Patent ID: 7753743

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a main portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the main portion; a terminal received in the insulative housing; and a retainer including a beam and two locking members extending forwardly from opposite ends of the beam, the two locking members latching with the main portion, the beam pressing against the terminal; wherein each locking member includes two deformable arms spaced apart from each other along a vertical direction; wherein a hook portion is formed at a free end of the arm and latches with a front surface of the main portion; wherein the terminal includes a U-shaped base portion and a pair of elastic arms extending forwardly from two side portions of the base portion; wherein the two side portions of the base portion are located in front of the beam of the retainer; wherein the two side portions of the base portion are disposed between the two locking members of the retainer.