Patent ID: 9300065
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a base portion, a mating port extending forwardly along a front-to-rear direction from the base portion and a pair of guiding posts disposed at two opposite sides of the base portion, the mating port defining a front face perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction, the guiding post extending beyond the front face in the front-to-rear direction and defining upper and lower faces opposite in a vertical direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction and an outer connecting face connecting the upper and lower faces; a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing and arranged in a longitudinal direction; and a shield shell enclosing the insulative housing; wherein each guiding post defines a first guiding slot selectively disposed on at least one face of the upper face, the lower face and the connecting face, and the first guiding slot is U-shaped and forwardly runs through a free end of the guiding post in the front-to-rear direction; wherein the shield shell defines a pair of base plates located on opposite sides of the mating port and a locking portion bending to the base portion, and during assembling the locking portion slides in the first guiding slot to be fixed to the base portion; wherein said locking portion is located around a boundary between the mating port and the base portion and rearwardly far away from the front face.