Patent ID: 6964582

Claim:
An electrical connector for mating with a complementary connector, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a base portion, a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion and a plurality of contact receiving passages defined in the base portion and the tongue portion; a plurality of conductive contacts respectively received in said contact receiving passages of the insulative housing; and a conductive shield enclosing the insulative housing, the cross-section of the conductive shield consisting of a pair of straight sections parallel to each other and a pair of arcuate sections each connecting with the pair of straight sections; wherein the conductive shield comprises a first shell enclosing the insulative housing and a second shell enclosing the first shell, and wherein the first and second shells have the same cross-section configuration as each other; wherein the insulative housing forms a lower guiding surface engaging with the second shell and an upper guiding surface engaging with the first shell; wherein the insulative housing forms a pair of mounting portions at opposite sides of the base portion, and wherein each mounting portion is formed with the upper and the lower guiding surfaces.