Patent ID: 8262396

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a housing comprising a mating portion and a connecting portion; a plurality of contacts received in the housing; a shielding comprising a first upper cover and a second down cover respectively assembled on the housing from up to down and from down to up, the upper cover and the down cover respectively comprising a pair of extending arms to combine to form a fastening portion located on the two sides of the shielding; and a handling portion fixed on the fastening portion and comprising a connecting element, and a cover over molded on the connecting element, a pair of fastening arms inserted into the fastening portion of the shielding; wherein said cover of the handling portion is apart from the housing, said cover of the handling portion is made from insulation material and over molded on the handling portion, the cover of the handling portion has a cutout facing to the housing and formed on one side thereof.