Patent ID: 8092244

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulating housing having a receiving chamber penetrating through a rear surface thereof, a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of side walls and a front wall being formed around the receiving chamber, two ends of the front wall defining two buckling grooves each extending longitudinally to an inside of the corresponding side wall and communicating with the receiving chamber, a rear of the buckling groove being narrower than a front thereof, the two ends of the front wall further defining two fixing grooves each extending longitudinally to penetrate through the front wall and connected with the receiving chamber and an inside of the corresponding buckling groove; a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulating housing; a buckling part inserted rearward in the buckling groove, the buckling part having a base arm, a contact arm projecting inward into the receiving chamber, and a fixing arm extending forward from a front edge of the base arm and having a greater width than that of the base arm to be buckled in the front of the buckling groove; and a locking element inserted rearward in the fixing groove, the locking element having a base board, a fastening portion protruded rearward from a rear side of the base board, and a hook protruded inward to grapple a rear of an inside of the fixing groove for fastening the locking element in the fixing groove, two opposite side surfaces of the fastening portion respectively abutting against the inside of the fixing groove and the fixing arm, and the rear side of the base board further resisting against a front edge of the fixing arm to hold the buckling part in the insulating housing.