Patent ID: 7402081
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a rectangular base, top and bottom longitudinal walls extending forward from the base and a central receiving slot, the top wall having a plurality of receiving grooves at an inner surface thereof, a plurality of partition walls each located between every two receiving grooves, and a guiding channel recessed from an outer surface to be corresponding to the partition wall; a plurality of contacts retained in the corresponding receiving grooves; at least one passageway extending through the base in a mating direction; a pair of slots respectively located at lengthwise ends of the housing and extending through the top wall thereof in communication with the central receiving slot and communicatively aligned with the passageway; and a metallic shell being in a hollow rectangle having a top plate for shielding the top wall of the housing and a bottom plate for shielding the bottom wall of the housing, a pair of securing portions retained in the lengthwise ends of the housing; wherein front faces of the receiving grooves are behind corresponding front faces of the partition walls; wherein the top plate having a bend portion extending from a middle portion thereof and guided by the guiding channel to be retained in the base; and wherein each securing portion includes: