Patent ID: 8376770

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a base and a plurality of periphery walls extending upward from the base to define an inner cavity; a fastening assembly including a retention plate pivotally assembled in a rear end of the insulative housing and a latch assembled at a front end of the insulative housing, the latch comprising a retention arm assembled with the periphery wall, a linking portion extending upwardly from the retention arm, and a handle portion extending from the linking portion; wherein a top surface of the handle portion is driven by an external force so as to outwardly remove the handle portion from the cavity and let the retention plate to be closed in position; and wherein once the external force is withdrawn, the handle portion recovers as to press the retention plate and prevent the retention plate from disengaging from the handle portion along a vertical direction; wherein the retention plate has two tongues extending from a front end and defining a slot therebetween, and when the latch locking the retention plate, the linking portion located in the slot and the handle portion located upon the slot; wherein the handle portion has two ends wider than the linking portion so that bottom surface of the two ends can press and lock the tongues.