Patent attributes
An electrical connector is used to be electrically connected to a mating component. The electrical connector includes a body having an insertion slot for the mating component to insert therein along a mating direction, and two side walls located at two opposite sides of the insertion slot and extending along an elongated direction perpendicular to the mating direction. A retainer is provided at one end of the body along the elongated direction to buckle with the mating component. Multiple terminals are provided on the two side walls, protruding into the insertion slot to mate with the mating component. A metal member is provided on the body and correspondingly covering one of the side walls. The metal member is provided with at least one through slot provided obliquely relative to the mating direction and adjacent to the retainer in the elongated direction.
