Patent ID: 7445504

Claim:
An electrical connector adapted for mounting to a circuit substrate, comprising: an insulated housing having a primary body portion including a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls interconnecting with the top wall and the bottom wall to cooperatively form a hollow portion; a plurality of terminals arranged into two distinct sets and respectively supported by the top wall and the bottom wall of the insulated housing; a metal shell including an upper wall and a pair of transversal walls extending downwardly from two opposite side edges of the upper wall to form a substantially inverted U-shaped body portion, said metal shell further having a pair of lateral arms extending rearward from rear edges of the transversal walls respectively and a subsidiary arm coupled to ends of the pair of lateral arms to form a substantially U-shaped frame portion; wherein the insulated housing is securely assembled to the U-shaped frame portion, with the body portion of the metal shell located forwardly of the insulated housing; and a spring member slantways extending downward and rearward from rear edge of the upper wall and located above the insulated housing.