Cable connector with improved terminals

Claim 1

An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a mating surface, a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface, and one or more rows of receiving holes extending through the mating surface and the mounting surface, a cross-section of the receiving hole presenting a slanted rectangle section plus a pair of recessing sections on opposite long sides of the slanted rectangle section, each recessing section defining a vertical peripheral wall, two u-shaped positioning sections being defined at two ends of the slanted rectangle section; and a plurality of terminals correspondingly received in the receiving holes of the insulative housing, each terminal comprising a gradually twisted contact portion in one end thereof, a straight extending portion connected with the contact portion, and a securing portion in the other end thereof twisted in a similar way as the contact portion, the straight extending portion having a width comparable to a horizontal distance between the peripheral walls of the recessing sections of the receiving hole, the securing portion having an interfering portion securely received in the u-shaped positioning sections of the slanted rectangle section of the receiving hole; further comprising a metal shield, a pair of curved flanges extending from the shield, the flanges defining a receiving space for receiving the housing; wherein the housing forms a plurality of protrusions respectively on an upper flange and a lower flange, and wherein the flanges of the shield define a plurality of notches engaged with the protrusions; wherein the insulative housing further defines a cavity in the mounting surface beside the receiving holes; further comprising a signal transmission system received in the cavity of the housing.