Patent ID: 7500876

Claim:
A shielded receptacle connector comprising: an insulative housing having a mounting segment having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom, two opposite sides and further having two sets of front positioning cutaways defined in the front and located respectively adjacent to the top and the bottom of the insulative housing; and a pair of rear positioning cutaways defined in the rear, and the rear positioning cutaways located respectively at the sides; and a tongue segment formed an and extending longitudinally from the front of the mounting segment and having a top and a bottom; and a plurality of terminals mounted in the insulative housing and held by the tongue segment; a shell covering the tongue segment of the insulative housing and the terminals and having a top, a bottom, two opposite sidewalls, a front, a rear and a space defined in the front of the shell, accommodating the tongue segment of the insulative housing and having an outer edge; and two stoppers defined on the outer edge of the space and each stopper being an inclined tab formed between the bottom and one sidewall of the shell; the shell further having two sets of front mounting protrusions formed on and protruding respectively from the top, and the bottom of the shell by stamping, extending in the space, and the front mounting protrusions mounted respectively in the front positioning cutaways in the insulative housing; and a pair of rear mounting protrusions, and the rear mounting protrusions formed respectively on and protruding respectively from the sidewalls by stamping, extending in the space and mounted respectively in the rear positioning cutaways in the insulative housing.