Electrical connector having detecting contact

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulating housing having a base portion extending along a longitudinal direction and a mating tongue extending forwardly from the base portion;
• a metallic shell surrounding the insulating housing to form a mating cavity, and the mating tongue protruded in the mating cavity;
• a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulating housing;
• and
• a detecting contact retained in the insulating housing and having an elastic contacting arm extending toward the mating cavity for exposing a contacting section in the mating cavity;
• wherein the insulating housing has a supporting block for supporting the contacting arm so as to prevent the contacting section from forwardly moving.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a first terminal module including a plurality of stationary contacts insert-molded within a first insulator;
• a plurality of deflectable contacts insert-molded within a second insulator,
• a mating tongue formed by said second insulator and defining opposite first and second surfaces thereon;
• the first insulator and the second insulator configured to be assembled to each other in a vertical direction;
• the deflectable contacts including a plurality of mating contacts cooperating with the stationary contacts commonly exposed upon the first surface, and a plurality of detecting contacts exposed upon the second surface;
• and
• a metallic shell enclosing the assembled first terminal module and second terminal module;
• wherein
• a contacting section of the detecting contact is located behind a contacting section of the mating contact in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said vertical direction;
• wherein
• the mating tongue forms a supporting block to protectively confronting the corresponding detecting contact in the vertical direction.