Flippable electrical connector

A plug connector for provision of power, comprising:

• an insulative housing forming a receiving cavity with two opposite sites in a vertical direction;
• two rows of contacts disposed on said two opposite sides in equal intervals while in diagonally symmetrical manner, each of said contacts including a front contacting section for mating with a terminal of a complementary receptacle connector, and a rear connecting section being mounted to a printed circuit board instead of a corresponding wire;
• wherein
• the plug connector and the associated printed circuit board are in a floating manner on a chassis.

A plug connector comprising:

• an insulative housing forming a receiving cavity with two opposite sides in a vertical direction which is compatible with a standard plug connector with twelve contacts on each side;
• a first and second rows of contacts disposed on the opposite sides while in diagonally symmetrical manner, each of the contacts including a front contacting section for mating with a terminal of a complementary receptacle connector, and a rear connecting section for directly connecting to a corresponding wire;
• and
• a metallic latch including two opposite latching arms extending into the receiving cavity at two opposite transverse sides thereof in a transverse direction perpendicular to said vertical direction;
• wherein
• each row of contacts is categorized with a pair of grounding contacts at two opposite transverse ends, a pair of power contacts between said pair of grounding contacts, and a specific contact without any high speed differential pair;
• wherein
• the pair of grounding contacts in the first row are electrically connected to the pair of grounding contacts in the second row via either vertical extensions in said vertical direction to directly mechanically and electrically connect thereto or indirectly electrically connect thereto via the metallic latch.