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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2014
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Terrance F. Little, Fullerton, CA (US);
Chih-Pi Cheng, New Taipei, TW;
Stephen Sedio, Valley Center, CA (US);
Chien-Ping Kao, Hummels town, PA (US);
Ming-Lun Szu, New Taipei, TW;
Chun-Yi Chang, New Taipei, TW;
Wei-Hung Hsu, New Taipei, TW;
FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a base and a mating tongue extending forwardly in a front-to-rear direction from the base, the mating tongue defining a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. A plurality of contact strips is disposed around the outer surface of the mating tongue of the insulative housing, each contact strip is stamped from a metal sheet and defines a first contacting section exposed upon the first surface and arranged along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction, and a second contacting section exposed upon the second surface and arranged along the transverse direction.