Patent ID: 7445502

Claim:
A vertical type electrical connector mounted on a circuit substrate adapted for mating with a complementary connector, said complementary connector comprising a body portion, a printed circuit board with its rear portion received in the lower section of the body portion, at least one protruding member spaced apart from the printed circuit board in a parallel relationship and extending from the body portion along a mating direction, comprising: an insulated housing comprising a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall and a pair of lateral walls interconnecting with the front, the back and the bottom walls to define a hollow adapted for receiving the printed circuit board of the complementary connector, each of lateral walls forming an L-shaped bulge at the lower portion, said L-shaped bulge and the side wall cooperatively form a positioning slot; a plurality of terminals arranged into two rows and received in the insulated housing, respectively adapted for electrically connecting with the printed circuit board of the complementary connector; a metal shell comprising a front side, a rear side and a pair of transversal sides joining to the front and the rear sides to define a receiving space; the lower section of the receiving space of the metal shell housing the insulated housing and the upper section of the receiving space adapted for receiving the complementary connector; and the insulated housing pre-assembled with the metal shell together via a coupling device, with the bottom edge of the transversal side of the metal shell sandwiched in the positioning slot.