Patent ID: 7108555

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a base section and a mating port forwardly projecting from the base section; a plurality of terminals loaded in the insulative housing and each having a contact section disposed in the mating port; a shell provided with a frame section surrounding the mating port and a plate section attached to the base section, the plate section formed with a pair of ears attached at opposite longitudinal ends of the base section; and a pair of locking blocks disposed at the opposite longitudinal ends of the base section and each formed with a mounting section mounted onto the base section and a forwardly extending hook beside the mating port; a pair of fasteners to fasten the locking blacks and the base section together by passing through the mounting section of the locking blocks and the base section in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal and mating directions; wherein the ears of the plate section are securely sandwiched between the locking blocks and the base section, respectively.