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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Yu Luo, Shenzhen, CN;
Hong-jing Luo, Shenzhen, CN;
Xing-liang Liu, Shenzhen, CN;
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a housing including a base portion and a tongue portion and contacts. The contacts include contacting plate at the tongue portion, leg portion extending from the rear and retaining portions retained in the base portion. The contacts includes a first group and second group, each group including ground contacts and signal contacts. The contacting plates of the first group are located along a first side face of the tongue portion, the contacting plate of the second group are located along an opposite second side face, the retaining portions of the first and second groups being spaced from each other. A one-piece grounding bar is retained in the base portion, the ground bar includes a beam portion hidden in the base portion and between said retaining portions of the first group and second groups, and fingers touch with corresponding retaining portions of ground contacts.