Electrical connector

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing;
• a shell covering the insulative housing;
• a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, the contacts having a plurality of first contacts comprising two pairs of differential signal contacts and a grounding contact between the two pairs;
• a spacer assembled and retained to the insulative housing, the spacer having a plurality of first contact receiving slots to receive the first contacts;
• and
• an auxiliary contact, the auxiliary contact retained to one of the first contact receiving slots which receives the grounding contact, to electrically contact with the grounding contact, and the auxiliary contact further extending rearward to electrically contact with the shell.

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing assembly;
• a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing assembly and including signal contacts and at least one grounding contact, each of said contacts including a front contacting section for mating and a rear mounting section for mounting;
• a metallic shell enclosing the housing;
• a discrete auxiliary contact retained in the housing assembly and including a first contacting piece resiliently extending toward and electrically and mechanically connected to the shell, and a second contacting piece mechanically and electrically connected to said grounding contact to establish a grounding path between the grounding contact and the shell.