Patent ID: 7909648

Claim:
An electric connector, comprising: a housing having a front surface and a back surface; a plurality of signal contacts disposed in the housing; a metal shell covering side surfaces of the housing, one segment of the metal shell having a first edge positioned adjacent to the back surface and a second edge positioned adjacent to the front surface; and a plurality of ground contacts disposed in the housing; wherein the plurality of ground contacts are formed integral of and extended forwardly from the second edge of said segment, wherein said segment is supported by two corner portions of the metal shell, wherein said segment is depressed with respect to the two corner portions, wherein the housing has a recess formed at a back surface thereof for receiving said segment of the metal shell, wherein said segment is connected to the two corner portions via a respective link portion, wherein the housing further comprising a notch formed at each end portion of the recess for receiving one of the link portion.