Patent ID: 7361054

Claim:
A connector assembly adapted for being mounted onto a panel, comprising: an insulative housing adapted for mating with a complementary connector; a conductive shell shrouding the insulative housing and comprising a front opening adapted for receiving the complementary connector and a flange adjacent to said front opening and extending outwards to be away from the front opening; and a conductive bracket comprising an opening communicating with the front opening of the conductive shell in the center thereof, a wing plate located in the periphery and a fixation plate connecting the opening and the wing plate, said fixation plate and said wing plate standing in the same surface; wherein said conductive shell is inserted into said opening of the conductive bracket along a rear-to-front direction till a rear surface of said flange abuts against a front surface of said fixation plate of the bracket, and then said shell and said bracket are soldered together; wherein said wing plate lies at outermost of the connector assembly to position and hold the connector assembly on said panel in the help of a locking member of the connector assembly.