Patent ID: 9263836
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative body comprising an upper wall, a lower wall, a pair of sidewalls, and a rear wall connecting between the upper wall, the lower wall, and the sidewalls for cooperatively defining a receiving space, the insulative body having a mating tongue extending forwardly from the rear wall into the receiving space; a plurality of contacts retained in the mating tongue and partly exposed in the receiving space for engaging with a mating plug connector; a metal shell having a length along a front-and-rear direction smaller than that of the receiving space so as to be positioned on a front part of the lower wall for reducing interference between the metal shell and an antenna mounted adjacent the connector, wherein the metal shell comprises a pair of locking portions spaced apart from each other and each locking portion forming an arc portion arching outwardly away from the receiving space for engaging with a pair of latches of the mating plug connector.