Patent ID: 8721370

Claim:
A USB connector, comprising: an insulating base having a plurality of slots at an end of the insulating base and a plurality of abutting grooves on a surface of the insulating base, with each abutting groove communicating with a respective one of the slots; a plurality of conducting terminals received in the plurality of slots, with each conducting terminal being inserted in a respective one of the slots and having an abutting portion arranged in one of the abutting grooves communicating with the respective slot; a circuit board abutting against the surface of the insulating base whereon forms the abutting grooves, with the circuit board having a plurality of electrical contacts electrically connecting with the abutting portions of the plurality of conducting terminals; and a housing being hollow and receiving the insulating base and the circuit board, wherein a block is formed in each slot and each conducting terminal has a hook portion hooking the block in a respective one of the slots, a well is defined by the block and the inner surfaces of the respect slot, and each conducting terminal has a pressing portion between the abutting portion and the hook portion, with the pressing portion extends into the well, and each slot of the insulating base has a pair of protruding portions respectively formed on two inner lateral sides of the slot, each conducting terminal has a pair of shoulders on two outer lateral sides of the conducting terminal and adjacent to the abutting portion, a section of the conducting terminal with the shoulders has a width larger than that of the slot between the two protruding portions, and each conducting terminal has a gap adjacent to the shoulder.