Patent ID: 9425560
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: a docking module; a shielding shell having a top plate, two lateral plates bent downward from two opposite sides of the top plate, a bottom plate connected between two bottoms of the two lateral plates, and a receiving space formed among the top plate, the two lateral plates and the bottom plate, the docking module being received in the receiving space, front ends of the two lateral plates being punched outward to form two barbs, middles of the two lateral plates bulging outward to form two convex portions; and a metal cover covered downward on the shielding shell, the metal cover having a base plate, and two side plates extended downward from two opposite sides of the base plate, the two side plates defining a plurality of openings corresponding to the barbs and the convex portions, bottom edges of the two side plates being recessed upward to form a plurality of guiding notches, each of the guiding notches being correspondingly located below one of the openings, the barbs and the convex portions being guided along the guiding notches to be fastened in the corresponding openings.