Patent ID: 7618268

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a rear portion and a pair of arms extending from lateral sides of the rear portion, a receiving space being commonly defined by the rear portion together with the pair of arms for receiving a complementary connector, the rear portion having a pair of upper and lower tongue plates extending forwardly from a front face thereof and extending into the receiving space, a mating slot being formed between the upper and lower tongue plates, the upper tongue plate defining a plurality of first passageways communicating with the mating slot; a plurality of contacts received in the upper tongue plate and comprising a plurality of elastic contact portions disposed in the first passageways and further protruding into the mating slot under a condition that the contact portions are deformable in the first passageways; and a metal shield enclosing the insulative housing and comprising a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls engaging with the pair of arms, the top and bottom walls communicating with the receiving space.