Patent ID: 6962510
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a mounting portion with a bottom plate and a base portion defining a plurality of passageways extending therethrough, and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, one of the passageways extending from the base portion into the tongue portion; a plurality of terminals received in the passageways, one of the terminals located adjacent to and outside of the tongue portion; wherein the tongue portion defines a notch in communication with the passageway and the terminal received in the passageway of the tongue portion has a protrusion extending into the notch; wherein the tongue portion defines a front end, and wherein the notch is defined in a back face of the front end; wherein the tongue portion defines an upper and a lower surfaces, the passageway extending into the tongue portion vertically run across the upper and the lower surfaces; and a shell with an approximately elliptic cross-section, and the base portion received in the shell has an approximately elliptic cross-section too; wherein the shell comprises an upper wall and a lower wall, the bottom plate comprises an upper face and a lower face, and the lower face of the bottom plate is located outside of the lower wall of the shell; wherein the lower face of the bottom plate defines grooves at two sides respectively, the shell comprises mounting legs downwardly extending from two sides thereof and split into several parts, and one part of the mounting leg is bent for clamping into the respective groove.