Patent ID: 7887337

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a housing having a first side wall and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall, the first and second side walls defining a first inserting slot and a second inserting slot at opposite portions thereof, respectively; a circuit board mounted in the housing and defining a plurality of contact terminals; a cover supported on the side walls, the cover defining a plurality of locating grooves for allowing the contact terminals of the circuit board exposed therefrom; and a ground element of board shape mounted to the housing, a portion of the ground element apart from two opposite ends of the ground element having an elastic cantilever arm, one end of the ground element opposite to a free end of the cantilever arm passing through the first inserting slot firstly and then the second inserting slot, the cantilever arm entering into an inside of the housing from the first inserting slot and then springing up to make the free end thereof blocked by the first side wall.