Patent ID: 8568170
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulating housing having a base body, a tongue portion protruding forwards from a front of the base body, a substantial middle of a rear of the base body being concaved forward to form a receiving space, a bottom of the tongue portion defining a plurality of terminal grooves each extending along a front-to-rear direction to connect with the receiving space; a fixing body assembled in the receiving space of the insulating housing; a plurality of terminals molded in the fixing body, each terminal having a contacting portion partially projecting downward out of the terminal groove, and a soldering portion stretching behind the fixing body; and a metal shell sheathing rearward the insulating housing together with the fixing body and the terminals, the metal shell having a rear plate curved downward by an external jig to cover a rear side of the fixing body after the metal shell sheathes the insulating housing; wherein a front side of the fixing body protrudes forward to form a plurality of positioning pillars inserted in the terminal grooves of the insulating housing respectively to reinforce the terminals in the corresponding terminal grooves.