Patent attributes
An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a base portion (11), a pair of longitudinal supporting arms (13) connected to the base portion, and a tongue portion (12) extending forwardly from the base portion to be located between the supporting arms and having a number of passageways (16, 17); a number of contacts (2) defining a plurality of contacting arms (211, 221) and soldering portions (213, 223) and received in the passageways; a shell (3) mounted on the insulative housing and enclosing the tongue portion to define a receiving space (4) therebetween, having a top wall (30), a bottom wall (32) being positioned below the longitudinal supporting arms, and a pair of side walls (31) connecting the top wall and the bottom wall, the top wall defines an abutting plate (33) extending backwardly and engaging with a top surface of the base portion, the pair of side walls are disposed between the longitudinal supporting arms.
