Patent ID: 8597033

Claim:
A receptacle connector, comprising: an insulating housing, a plurality of openings being apart opened in a front face of the insulating housing; a terminal group having a plurality of contact slices molded in the insulating housing and further exposed through the openings respectively, and a plurality of touching arms elastically stretching outside the insulating housing, the terminal group including a ground terminal embedded in the insulating housing; at least one connecting member molded in the insulating housing to electrically connect with the ground terminal, the connecting member having a connecting slice exposed outside and abreast with the front face of the insulating housing; a metal shell mounted to the front face of the insulating housing and point welded with the connecting slice of the connecting member, a window being opened in the metal shell and located to face the openings of the insulating housing for further exposing the contact slices therethrough; and a waterproof washer sealed around the metal shell; wherein the connecting slice of the connecting member has a top end and a bottom end thereof slantwise bent rearward to respectively form a strengthening portion, a free end of one strengthening portion bending from the top end of the connecting slice protrudes upward to form a strengthening tail of which one end is further elongated sideward beyond a side edge of the connecting slice, the strengthening portions and the strengthening tail are embedded in the insulating housing with the ground terminal electrically abutting against a front side of the strengthening tail.