Patent ID: 7798863

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulating housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and side walls to define a receiving cavity opening forward, the top wall defining an opening opened upward and forward; a pair of stopping portions facing to each other and being formed on the top wall and projecting into the opening, the stopping portion defining a lead-in portion at a lower and rear corner thereof; a plurality of contacts assembled to the insulating housing, each of the contacts comprising a contacting portion extending into the receiving cavity; and a shell shielding the insulating housing; wherein each stopping portion comprises an upper face and a lower face, and said lead-in portion is located between the upper face and the lower face and comprises a vertical stopping face and a chamfered guiding surface connecting the stopping face and lower face; wherein the guiding surface slants downward and forward and faces to the receiving cavity so as to facilitate in releasing the mating plug from the stopping face when the mating plug is drawn out; wherein a slanting surface is formed at an edge of the opening opposite to the stopping face and parallel to the guiding surface.