Patent ID: 8202123

Claim:
A connector, comprising: an insulating housing defining a plurality of terminal grooves thereon; a plurality of terminals assembled in the terminals grooves of the insulating housing respectively; and a shielding shell curved from a metal plate to show a substantially rectangular tubular shape with a receiving space therein, two free ends of the metal plate being acted as a pair of jointing plates end-to-end jointed with each other, two end edges of the jointing plates jointed together each having a portion bent downward beyond a level plane of the jointing plates and then extended overstride the joint of the jointing plates to form a reinforcing portion, the reinforcing portion of one jointing plate being superposed against a bottom face of the other jointing plate and further welded with the other jointing plate together to ensure the jointing plates firmly jointed with each other, the insulating housing with the terminals being inserted rearward in the receiving space of the shielding shell.