Patent ID: 7670178

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a tongue plate portion; a plurality of contacts retained in the tongue plate portion, the contacts comprising a plurality of contact portions; a metal shield covering the tongue plate portion and defining a receiving cavity into which the tongue plate portion extends, the receiving cavity being formed by a plurality of peripheral walls, the peripheral walls including a mounting wall which defines a slot communicating with the receiving cavity; and a metal spring being made of a kind of material different from that of the metal shield, wherein the metal spring is fixed to the mounting wall and comprises an engaging arm extending through the slot and into the receiving cavity; the metal spring defining a through hole disposed at a distal end thereof; the through hole receiving a protrusion located perpendicular to and on the mounting wall; another through hole is adjacent to the through hole and receives a second projection located on the mounting wall; and the metal spring further comprises a fixed portion and another engaging arm, the engaging arm and the another engaging arm extending from lateral sides of the fixed portion, the mounting wall defining another slot through which the another engaging arm extends into the receiving cavity.