Patent ID: 11894636
Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulative housing comprising a first wall and a second wall spaced from and parallel with each other and two side walls connecting with opposite ends of the first wall and the second wall and defining a mating slot between the first wall and the second wall and opening forwards;
a plurality of contacts arranged on the insulative housing and comprising contacting sections extending into the mating slot; and
an outer metallic shield enclosing the insulative housing and comprising a main plate located on an outer side of the first wall while separated from the first wall by a distance and a pair of side plates fittingly attached to outer sides of the side walls, respectively;
wherein the insulative housing has a groove extending forwardly at each end of the second wall proximal to a corresponding side wall, and each of the side plates comprises a first hook portion bending inward and fittingly retained in the corresponding groove on the second wall;
wherein the first hook portion comprises a bent portion bending inward from a bottom edge of the side plate and a vertical portion bending from the bent portion towards the first wall, the bent portion straddles the second wall, and the vertical portion is fixed in the groove;
wherein a part of the second wall between the groove and the outer side of a corresponding side wall is cut off partially to accommodate the bent portion; and
wherein each of the side plates comprises a second hook portion behind the first hook portion, and the second hook portions are fittingly retained in the groove and backwardly abut against the insulative housing.