Contact bridge punched out away from shielding plate

The electrical connector as claimed in clam 7, wherein the contacts of said one row are integrally formed within a first insulator via an insert-molding process, and the contacts of the other row are integrally formed within a second insulator via another insert-molding process, and said first insulator, said second insulator and the shielding plate are commonly formed within a third insulator via another insert-molding process.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a terminal module enclosing within a metallic shielding shell, said terminal module defining opposite mating surfaces and including at least one contact module intimately positioned upon a metallic shielding plate, said contact module including a plurality of first contacts integrally formed within a first insulator via an insert-molding process, each of said first contacts including a contacting section exposed upon the corresponding mating surface, a plurality of bridges respectively formed between adjacent two contacting sections, a plurality of through holes formed in the first insulator, said bridges located within the corresponding through holes, wherein
• a plurality of barbs are formed on the corresponding contacting sections after the bridges are removed by punching outward in a direction from an hidden surface of the contacting section to an exposed surface of the contacting section, so that said barbs extend away from the shielding plate without decreasing a distance between the contacting sections and the shielding plate.