Patent ID: 7160120

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing comprising a base portion and a terminal supporting portion extending forwardly from the base portion; a plurality of passageways for receiving a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing and each terminal having a contact portion extending along the terminal supporting portion; a shell attached to the insulative housing and having a mating frame surrounding the contact portions and the terminal supporting portion to define a mating cavity therebetween; and a pair of strengthened members different from the terminals in configuration buried at opposite ends of the terminal supporting portion; wherein the strengthened members are made of high-intensity material and each comprises a retaining portion and a strengthening portion; wherein the terminal supporting portion comprises two ribs at two longitudinal ends thereof, wherein each rib has two protrusions respectively projecting upwardly and downwardly along a vertical direction, and wherein each protrusion has a horizontal wall to define a channel therebetween; and wherein the each strengthened member is inserted to the channel, wherein the channel different from each of the passageways in configuration.