Patent ID: 8303342
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of contacts received in the housing; a metal shell enclosing the housing and having two stopping tabs formed on two sides thereof; and an insulative cover having two parts assembled to the metal shell along a mating direction of the electrical connector and an opposite direction to the mating direction, respectively, said two parts of the cover each having a cooperation structure interfering with the stopping tabs of the metal shell; wherein the two parts of the insulative cover include a lid and a boot, the lid assembled to the metal shell from a front portion thereof, the boot assembled to the metal shell from a rear portion thereof; wherein the lid is a frame structure defining a flange around front end and forming two gaps on both sides thereof, the boot is a frame structure defining two ridges on all inner side thereof, and the lid and the boot interfere with the stopping tabs by the gaps and the ridges.