Electrical connector with stacked shielding plates sandwiched between two opposite contact modules

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing having a base and a mating tongue forwardly extending from the base;
• a plurality of first contacts arranged in a first row along a transverse direction and commonly retained in the housing;
• a plurality of second contacts arranged in a second row along said transverse direction and commonly retaining in the housing;
• opposite metallic first and second shielding plates stacked with each other and commonly sandwiched between the first contact module and the second contact module in a vertical direction perpendicular to the transverse direction;
• wherein
• the first shielding plate forms a plurality of first spring tangs in one row and extending toward and contacting the corresponding first grounding contact, and the second shielding plate forms a plurality of first spring tangs in another row and extending toward and contacting the corresponding second grounding contact;
• wherein
• the first spring tangs are offset from the second sprint tangs in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to both the vertical direction and the transverse direction.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a first contact module with a plurality of first contact retained therein in a transverse direction via an insert-molding process and including a plurality of first grounding contacts thereof;
• a second contact module with a plurality of second contacts retained therein in the transverse direction via another insert-molding process and having a plurality of second grounding contacts thereof;
• and
• opposite metallic first and second shielding plates stacked with each other and commonly sandwiched between the first contact module and the second contact module in a vertical direction perpendicular to the transverse direction;
• wherein
• the first shielding plate forms a plurality of first spring tangs in one row and extending toward and contacting the corresponding first grounding contact, and the second shielding plate forms a plurality of first spring tangs in another row and extending toward and contacting the corresponding second grounding contact;
• wherein
• the first shielding plate forms a thinned area to receive the thinned second shielding plate therein.