Right angle type electrical connector

A right angle type electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing including a base portion defining a downward mounting surface in a vertical direction, and a mating portion extending forwardly from the base portion along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said vertical direction, communicating forwardly with an exterior in said front-to-back direction, extending in a vertical plane defined by said vertical direction and said front-to-back direction, and defining two opposite first and second mating surfaces in a transverse direction perpendicular to both said vertical direction and said front-to-back direction;
• a plurality of first terminals disposed in the housing and including at least a pair of first differential pair signal terminals, a first power terminal and a first grounding terminal, each of said first terminals including a first front contacting section exposed upon the first mating surface of the mating portion, a first rear mounting section exposed upon the mounting surface, and a first middle portion linked between the first front contacting section and the first rear mounting section, the first power terminal and the first grounding terminal being located by two sides of the pair of first differential pair signal terminals in a side view along said transverse direction;
• a plurality of second terminals disposed in the housing and including at least a pair of second differential pair signal terminals, a second power terminal and a second grounding terminal, each of said second terminals including a second front contacting section exposed upon the second mating surface of the mating tongue, a second rear mounting section exposed upon the mounting surface, and a second middle portion linked between the second front contacting section and the second rear mounting section, the second power terminal and the second grounding terminal being located by two sides of the pair of second differential pair signal terminals in the side view along said transverse direction;
• said pair of first differential pair signal terminals, said first power terminal and said first grounding terminal of said first terminals, and said pair of second differential pair signal terminals, said second power terminal and said second grounding terminal of said second terminal being symmetrical with each other along an imaginary center vertical plane of said mating portion;
• wherein
• the first front contacting sections of said pair of first differential pair signal terminals and those of the first power terminal and the first grounding terminal are located at a same vertical plane on said first mating surface while the first rear mounting sections of the first power terminal and the first grounding terminal are inwardly offset from those of said pair of first differential pair signal terminals in the transverse direction;
• wherein
• the second front contacting sections of said pair of second differential pair signal terminals and those of the second power terminal and the second grounding terminal are located at a same vertical plane on said second mating surface while the second rear mounting sections of the second power terminal and the second grounding terminal are inwardly offset from those of said pair of second differential pair signal terminals in the transverse direction;
• wherein
• the first middle portions of the first terminals are located in a vertical plane which is located between the vertical plane defined by all the first terminals and another vertical plane defined by the first rear mounting sections of said first differential pair signal terminals in the transverse direction;
• wherein
• the second middle portions of the second terminals are located in a vertical plane which is located between the vertical plane defined by all the second terminals and another vertical plane defined by the second rear mounting sections of said second differential pair signal terminals in the transverse direction.

A vertical type electrical connector comprising:

• a first terminal module and a second terminal module commonly symmetrically sandwiching a metallic shielding plate therebetween in a transverse direction, said shielding plate extending in a vertical plane defined by a front-to-back direction and a vertical direction perpendicular to each other and commonly perpendicular to said transverse direction;
• the first terminal module including a first insulator with a plurality of first terminals embedded therein, the first insulator including a first base portion and a first mating portion extending from the first base portion, said first base portion forming a first bottom portion outwardly expanded in the transverse direction with a first mounting surface thereon, the first terminals including at least a pair of first differential pair signal terminals with a first power terminal and a first grounding terminal by two sides in a side view along the transverse direction, each of said first terminals including a first contacting section exposed upon the first mating portion, and a first mounting section exposed upon the first mounting surface;
• the second terminal module including a second insulator with a plurality of second terminals embedded therein, the second insulator including a second base portion and a second mating portion extending from the second base portion, said second base portion forming a second bottom portion outwardly expanded in the transverse direction with a second mounting surface thereon, the second terminals including at least a pair of second differential pair signal terminals with a second power terminal and a second grounding terminal located by two sides in the side view along the transverse direction, each of said second terminals including a second contacting section exposed upon the second mating portion, and a second mounting section exposed upon the second mounting surface;
• the first contacting sections being located in a same vertical plane on the first mating portion while the first mounting sections of the first power terminal and of the first grounding terminal being located inwardly offset from those of the pair of first differential pair signal terminals in said transverse direction;
• the second contacting sections being located in another same vertical plane on the second mating portion while the second mounting sections of the second power terminal and of the second grounding terminal being located inwardly offset from those of the pair of second differential pair signal terminals in said transverse direction;
• further including a metallic shield enclosing the first terminal module and the second terminal module, wherein said shield includes a capsular portion enclosing the first mating portion and the second mating portion, and a pair of split wings outwardly extending away from each other in the transverse direction away and covering the expanded first bottom portion and second bottom portion, respectively, wherein said pair of wings are symmetrical with each other with regard to an imaginary center plane defined by said shielding plate.