Patent ID: 7931497

Claim:
An electrical connector for being mounted onto a PCB, comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of electrical contacts retained in the insulative housing; and a metal shell coupled to the insulative housing, the metal shell comprising a pair of nuts monolithically protruding therefrom and defining threaded holes for extension of screws of a complementary plug screwed thereinto, and a pair of board locks monolithically extending therefrom for being mounted onto the PCB; wherein the insulative housing has a base portion and a mating portion protruding forwardly from the base portion, the base portion has a pair of through holes passing therethrough along a front-to-rear direction and being located at two lateral sides of the mating portion, the threaded holes pass through the nuts along the front-to-rear direction and communicate with the corresponding through holes; wherein the metal shell comprises a main portion leaning against a front face of the base portion backwardly, and a sleeve portion extending forwardly from the base portion and encircling the mating portion, the nuts integrally protrude forwardly from the main portion, the board locks integrally extend from a lower end of the main portion; wherein the board lock has a retaining portion extending horizontally and being retained in a retaining slot formed on the base portion, and a leg bending downwardly from a lateral side of the retaining portion for being mounted onto the PCB; wherein the leg includes a first arc portion extending downwardly from the retaining portion and bowed outwardly, and a second arc portion extending downwardly from a lower end of the first arc portion and bowed inwardly.