Electrical connector with grounding contact having forked soldering branches

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing comprising a tongue plate and an insulative block fixed to the tongue plate, the tongue plate defining a mating portion;
• a plurality of first contacts retained in the tongue plate, each first contact comprising a flat first contacting section exposed on the mating portion, a first retaining section embedded in the tongue plate and a first soldering section extending from the first retaining section;
• a plurality of second contacts retained in the insulative block, each second contact comprising a resilient second contacting section protruding upwardly beyond the first contacting sections, a second retaining section fixed in the insulative block and a second soldering section extending from the second retaining section, the second contacts comprising a first pair of high-speed differential signal contacts, a second pair of high-speed differential signal contacts and a grounding contact disposed between the first pair and the second pair of high-speed differential signal contacts;
• and
• a metallic shell enclosing the mating portion;
• wherein
• the second soldering section of the grounding contact is forked and comprises a first branch for connecting with a grounding wire of a cable, a second branch for connecting with a grounding wire of the cable and a third branch for connecting with a metallic shielding braid layer of the cable in condition that the first branch and the second branch are symmetrical to each other along the third branch.

A cable connector compatible to type-A Universal Serial Bus (USB) 3.0 standard, comprising:

• an insulative housing comprising a tongue plate defining a mating portion;
• a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing and divided into a first contact group and a second contact group, the first contact group comprising a plurality of first contacts each of which comprises a flat first contacting section extending onto the mating portion, a first retaining section fixed in the insulative housing and a first soldering section for being connected to a cable, the second contact group comprising a plurality of second contacts each of which comprises a resilient second contacting section protruding upwardly beyond the first contacting sections, a second retaining section fixed in the insulative housing and a second soldering section for being connected to a cable, the second contacts comprising a first pair of high-speed differential signal contacts, a second pair of high-speed differential signal contacts and a grounding contact disposed between the first pair and the second pair of high-speed differential signal contacts;
• and
• a metallic shell enclosing the mating portion;
• wherein
• the second soldering section of the grounding contact is of a forked manner and comprises at least a first branch and a second branch;
• and wherein
• the first contacts are insert-molded with the tongue plate, the insulative housing comprising an insulative block with the second contacts embedded therein, the insulative block being locked with the tongue plate along a top-to-bottom direction;
• and wherein
• the tongue plate comprises a pair of notches on lateral edges thereof and a pair of stepped walls exposed to the notches, the insulative block comprising a pair of locking arms each of which comprises a hook to lock with corresponding stepped wall so as to prevent the insulative block from being separated from the tongue plate along a bottom-to-top direction.