Patent ID: 7892033

Claim:
A female electrical connector adapted for receiving a male electrical connector, comprising: a dielectric housing defining a receiving slot for being inserted with a tongue board of the male electrical connector which comprises opposite upper inner wall and lower inner wall, a pair of opposite side inner walls respectively intersecting said upper inner wall and lower inner wall; and a plurality of conductive contacts disposed in said dielectric housing with a contacting portion extending into said receiving slot from said upper wall or lower wall for contacting with an upper face or a bottom face of the tongue board of the male electrical connector and the side inner walls of the receiving slot confronting with opposite lateral edges of the tongue board which intersect the upper and bottom faces of the tongue board; a pair of fulcrums defined on one of the side inner walls and the lateral edges of the tongue board, respectively; wherein the side inner walls space away from the lateral edges of the tongue board so that the other of the side inner walls and the lateral edges pivot on the pair of the fulcrums when an engagement of the female and male connector occurs.