Patent ID: 8118609

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a main body having a plurality of terminal receiving cavities with flexible lances, a short-circuit terminal accommodating cavity adjacent to the terminal receiving cavities, a window, and an upper supporting wall; signal transmission terminals received and secured by the lances in the terminal receiving cavities; and a short-circuit terminal having a U-shape with a bent part at a forward position and a contact at a rearward position, the short-circuit terminal received in the short-circuit terminal accommodating cavity; wherein the window is positioned to the rear of the lances corresponding to the contact of the short-circuit terminal and through which the terminal receiving cavities and the short-circuit terminal accommodating cavity communicate with each other, the upper supporting wall is positioned to the rear of the lances corresponding to the contact of the short-circuit terminal, and the contact of the short-circuit terminal is in contact with the signal transmission terminals through the window.