Patent ID: 8267703
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue potion extending forwardly from the base portion, the base portion defining a retaining slot and a pair of side walls located at two lateral sides of the retaining slot, each side wall has at least one protrusion protruding outwardly from an outer face thereof; a plurality of contacts attached to the insulative housing; an insulator retained in the retaining slot and defining a pair of side surfaces facing inner faces of the side wall; at least one clearance being formed between the adjacent side surface and inner face and corresponding to the respective protrusion in a transverse direction; and a metal shell assembled to the insulative housing and covering the insulative housing and the insulator, the metal shell defining a top plate, a bottom plate opposite to the top plate, and a pair of side plates connecting the top and bottom plates for covering the outer face and passing over the protrusions in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to the transverse direction when the metal shell being assembled to the insulative housing.