Electrical connector and method of assembling the same

A method of assembling an electrical connector, comprising the steps of:

• providing a first insulative housing having a plurality first receiving slots, a base portion, and a mating portion;
• assembling a plurality of contacts to the first insulative housing, each contact defining a first mating section and a second mating section respectively formed at two ends thereof;
• inserting the plurality of first mating sections into corresponding first receiving slots;
• providing a second insulative housing having a plurality of second receiving slots, a body portion, and a tongue portion;
• assembling a metallic shell to the second insulative housing, the metallic shell defining a plurality of engaging pieces;
• assembling the assembled second insulative housing and metallic shell to the first insulative housing, the step of assembling including locating the second insulative housing body portion on the first insulative housing base portion, inserting the engaging pieces of the metallic shell into the base portion of the first insulative housing, and inserting the plurality of second mating sections into corresponding second receiving slots;
• assembling another metallic shell to the first insulative housing, the another metallic shell defining a plurality of engaging pieces, the step of assembling comprising inserting the plurality of engaging pieces of the another metallic shell into the base portion of the first insulative housing;
• attaching a metallic piece having two connecting sections respectively to the two metallic shells;
• soldering the two connecting sections to the two metallic shells.

An adaptor comprising:

• an insulative housing including a first mating port and a second mating port facing to different directions;
• and
• a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing, each of said contacts unitarily defining a first contacting section exposed in the first mating port and a second contacting section exposed in the second mating port;
• wherein
• the first contacting section defines a first mating face on a surface perpendicular to a thickness surface of the first contacting section while the second contacting section defines a second mating face on a surface which is derived from a thickness surface of the second contacting section.