Patent ID: 8419473

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulating housing having a base body and a tongue portion protruded forwards from a substantial middle of a front of the base body, a top of the tongue portion defining a mating groove penetrating through a front of the tongue portion, a bottom inner side of the mating groove defining a plurality of terminal grooves each extending along a front-to-rear direction to penetrate through the base body, two sides of a bottom of the tongue portion protruding downward and further extending forward beyond the front of the tongue portion to form a pair of bearing boards; a plurality of terminals including a plurality of flat terminals made by stamping and bending metal strips and a plurality of spring terminals made by die-cutting upright metal boards of long rectangular shape, each spring terminal being inserted forward and uprightly positioned in the corresponding terminal groove of the insulating housing without being pressed and bent, the spring terminal having a contacting portion protruding into the mating groove, the flat terminals being molded in the base body and the bearing boards of the tongue portion with front ends thereof acted as contacting ends and exposed through tops of fronts of the bearing boards; a lid mounted to a back of the insulating housing and defining a plurality of inserting holes each aligned with one terminal groove for positioning a rear of the spring terminal therein; a latch inserted forward in the insulating housing; and a shielding shell curved from a metal plate to show a hollow barrel shape and sheathing the tongue portion and the bearing boards of the insulating housing, the shielding shell electrically connecting with the latch.