Patent ID: 7559785

Claim:
A plug connector adapted for mating with a complementary connector, comprising: a housing comprising a base and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base for fitting with the complementary connector; a circuit board received in the housing; a latching mechanism assembled to the base and comprising a pusher and a latch, said pusher having a head portion provided with a resisting portion, a shaft and a depressing portion opposite to the head portion relative to the shaft, said latch having a nest engageable with the resisting portion and a latching portion provided with a pair of claws; and a metal shell attached to the base, the metal shell having a window for outward passage of the pressing portion and a resilient beam disposed in the window and resisting against the pressing portion of the pusher; wherein said pusher is pivotable about the shaft to engage the resisting portion with the nest of the latch to move the latch together with the claws from a latching position to an unlatching position.