Patent ID: 8777667

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a mating port exposed to an exterior through a front mating face, and two side faces rearwardly extending from two opposite sides of the front mating face; a metallic shell assembled to the housing and including an upside down U-shaped main body including a top wall and two side walls and located in front of the front mating face of the housing under a condition that said top wall of said main body is higher than the housing; a spring member unitarily extending rearwardly from a rear edge of the top wall toward the housing; and a pair of extension arms unitarily extending rearwardly from rear edges of said two opposite side walls of the main body; wherein fastening means is formed on each extension arm and each corresponding side face for fastening the extension arm and the corresponding side face together under a condition that said fastening means is configured to only allow assembling between the shell and the housing in a vertical direction; wherein the housing includes a plurality of downwardly extending posts, and the shell includes a plurality of downwardly extending board locks in front of the downwardly extending posts; wherein each extension arm further includes a horizontal interference tab, and the housing defines a pair of vertical slots each securely receiving the corresponding horizontal interference tab therein.