Patent ID: 7658646

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulative housing having a forward mating port elevated away from a mounting face; a plurality of recesses, arranged in a matrix manner, formed in the housing under the mating port so as to form a plurality of corresponding partitions among the recesses for support of the mating port; a plurality of passageways formed in the housing and communicating with the mating port; a plurality of ribs formed on a rear face of the housing in alignment with the corresponding passageways respectively so as to form a plurality of channels each between every adjacent two ribs; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing, each of said contacts defining a vertical retention section and a right angle tail below the vertical retention section for surface mounting on a corresponding printed circuit board on which the housing is seated; a metallic shell having top plate, two side plates, and a rear plate respectively covering a top face, two side faces, the rear face of the housing; and wherein the housing includes a pair of abutments formed on opposite sides thereof, and the shell is formed with a pair of wings seated upon the corresponding abutments so as to assemble the shell onto the housing.