Electrical connector

An electrical connector adapted for being interconnected with a docking connector, comprising:

• an insulating housing including a main portion, and a tongue portion fastened to a front end of the main portion, the tongue portion having a first docking portion, and a second docking portion protruded frontward from a middle of a front surface of the first docking portion, the tongue portion opening a plurality of terminal grooves arranged in two rows along an up-down direction, the terminal grooves being transversely arranged in each row, the two rows of the plurality of the terminal grooves penetrating through an upper portion and a lower portion of the first docking portion along a longitudinal direction, and a top surface and a bottom surface of the second docking portion along the up-down direction;
• a plurality of conductive terminals fastened to the insulating housing and arranged in two rows, each of the plurality of the conductive terminals having a fastening portion, an extending portion connected with a front end of the fastening portion, and a contact portion connected with a front end of the extending portion, a surface of the extending portion of each of the plurality of the conductive terminals forming an insulation layer, the fastening portions of the plurality of the conductive terminals being fastened in the main portion, front ends of the extending portions and the contact portions of the two rows of the plurality of the conductive terminals passing through the two rows of the plurality of the terminal grooves and being exposed to the top surface and the bottom surface of the second docking portion;
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• a shielding element formed by a metal injection molding technology, the shielding element surrounding the insulating housing, the shielding element having a base body, two opposite sides of a front surface of the base body extending frontward to form two side boards spaced from each other, an upper portion and a lower portion of the front surface of the base body protruding frontward to form two sealing boards, the two sealing boards being attached to a top surface and a bottom surface of the first docking portion, the first docking portion being surrounded among the two side boards and the two sealing boards, a front surface of the second docking portion being flush with front surfaces of the two side boards;
• wherein the insulation layers of the extending portions of the two rows of the plurality of the conductive terminals are exposed to the top surface and the bottom surface of the second docking portion respectively, and are adjacent to and project beyond front surfaces of the two sealing boards respectively.