Patent ID: 8662928

Claim:
A receptacle connector adapted for engaging with a plug connector, comprising: an inner insulating housing having a base portion, and a tongue portion protruding forward from a front of the base portion; a plurality of terminals integrally molded to the inner insulating housing, each of the terminals having a contact portion longitudinally located in the tongue portion and exposed out of a bottom surface of the tongue portion, and a soldering portion projecting behind the base portion; a shielding shell looped from a first metal plate with an inserting space being formed therein, the inner insulating housing together with the terminals being inserted into the inserting space of the shielding shell, a top of the shielding shell defining two buckling holes vertically penetrating therethrough; a waterproof plate made of a second metal plate thinner than the first metal plate in thickness, the waterproof plate being fastened on the top of the shielding shell, two opposite sides of the waterproof plate being punched upward to form two receiving hats corresponding to the two buckling holes; and an outer insulating housing integrally molded around the shielding shell, the waterproof plate and the base portion of the inner insulating housing with the soldering portions of the terminals projected outside from rear portions of the outer and inner insulating housing; wherein the outer insulating housing has a top wall, two side walls, a bottom wall and a rear wall, the rear wall is molded around the base portion of the inner insulating housing and a rear end of the shielding shell; and wherein the shielding shell has a top plate, a pair of lateral plates and a bottom plate, the shielding shell defines two arc-shaped matching grooves of which each passes through the joint of one lateral plate and the bottom plate, the outer insulating housing defines two matching portions of which each protrudes across the joint of one side wall and the bottom wall to be received in the corresponding matching groove.