Patent ID: 8535078

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a mounting face, a pair of pivotal grooves on opposite sides of a rear end of the housing and a pair of locking recesses in front of the pivotal grooves respectively; a plurality of contacts arranged in the housing; a metal shell defining a pair of pivotal posts assembled in the pivotal grooves and a pair locking tabs to couple with the pair of locking recesses in a condition that the metal shell rotates to cover on the insulating housing and move forwards; wherein each of the groove defines an elongate axis which is inclined to the mounting face, such that the pivotal posts move closer to the mounting face when the locking tab is finally settled in the recess, wherein the pivotal grooves tilt toward the mounting face in a rear-to-front direction, wherein the pivotal grooves linearly tilt toward the mounting face.