US Patent 10135166 Symmetric dual beam contact

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals retained in the housing. The housing includes a base and a mating tongue extending forwardly from the base. The mating tongue forms opposite mating surfaces forwardly extending and vertically converging toward each other. The terminal includes a main body, a pair of beams extending forwardly from a front side of the main body for being respectively exposed upon the opposite mating surfaces, and a pair of soldering sections extending outwardly and laterally for mounting to a printed circuit board.