Patent ID: 7686655

Claim:
A mini plug connector comprising: an insulative housing having a base having a top, a bottom, two opposite sides, a front and a rear; a tongue formed on and protruding from the front of the base and having a top, a bottom, a front end, a rear end and two opposite sides and further having a space defined in the top and the front end of the tongue and having a partition, an inner bottom surface and two opposite inside surfaces; and at least one top elongated recess defined transversely in the top of the tongue behind the partition of the space; and a plurality of mounting holes defined longitudinally through the insulative housing from the rear of the base to the front end of the tongue and communicating with the space and the at least one top elongated recess; a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals mounted respectively through the mounting holes and extending partially into the space; and a metal shell having a top plate, a bottom plate, two opposite side plates and covering the insulative housing and the first and second terminals and further having a cavity defined in the metal shell; a plurality of pressing members formed on the top plate by a stamping process and extending in the cavity, and two of the pressing members respectively located adjacent to and abutting respectively against the inside surfaces of the two opposite sides of the space of the tongue; wherein each pressing member of the metal shell has a flat bottom surface and the flat bottom surfaces of the pressing members are located in a same level relative to the insulative housing; and wherein the base further has a plurality of mounting hooks, at least one of the mounting hooks is formed on the top and remains of the mounting hooks are formed on the bottom of the base; and the metal shell further has a plurality of locking holes, at least one of the locking holes is defined through the top plate, remains of the locking holes are defined through the bottom plate, and the locking holes axe mounted respectively around and hooked by the mounting hooks on the insulative housing.