Patent ID: 7018238

Claim:
A thin connector, comprising: an insulative housing being substantially rectangular and having long sides and short sides, a mating wall and a connecting wall being respectively located at long side and opposite to each other, a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls being formed between the mating wall and the connecting wall, engaging blocks respectively extending outwardly from opposing ends of the connecting wall and defining receiving space toward the mating wall, wherein an opening being defined longitudinally through the mating wall for accommodating a mating connector, a plurality of passageways being transversely defined through the mating wall and the connecting wall, a plurality of plug holes being transversely defined below the passageways, each engaging block defining an assembling hole therein; a plurality of conductive terminals received in the passageways, and each conductive terminal including a contact portion, a soldering portion and an interferential portion; and a shell forming a top shielding wall, a bottom shielding wall, a pair of side shielding walls and assembling arms for corresponding to the assembling holes of the insulative housing, wherein the bottom shielding wall being mounted inside the insulative housing, the assembling arms having front portions assembled inside the assembling holes of the insulative housing and assembling grooves being defined in rear portions of the assembling arms, the top shielding wall, the side shielding wall and the receiving space defining a locking groove for locking with the mating connector, wherein positioning notches are respectively defined in the insulative housing and adjacent to the side walls, wherein grounding pins extend from the bottom shielding wall of the shell, corresponding to the positioning notches, and have soldering portions bending appropriately for facilitating surface mounting, and wherein the assembling arms are integrally formed with an extend outwardly from the top shielding wall, and are bent substantially perpendicularly to reach the bottom shielding wall, then being perpendicularly bent again and extend to cover the side shielding walls, and wherein protuberances are formed on the front portion of the assembling arms.