Patent ID: 7275940

Claim:
A Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector adapted to mount on a circuit board, the USB connector comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of conductive terminals each having a flexible arch portion and a projected out, curved interfering portion on the arch portion for electrically connecting to the circuit board engaged with the arch portion and interfering portion; and a metal shell; wherein the insulative housing and the conductive terminals are insert-molded as an integral housing body having a front terminal bearing portion, a first side arm horizontally extending rearward from one side of the terminal bearing portion, and a second side arm horizontally extending rearward from the other side of the terminal bearing portion, each of the side arms has a horizontal orientation clipping groove together with the arch and interfering portions for being horizontally inserted the printed circuit board into the clipping groove so as to directly fasten the printed circuit board in the clipping groove, a front portion of the housing body is fastened in a rear portion of the metal shell, and the conductive terminals are disposed between the first and second side arms.