Abstract: A shroud that forms part of an electrical connector for securing a plurality of circuit wafers within the electrical connector includes a top wall, a bottom wall, and a plurality of vertical members extending between the top and bottom walls that define a plurality of slots for receiving the plurality of circuit wafers. Each vertical member includes a first side that faces a second side of an adjacent vertical member. The first side defines top, middle, and bottom surface regions that are spaced apart from the second side of the adjacent vertical member by a first distance, and first and second recessed surface regions between the top, middle, and bottom surface regions that are spaced apart from the second side of the adjacent vertical member by a second distance that is greater than the first distance. The first and second recessed surface regions are positioned so as to prevent direct contact between the vertical members and one or more high-frequency traces disposed on the plurality of circuit wafers.

Abstract: A male connector, particularly to a new connector having an effective shielding function, which includes a conductive shielding, a set of terminals and a connector body. The connector body with a cavity in which the set of terminals can be accommodated is made from plastic cement. The set of terminal is located within the cavity of the connector body. The conductive shielding is in the shape of ‘m’ and located at the far plugging ends of the connector body; the conductive shielding includes three contacting areas; the plugging end of each of the contacting areas has a slot. In a further optimized technical solution, the new male connector includes fixing holes located at its two sides respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed is wiring substrate, the wiring substrate including a substrate having a high thermal conductive layer, in which at least one of a front surface and a rear surface of the substrate is a mounting surface for a variety of components; a window section formed in the substrate; and a connection terminal extended from an inside surface portion of the window section and bending in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulation body having a base portion and a tongue located at a front end of the base portion. Multiple terminals are fixed on the base portion and partially exposed from a surface of the tongue. An outer metal casing surrounds the base portion and the tongue and forms an insertion space receiving the tongue. The outer metal casing has a bottom wall and two side walls. Each side wall extends downward to form a stop wall. Each stop wall extends downward to form two soldering pins. The four soldering pins are arranged in two rows. A cushion block is located below the bottom wall and fixed on the two stop walls. Four protruding blocks are formed by protruding downward from a bottom surface of the cushion block. At least two of the protruding blocks are located disposed between the soldering pins in the two rows.

Abstract: Connectors that may be used to connect optional or daughter cards or modules to main logic boards or motherboards in electronic devices. These connectors may have a reduced effective height and may be able to support high data rates. Cards in these connectors may be secured in place in an electronic device to avoid being inadvertently dislodged. The connectors may accept a card such as a solid state drive, memory card, subscriber identification module, or other type of card. Examples may also provide cards to be inserted in the connectors and boards to support the connectors.

Abstract: Combined connector receptacles that provide isolation between individual connector receptacles and have structures arranged to reduce or eliminate damage to through-hole contact portions during insertion of the combined connector into a board.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing comprising a base portion and a tongue portion; and a row of conductive terminals retained to the insulative housing, the row of conductive terminals comprising a widened terminal, each conductive terminal having a contacting section exposed to a surface of the tongue portion, a tail section extending out of the insulative housing, and a retaining section connecting the contacting section and the tail section; wherein the widened terminal has a widened section extending laterally from a side of the contacting section and embedded in the tongue portion.

Abstract: A connector is mountable on a mount object in an up-down direction and connectable with a mating connector along a predetermined direction perpendicular to the up-down direction. The mating connector comprises a mating fitting portion and a male screw member. The connector comprises a fitting portion and a screw end accommodation portion. The fitting portion is mateable with the mating fitting portion. The screw end accommodation portion defines an accommodation space which accommodates an end of the male screw member when the connector is connected with the mating connector. The screw end accommodation portion has at least a front surface portion, an upper surface portion, a rear surface portion and an outer surface portion. The front surface portion is provided with a female screw portion which is connectable with the male screw member. The accommodation space is positioned between the front surface portion and the rear surface portion in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A female electrical connector includes a number of walls defining a housing, a female connector inside the housing, and an opening configured to facilitate insertion of a mating male connector into the female connector. Contacts of the female connector are positioned in the opening of the housing. Contact pins extend from the contacts of the female connector through at least one of the walls of the housing for connection to a substrate. Each contact pin includes a curved or bent portion. The female electrical connector can be a USB or RJ-type connector.

Abstract: A method of making an electronic device having a discrete device mounted on a surface of an electronic die with both the discrete device and the die connected by heat cured conductive ink and covered with cured encapsulant including placing the discrete device on the die; and keeping the temperature of each of the discrete device and the die below about 200° C. Also disclosed is a method of electrically attaching a discrete device to a substrate that includes placing the device on the substrate, applying conductive ink that connects at least one terminal on the device to at least one contact on the substrate and curing the conductive ink. Also disclosed is an IC package with a discrete electrical device having electrical terminals; an electrical substrate having contact pads on a surface thereof; and cured conductive ink connecting at least one of the electrical terminals with at least one of the contact pads.

Abstract: An electronic device has a base plate and a connector. Multiple terminals are supported by a connector housing, wherein each front-side end of the terminals outwardly extends from a front-side surface and each back-side end of the terminals outwardly extends from a back-side surface of the connector housing and connected to a corresponding land formed in the base plate. The multiple terminals are arranged in a width direction and divided into at least a first and a second terminal group in a height direction of the connector housing. The connector housing has a first and a second step surface on its back side. The terminal of the first terminal group outwardly extends from the first step surface and the terminal of the second terminal group outwardly extends from the second step surface. The first step surface is located at a position closer to the base plate in the height direction than the second step surface.

Abstract: A receptacle connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of conductive terminals fastened to the insulating housing, and a shielding element surrounding the insulating housing. The insulating housing has at least one docking surface. A portion of the at least one docking surface protrudes outward to form a protruding portion. Front ends of the conductive terminals are exposed to a front of the at least one docking surface. At least one portion of a front surface of the base body protrudes frontward to form at least one sealing board. A front end of the at least one sealing board opens a locking groove. The at least one sealing board is attached to a substantial middle of the insulating housing. The protruding portion is received in the locking groove and seals up the front end of the at least one sealing board. The protruding portion helps to reduce metal chips from being produced during interconnection of the receptacle connector with a plug connector.

Abstract: Connector receptacles that have good signal integrity, are reduced in size, are reliable and durable, and are easy to assemble. One example may provide a connector receptacle having several ground connections to improve signal integrity and quality.

Abstract: An electrical connector mounted to a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) includes an insulating housing having a mating face, a mounting face and a rear wall positioned between the mating face and the mounting face. The housing defines a number of contact-receiving passageways and a number of heat dissipating slots communicating with the contact-receiving passageways. a number of conductive contacts are respectively received in the passageways. Each contact includes a contacting portion, a termination portion and an intermediate portion. The insulating housing has a heat dissipating section defined between the mounting face and the rear wall. The heat dissipating section communicates with the heat dissipating slots to thereby defining a heat dissipating path therebetween.

Abstract: A power module of an electrical connector is provided which has a dielectric housing and a pair of blade terminals. The housing has a forward face and a support arm projecting forwardly from the face. The support arm has opposing first and second sides. The housing has a cavity. The face has a pair of slots extending therethrough which are in communication with the cavity and which are provided adjacent the sides of the support arm. Each of the blade terminals has a body portion and a blade portion. The body portions are housed in the cavity and the blade portions extend through the slots and are positioned alongside the sides of the support arm. The electrical connector may also have a signal module interconnected to the power module. The electrical connector may also be configured to mate with another electrical connector as part of a connector assembly.

Abstract: A waterproof connector includes an upper terminal module, a shielding plate, a lower terminal module, a dielectric element, a shielding shell and an insulating housing. The shielding plate is mounted under the upper terminal module. The lower terminal module is mounted under the shielding plate. The dielectric element is integrally molded outside the upper terminal module, the shielding plate and the lower terminal module. The shielding shell surrounds the dielectric element together with the upper terminal module, the shielding plate and the lower terminal module. The insulating housing is integrally molded outside the shielding shell together with the upper terminal module, the shielding plate, the lower terminal module and the dielectric element. The insulating housing has a rear board. A bottom surface of the rear board is recessed inward to form a receiving space. The rear board opens a guiding hole extending forward to the receiving space.

Abstract: A connector includes a connector housing, a plurality of terminals including foot portions extending to the outside of the connector housing, and a position aligning plate including a plurality of terminal insertion holes, the foot portions of the terminals being configured to be inserted into the terminal insertion holes so that the foot portions align with corresponding through holes of a circuit board. The foot portions of the terminals are configured to be soldered with the circuit board by a reflow system using hot air as a hearing source. A vent hole is provided in the position aligning plate to introduce the hot air to soldering parts through the vent hole.

Abstract: A feed-through adapter assembly includes a bezel cage configured to receive a pluggable module. Walls of the cage are manufactured from a metal material and provide electrical shielding for the pluggable module. A feed-through connector is received in the bezel cage and is positioned at or near a rear end of the cage member. The feed-through connector has a feed-through connector housing holding a contact assembly. The contact assembly has a plurality of feed-through contacts defining a first board mating interface configured to mate with and be electrically connected to a circuit board of the pluggable module and a second board mating interface configured to mate with and be electrically connected to a circuit board of a cable connector. The first and second board mating interfaces are substantially identical.

Abstract: A waterproof connector includes an upper terminal module, a shielding plate, a lower terminal module, a dielectric element, a shielding shell and an insulating housing. The shielding plate is mounted under the upper terminal module. The lower terminal module is mounted under the shielding plate. The dielectric element is integrally molded outside the upper terminal module, the shielding plate and the lower terminal module. The shielding shell surrounds the dielectric element together with the upper terminal module, the shielding plate and the lower terminal module. The insulating housing is integrally molded outside the shielding shell together with the upper terminal module, the shielding plate, the lower terminal module and the dielectric element.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing with a card slot and includes terminals positioned in the card slot where the terminals are tuned to improve performance. The terminals include a contact, a tail and a body extending therebetween. The contacts can include a deflecting portion and a pad interface portion. The deflecting portion includes a dual beam portion and a single beam portion. The connector can be configured to provide a row of contacts positioned on both sides of a card slot.

Abstract: Support systems and related methods for supporting tablets and monitors. A stand that includes a monitor support portion configured to support a monitor and a tablet support portion configured to support a tablet.

Abstract: A lattice (29) is provided on a rear surface of a connector main body (10) and defines a plurality of insertion openings (28). The lattice (29) includes first and second walls (31, 32) extending parallel to each other in the same direction and third walls (33) intersecting the first and second walls (31, 32,). Rear ends of the first, second and third walls (31, 32, 33) are located more backward in the order of the second walls (32), the third walls (33) and the first walls (31). The first walls (31) provide identification from the surrounding by projecting more backward than the second walls (32). The third walls (33) achieve an improved resin flow by alleviating steps between the first and second walls (31, 32).

Abstract: A female terminal (40) to be connected to a male terminal (80) includes a tubular portion (41) configured by a plurality of peripheral walls. Resilient pieces (46, 47) extend in a front-back direction while facing the peripheral walls in the tubular portion (41). Excessive deflection preventing portions (90, 91) are provided on the peripheral walls, including a front abutting portion (92) and a rear abutting portion (93) arranged behind the front abutting portion (92), and configured to prevent the resilient pieces (46, 47) from being deflected excessively by contacting the resilient pieces (46, 47) at both the front and rear abutting portions (92, 93).

Abstract: A circuit board has a through hole extending from a front surface to a rear surface. A press-fit terminal is press-fitted from the front surface into the through hole and is connected to a land, which is formed on a wall surface of the through hole. A support member supports the rear surface of the circuit board when the press-fit terminal is press-fitted into the through hole. A housing has a bottom portion and an opening, which is on the opposite side of the bottom portion. The circuit board is affixed to the housing to cover both the opening and the support member. The support member is held and interposed between the rear surface and an inner surface of the bottom portion.

Abstract: An electrical power connector and a terminal assembly are disclosed. The electrical power connector includes a base and at least two terminal assemblies being symmetrically mounted in the base. Each terminal assembly includes a conductive terminal and a reinforcing terminal. The conductive terminal has a plate-shaped main body, a flexible engaging portion and a mounting end. The reinforcing terminal has an upright portion, an L-shaped pressing portion and an U-shaped latching portion. The upright portion is attached to one side of the plate-shaped main body of the conductive terminal, the latching portion is located at the other side of the plate-shaped main body, and the pressing portion presses the flexible engaging portion. The electrical power connector of the present invention employs the two terminal assemblies having high conductivity and good elastic to provide a better electrical performance and a long term reliable connection.

Abstract: An electrical power connector and a terminal assembly are disclosed. The electrical power connector includes a base and a terminal assembly. The terminal assembly includes two conductive terminals, two reinforcing terminals and at least one detection terminal. L-shaped pressing portions of the two reinforcing terminals together clamp arc protruding parts of the two conductive terminals. Meanwhile, the detection terminal can detect an insertion state of a butt connector to timely determine forming a power loop circuit. The terminal assembly of the present invention has characteristics of high electrical conductivity, high elasticity and high security.

Abstract: A signal transmission connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals, and a rear casing. The insulating body has a dielectric constant of about 3 to 3.4. The first and second terminals are disposed on the insulating body. The first and second terminals have widths of about 0.36 to 0.42 mm. The rear casing is assembled at the second end of the insulating body. The rear casing envelops the first and the second terminals. The rear casing has a dielectric constant of about 3.5 to 3.8. The connector provides adjustable impedance without modifications to the terminal structures and also reduces cost.

Abstract: An electrical contact assembly includes a pair of contacting members and a cable receiving member fixed with the contacting members. Each of the contacting members is in a shape of sheet and opposite to each other. The pair of contacting members is formed separately and defines a front-to-rear direction. The cable receiving member is formed separately from the pair of contacting members or is formed integrally with one of the contacting members. As the pair of contacting members is formed separately, the manufacturing process is simple and the quality is easy to control. The symmetry accuracy of the pair of contacting portions will also be controlled perfectly. As a result, a power loss of an electric current will be decreased.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coaxial connector (1) having a first and a second connector part (2, 3) and an adapter (4) arranged between said connector parts. When installed, the adapter (4) is arranged in an opening (6) in an external conductor (8) of the first connector part (2, 3) such that it can fold out laterally. A limiting element (9) made from an insulating material is arranged in the region of the entrance to the opening (6) so that it limits the lateral movement of the adapter.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell, an insulated housing, a plurality of upper-row receptacle terminals, and a plurality of lower-row receptacle terminals. The insulated housing is received in the metallic shell. The upper-row receptacle terminals are held in the insulated housing and include a plurality of tail portions protruded from a bottom of the insulation body to be arranged into a row. The lower-row receptacle terminals are held in the insulated housing and include a plurality of tail portions protruded from the bottom of the insulated housing to be arranged into a first row and a second row. The tail portions of the lower-row receptacle terminals are parallel to the tail portions of the upper-row receptacle terminals.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided with a first ground contact and a second ground contact. The first ground contact includes a first ground coupling portion and a pair of first ground contact portions extending substantially orthogonal from the first ground coupling portion. The pair of first ground contact portions includes a first upper ground contact portion stepped from a first lower ground contact portion. The second ground contact includes a second ground coupling portion and a pair of second ground contact portions extending substantially orthogonal from the second ground coupling portion. The pair of second ground contact portions includes a second upper ground contact portion stepped from a second lower ground contact portion. The second ground contact is positioned with the first ground contact such that their respective upper or lower ground contact portions are adjacent to each other.

Abstract: An electrical connector include a movable hold down member that is configured to receive a fastener so as to secure the electrical connector to an underlying substrate to which the electrical connector is mounted.

Abstract: Interconnection system includes a mating connector having a plurality of terminal sub-assemblies that include a signal terminal and a ground shield. The interconnection system also includes an electrical connector having a plurality of contact sub-assemblies that each include a signal contact and a resonance-control shield that. The terminal sub-assemblies of the mating connector engage corresponding contact sub-assemblies of the electrical connector when the mating and electrical connectors are mated. The signal terminals of the terminal sub-assemblies engage the signal contacts of the corresponding contact sub-assemblies. Each of the ground shields of the terminal sub-assemblies is inserted between the resonance-control shield and the signal contact of the corresponding contact sub-assembly. The ground shield and the resonance-control shield have respective broad surfaces that face each other with a capacitive gap therebetween.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (2) for electrically connecting an electronic board (22), including at least one electrical conductor (23) for conducting a current to and/or from said electronic board (22), a body (24) extending in at least one plane (26) and retaining said electrical conductor (23) in said plane via a portion of said conductor, and at least one outgrowth (28) extending from said body (24), said outgrowth (28) including at least one member (30) for assembling said connection device (20) to said electronic board (22), such that the body (24) is opposite the electronic board (22).

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of contact modules and ground plates held by the housing. Each contact module includes left and right signal wafers stacked next to each other along a stack axis. The signal wafers include electrical terminals held by a dielectric body. The electrical terminals have mounting contacts protruding from the dielectric body at a mounting face of the housing. The electrical terminals of at least one of the signal wafers in each contact module are jogged toward the other signal wafer such that the mounting contacts of each contact module align in a column. Each of the ground plates is disposed along an outer side of a corresponding contact module.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes forming a printed circuit board by depositing a first plurality of layers and forming an interconnect integral to the printed circuit board by depositing a second plurality of layers on at least a portion of the first plurality of layers. The interconnect includes a stabilizing structure and a contact positioned within the stabilizing structure. The stabilizing structure includes a first material and the contact includes a second material that is different than the first material.

Abstract: A connector is mateable with a mating connector along a mating direction. The mating connector includes a plurality of mating contacts. The connector comprising a plurality of contacts which are held by a housing. Each of the contacts has a contact portion, a terminal portion and an intersecting portion. The terminal portion is positioned at a position different from a position of the contact portion in a pitch direction perpendicular to the mating direction. The intersecting portion is positioned between the contact portion and the terminal portion. The intersecting portions intersect both the mating direction and the pitch direction in a plane which is defined by the mating direction and the pitch direction. The contacts include at least a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of second contacts.

Abstract: A test socket has a housing with an inlet configured to receive a substrate. A plurality of terminals are coupled to the housing, and a plurality of sliding pins are coupled to the terminals. The pins are configured to make contact with respective pads or terminals of the substrate to be tested. The pins have different lengths or positions to send and receive test signals.

Abstract: A disclosed header connectable to a receptacle includes a first contact including a pair of first plate portions, which are electrically conductive and are separated by an interval, and a plate-like conductive member which is conductive and is accommodated between the pair of first plate portions.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided and includes a housing and plurality of contacts. The a housing includes a partition wall. The plurality of contacts are alternatively arranged along a plurality of rows in the housing such that adjacent rows of the plurality of rows are separated by the partition wall and offset with respect to each other.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulative block, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative block. The contacts each include a retaining portion retaining in the insulative block, a contacting portion extending forwardly from the retaining portion and a soldering portion. The contacts include a plurality of differential signal contacts and a plurality of grounding contacts. The soldering portion of differential signal contacts arranged to a plurality of rows and the soldering portion of grounding contacts arranged to a plurality of another rows which parallel to the row of the differential contacts. The row of the differential contacts and the row of the grounding contacts are spaced from each other.

Abstract: A plug connector, a receptacle connector and an electrical connector assembly are disclosed. When the plug connector is engaged with the receptacle connector, multiple power mating bodies and one signal mating body of the receptacle connector respectively enter into corresponding plug power ports and a plug signal port of the plug connector, plug power contacts and plug signal contacts respectively enter into receptacle power ports and receptacle signal ports, a vertical blade-shaped mating end of each plug power contact is inserted into an elastic clamp of the corresponding receptacle power contact, and a head of each plug signal contact is inserted into a forked head of the corresponding receptacle signal contact.

Abstract: Designs and methods of construction for a printed circuit board (PCB) in an implantable pulse generator (IPG) are disclosed which facilitate IPG PCB testing while also providing for protection of IPG circuitry in a simple and cost effective manner. The IPG PCB is formed as part of a larger test PCB, which includes an extender portion with traces routing nodes of interest in the IPG PCB to an edge connector. IPG electronics are mounted or soldered to the IPG PCB, and then such electronics are tested via the edge connector. The IPG PCB is then singulated from the extender portion in a manner leaving one or more PCB tabs at the severed edge of the PCB. The PCB tab(s) extend from the severed edge, and create an offset distance preventing traces severed and now exposed at the severed edge from contacting and potentially shorting to conductive structures in the IPG.

Abstract: A stacked connector component includes a housing, connectors at a front opening of the housing and arranged in a stacked formation within one or more columns, and a for and exposed at the connectors. The pins include high-speed pins routed within the housing to a bottom side thereof and low-speed pins routed within the housing to a back side or a top side thereof. A circuit board includes pin pads connectable to the pins and disposed on a substrate. The pin pads include high-speed signal pin pads for the high-speed signal pins. The substrate includes contiguous high-speed areas in which the high-speed signal pin pads for the high-speed pins are located, between which no pin pads are located.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and two rows of power contacts received in the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a main body and a mating port extending from the main body. Each power contact includes a mating portion protruding into the mating port, a Z-shaped intermediate portion extending rearwardly from the mating portion and a termination portion. The insulative housing includes a first heat dissipation path extending along a first direction, a second heat dissipation path extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a third heat dissipation path extending along a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The first heat dissipation path, the second heat dissipation path and the third heat dissipation path are surrounding the power contacts for heat dissipation.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first insulative housing (21), a number of first contacts (22) retained in the first insulative housing, and a metallic shell shielding on the first insulative housing. Each first contact comprises a main portion, a contacting section (2211) in front of the base portion, and a soldering section (2201) behind the base portion. Each first contact has a first sub-contact (220) and a second sub-contact (221) stacked with each other. The first sub-contact (220) comprises a first main section (2202) and the soldering section, the second sub-contact (221) comprises a second main section (2210) and the contacting section, the first main section is superimposed on the second main section to form the main portion, and the main portion of the first contact has a larger thickness than the contacting section and the soldering section.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a complementary connector mated with the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a shell and a terminal module received in the shell. The shell defining a mating portion extending forwardly and a receiving room recessed from the rear face thereof. The mating portion defines a mating face at a side surface thereof. The terminal module includes an insulator and a plurality of first terminals retained in the insulator. The insulator defines a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The first terminals includes contacting portions protruding from the first face of the insulator. A supporting plate is inserted between the second face of the insulator and an inner surface of the receiving room and pushing the contacting portions of the first terminals exposed to the mating face.

Abstract: A control unit housing has connector pins arranged therein. Each pin has a first contact end directed to the housing interior for a press-fit connection to a circuit board insertable therein, and a second contact end directed out of the housing for connecting an electrical plug connector or the like. The housing is designed as a header that is open on one side and has an access opening for inserting the circuit board. The access opening can be closed by a cover after mounting the circuit board. The connector pins are substantially right-angled pins arranged in the region of a side wall of the housing. The pins are anchored in the housing by the second contact ends running approximately at right angles to the first contact ends, such that the mounting forces acting on the first contact ends during press-fit connecting are received by the housing.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic control apparatus for a vehicle using waterproof housing sealing and a manufacturing method thereof, and the electronic control apparatus includes: an electronic control element configured to electrically control each part of the vehicle; a connector electrically connected with the electronic control element; a housing having an opened one side surface, the connector connected with the electronic control element being inserted from the one side surface in the slot type to be accommodated in the housing; and a connector cover coupled with the connector to cover the opened one side surface of the housing, in which a flange extended by a predetermined length toward the outside is formed on the opened one side surface of the housing along a side surface of the housing, and a potting layer is formed inside the flange on the connector cover.

Abstract: An electrical connector for mating with a plug and mounting to a printed circuit board, includes an insulative housing with a forwardly extending mating tongue thereof. A terminal module includes an insulator associated with a plurality of contacts commonly assembled into the housing. Those contacts are categorized with the differential pairs, the grounding contacts and the power contacts while each of the contacts includes a front contacting section exposed upon the mating tongue, a middle retention section retained to the insulator, and a rear tail section extending out of the housing. A metallic shielding/reinforcement plate associated with the terminal module is assembled into the housing, and includes a front region inserted into the mating tongue, a middle region with a spring tang to mechanically and electrically connected to the selected grounding contact, and a rear tail section extending out of the housing.