Input/output connector having firmly assembled insulative housing and shell

Claim 1

An input/output connector for mounting on a printed circuit board, comprising: an insulative housing having a pair of horizontally oriented slots; extending along a front-to-back direction in a bottom portion of said housing a plurality of conductive contacts retained in the insulative housing for surface mounting to the printed circuit board; and a metal shell including a bottom plate, a top plate, a pair of side plates projecting from the top plate and a pair of connecting plates joining the bottom plate and the top plate, the bottom plate having a pair of angled engaging plates horizontally. received in the slots of the insulative housing, said shell enclosing the housing and being assembled thereto in said front-to-back direction; wherein each engaging plate extends upwardly and rearwardly from a rear edge of the bottom plate of the shell; wherein the insulative housing comprises an elongate body and a pair of parallel side arms at two sides of the elongate body, each side arm has a first block and a second block at a bottom face thereof, and the bottom plate of the shell has a first notch and a second notch for engaging with said first and second blocks, respectively; wherein the insulative housing comprises a pair of first recesses formed beside said slots, and the top plate of the shell defines a pair of stopping plates received in the first recesses; wherein said side plate of the shell comprises a tang, and the insulative housing comprises a second recess for engaging with said tang; wherein said bottom plate is not directly connected to the side plates but is connected to the top plates via said connecting plates located at a front portion of the housing; wherein the engaging plates are vertically offset from said bottom plate; wherein said slots are located above and vertically aligned with respective posts which extend downwardly from a bottom face of the body.