the insulative housing, an optical module for engaging with an optical plug, and a shell covering the insulative housing to define the receiving space. The insulative housing has a body portion and a tongue extending forwardly from the body portion into the receiving space and a mounting slot behind to the receiving space. Each contact has a contact portion exposed in the tongue, and a tail portion extending beyond the insulative housing. The optical module is forwardly assembled into the mounting slot from a rear side of the insulative housing. The insulative housing provides a step portion protruding into a rear part of the receiving space to limit a movement of the optical plug inserted into the receiving space in a top-to-bottom direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion. The base portion has a mounting surface for being mounted to a printed circuit board upwardly, and a lower surface opposite to the mounting surface. The tongue portion has an upper side face, and a lower side face opposite to the upper side face. The mounting surface and the upper side face essentially are lied in a planar surface. A plurality of contacts are received the insulative housing and have contact portions exposed upon the upper side face of the tongue portion.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing having a base portion, and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the base portion defining a cavity recessed from an upper surface thereof and communicating with a mating port, a bottom wall below the cavity and having a plurality of receiving slots, and a plurality of retaining slots which each is communicated with each two adjacent receiving slots. A plurality of first contacts each has a contact portion, a retaining portion extending rearwardly from the contact portion, and a pair of projections protruding outwardly from two lateral sides of the retaining portion along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction. The retaining portions are received in the corresponding receiving slots downwardly. The projections are positioned in the corresponding retaining slots to prevent the first contacts from moving along the front-to-back direction.

Abstract: A connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a mating port with therein; a set of first contacts (31) disposed in the insulative housing; and a set of second contacts (32) disposed in the insulative housing and being different from the first contacts. The first contacts include a power contact (56), a first grounding contact (51) and a first pair of differential contacts (53). Each of said first contacts includes a first contacting portion (312) exposed in the mating port and a first tail portion (315). The second contacts include a second pair of differential contacts (54), a third pair of differential contacts (55), and a second grounding contact (52). Each of said second contacts includes a second contacting portion (322) exposed in the mating port, and a first tail portion (325).

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a metal shell (4), and a set of first contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a base portion (111) and a tongue plate (112) extending forwardly from the base portion and being upright. The metal shell covers the insulative housing and forms a receiving space (41) with the tongue plate extending therein. The first contacts have first contacting portions (210) arranged in one row along a height direction of the electrical connector, first tail portions (220) extending outwardly beyond the insulative housing, and first connecting portions. The first contacts include a first pair of differential contacts (23) including an upper contact (231) and a lower contact (232) located under the upper contact. Total lengths of the upper and lower contacts (231,232) are substantially equal.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10) which includes a first housing (11) and a second housing (12) engaging with each other, a number of first contacts (2) insert molded in the first housing (11), and a number of second contacts (3) retained in the second housing (12). The first housing (11) has a body portion (13) and a tongue (14) extending from the body portion (13). Each first contact (2) has a first contact portion (22) extending to the tongue (14) and a first soldering portion (23) extending out of the first housing (11). Each second contact (3) has a second securing portion (31) retained on the second housing (12), a second contact portion (32) extending to the tongue (14) behind the first contact portions (22), and a second soldering portion (33) extending out of the second housing (12).

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing including a base portion and mating tongue plate protruding forwardly from the base portion; two contact modules being retained with each other and each including an insulative block, and a row of contacts being insert molded in the insulative housing, and a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing and the contact modules. A receiving space is formed between the shell and the tongue plate. The insulative blocks each defines a front portion inserted in the cavity of the insulative housing for the contact modules being retained with the insulative housing reliably.

Abstract: A connector includes a connector body, a cover movably attached to the connector body, and a limiting mechanism retaining the cover to the connector body. The connector has a mating port for receiving a mating connector, a tongue with a number of contacts exposed to the mating port, and an optical module forwardly exposed to a rear side of the mating port. The cover has a base to cover a front end of the mating port, and an insertion portion extending into the mating port to cover the contacts along an up to down direction and the optical module along a front to back direction. The limiting mechanism can prevent the cover from detaching from the connector body when the cover is pulled out of the mating port.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing having a base portion, a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the tongue portion being thinner than the base portion; a metal shell attached to the base portion to enclose the tongue portion to define a receiving room therebetween; a plurality of contacts including a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of second contacts, the first contacts each defining a first contacting arm and a first soldering leg, the second contacts each defining a second contacting arm and a second soldering leg; and wherein the first soldering legs and the second soldering legs are arranged in one row, the contacts at least include a first pair of differential contacts adjacent to each other, a second pair of differential contacts adjacent to each other, a pair of ground contacts adjacent to each other and positioned between the first pair of differential contacts and the second pair of differential contacts.

Abstract: An electrical connector has a receiving space (10) and includes an insulative housing (1) and a set of contacts. The insulative housing includes a tongue portion (12) protruding into the receiving space. The tongue portion has a mating face (14), a set of depressions (141) formed in a front region of the mating face, and a set of passageways (142) defined in a rear region of the mating face and being spaced away from the depressions. The contacts are held in the tongue portion and include a set of first and second contacts (21,22). The first contacts have elastic first contact portions (15) being movably received in the passageways and protruding beyond the mating face and into the receiving space, and first tail portions (16) opposite to the first contact portions. The second contacts have stiff second contact portions (25) retained in the depressions and exposed to the receiving space, and second tail portions (28) opposite to the second contact portions.