Patent attributes
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base portion and a mating tongue extending forwardly from the base portion, the mating tongue defining two opposite mating faces and a step portion at a root thereof to the base portion; two rows of terminals retained in the insulative housing and including contacting portions disposed on the mating surface and in front of the step portion; a pair of discrete metal plates located between the two rows of terminals, each metal plate comprising a first plate portion disposed in the mating tongue, a second plate portion disposed in the base portion, each first plate portion defining a locking edge at outer side thereof and exposed to corresponding side face of the mating tongue; and each metal plate defines an extending portion bent upwardly, the extending portion covers the matting surface of the step portion.
