Patent ID: 8021188

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulating housing, a front of the insulating housing defining a receiving space, at least one fastening groove being opened in an outer periphery of the insulating housing and extending along a front-to-rear direction, a bottom of the fastening groove defining a fastening hole communicated with the receiving space at a front end thereof; a plurality of terminals received in the insulating housing; at least one propping element received in the corresponding fastening groove, the propping element having a base portion, an elastic portion extended frontward from the base portion, and a contacting portion protruded inward from a free end of the elastic portion for being inserted into the fastening hole to be exposed to the receiving space; and a shielding shell enclosing the insulating housing and the propping element, the shielding shell having at least one mouth corresponding to the fastening hole and the contacting portion of the propping element.