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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Chong Yi, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Joseph Ortega, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Chong Yi, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Joseph Ortega, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An electrical connector has an insulative housing () and a number of electrical contacts (). The insulative housing has a tongue () defining a front face () and an upper side and a lower side perpendicular to the front face. The electrical contacts include a number of upper contacts () and lower contacts (). The lower contacts are arranged on the lower side of the tongue and each including a contact section. The upper contacts each includes an extending section () arranged on the upper side of the tongue. A contact section () is bending from a side edge of the extending section of the upper contact and extending through a passageway () of the tongue for arranging on the lower side and avoiding the upper contacts shorting to a metal shell of a mating plug.