Patent ID: 8262417

Claim:
An electrical connector adapted to be engaged with a mated connector, comprising: an insulating housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and two opposite side walls which together define an accommodating space thereamong, two sides of a bottom of the top wall defining two receiving grooves communicating with the accommodating space; a dielectric body having a base portion, and a tongue portion protruded from a front of the base portion, the tongue portion penetrating forward through the rear wall to be inserted into the accommodating space of the insulating housing, and the base portion being fastened in the rear wall; a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in the dielectric body, the conductive terminal having a contact arm exposed in the accommodating space, and a soldering portion hung under the base portion and further stretched under the rear wall of the insulating housing; and a metallic piece having a base plate of which two opposite sides and a rear are molded in the insulating housing to make the base plate abut against the bottom of the top wall and apart suspended over the tongue portion of the dielectric body, two sides of the base plate respectively defining an opening corresponding to the receiving groove, a front side of the opening being slantwise bent upward to form a clipping portion located in the receiving groove for securing the mated connector in the accommodating space of the electrical connector.