Patent ID: 8657632

Claim:
A connector, comprising: an insulating housing having a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls stood together to define a receiving space thereamong, a front side of the rear wall extending forward to form a tongue portion located in the receiving space, a back side of the rear wall defining a concave groove in accordance with the tongue portion, the tongue portion defining a plurality of terminal grooves communicating with the receiving space and each extending along a front-to-rear direction to penetrate through the rear wall to connect with the concave groove; a plurality of terminals each having a fixing portion fixed in a rear of the terminal groove of the insulating housing with a rear end thereof further projecting into the concave groove, a contact portion extending forward from a front end of the fixing portion to be disposed in the terminal groove and further exposed to the receiving space, a soldering tail being formed from the rear end of the fixing portion and stretching outside the insulating housing; a water-proof member formed in the concave groove of the insulating housing by injecting molten water-proof colloid in the concave groove to wrap around the rear ends of the fixing portions of the terminals and further seal up intervals between the fixing portions and inner sides of the rears of the terminal grooves; and a metal shell molded in the insulating housing; wherein the side wall of the insulating housing defines a receiving cavity penetrating rearward through a back side of the side wall and connecting with one side of the receiving space, the metal shell has two side plates molded in the side walls of the insulating housing between the receiving space and the receiving cavities, each side plate defines a holding hole connecting the corresponding receiving cavity with the receiving space, a rear end of each receiving cavity is blocked off by another water-proof member formed by injecting molten water-proof colloid in the rear end of the receiving cavity.