Patent ID: 7789704

Claim:
A connector comprising: a dielectric housing having a base, the base having a protruding platform at a front surface thereof, a peripheral dimension of the protruding platform being smaller than that of the base; at least one connecting unit mounted to the dielectric housing with contacts thereof extending out from both a front surface of the protruding platform and a rear surface of the base, the contacts including a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of second contacts separated by the first contacts, each first contact having a first soldering portion of L-shape, and each second contact having a second soldering portion of inverted-L shape, which are both arranged out of the base to cooperatively form a substantially rectangular frame shape for convenient soldering; and a plastic shield integrally molded with the dielectric housing and enclosing a periphery of the dielectric housing, the plastic shield having a basic body, the basic body having a first cavity at a front thereof for receiving the protruding platform and a second cavity disposed inside the basic body and communicating with the first cavity for accommodating the base.