Patent attributes
An electrical connector comprise: an insulative body comprising a body portion and a tongue portion extending forwards from the body portion; a plurality of conductive terminals divided into a group of first conductive terminals and a group of second conductive terminals, a mating portion of each first conductive terminal is exposed on a first surface of the tongue portion, a mating portion of each second conductive terminal is exposed on the second surface of the tongue portion; an outer shielding shell fixed on the insulative body, having at least a grounding soldering leg and enclosing an outer space of the tongue portion to form a mating cavity; and a grounding metal plate comprising a main plate and at least an extending portion extending from the main plate, the main plate is embedded in the tongue portion and spaces the first conductive terminals apart from the second conductive terminals, the extending portion extends out from at least a side of the insulative body and electrically contacts the outer shielding shell. The present disclosure may reliably provide a grounding circuit for the grounding metal plate without a grounding soldering pad additionally provided on a circuit board.
