Patent ID: 9337589
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a base portion with a rear room depressed thereof along an rear-to-front direction, a top and a lower tongue portions extending forwardly from the base portion; a plurality of contacts retained to the insulative housing, the contacts having a plurality of upper contacts with a plurality of contact portions disclosed on a bottom side of the top tongue portion and a plurality of lower contacts with a plurality of contact portions disclosed on a bottom side of the lower tongue portion; a spacer received in the rear room; a metal plate having a main portion retained in the spacer vertically and at least a cantilever arm extending outside from a side end of the main portion, the cantilever arm and the main portion being coplanar with each other in a same vertical plane, said cantilever arm being deflected in said vertical plane; and a metal shell having two side walls covering two sides of the insulative housing; wherein the cantilever arm extends outside of the spacer and having a protruding portion protruding beyond a side of the insulative housing to abut against the side wall of the metal shell.