Electrical connector with two grounding bars

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing;
• a plurality of first contacts disposed in the housing and categorized with grounding and signal contacts alternately arranged with each other in a first row, each of said first contacts defining a front contacting section and a rear retaining section;
• a front grounding bar assembled to the housing and associated with a plurality of front fingers mechanically and electrically connecting to the front contacting sections of the selected grounding contacts;
• and
• a rear grounding bar assemble to the housing and associated with a plurality of rear fingers mechanically and electrically connecting to the rear retaining sections of said selected grounding contacts.

An electrical connector assembly comprising:

• a first connector including a first insulative housing defining a mating tongue;
• a plurality of first contacts disposed in the housing and categorized with grounding and signal contacts thereof, each other contacts defining a front contacting section and a rear retaining section, an outer face of the front contacting section being exposed upon the mating tongue;
• a first grounding bar embedded in the mating tongue and associated with a plurality of front fingers abutting against inner faces of the contacting sections of the selected grounding contacts of the first contacts;
• a second connector mated with the first connector and including a second insulative housing defining receiving cavity to receive said mating tongue;
• a plurality of second contacts disposed in the second housing and categorized with grounding and signal contacts thereof, each of said second contacts defining a front contacting section and a rear retaining section, the front contacting sections of said second contacts resiliently extending into the receiving cavity to resiliently contact the outer face of the contacting section of the corresponding second contact;
• and
• a second grounding bar assembled to the second housing and associated with a plurality of front fingers to mechanically and electrically connect the front contacting sections of the selected grounding contacts of the second contacts;
• wherein
• the selected grounding contacts of the first contacts are mated with the selected grounding contacts of the second contacts, respectively.