Thin connector

Claim 1

A thin connector adapted to be assembled on a PCB for signal transmission, comprising: an insulative housing being substantially rectangular and having a mating wall and a connecting wall opposite to each other, a top wall at a top, a bottom wall at a bottom, and a pair of side walls between the mating wall and the connecting wall, a first opening being defined longitudinally through the mating wall for accommodating a mating connector, a plurality of passageways being transversely defined through the mating wall and the connecting wall, a pair of fastening portions respectively extending outwardly from the side walls, and each fastening portion defining a fastening room toward a front thereof for receiving a fastening element of a mating connector, an assembling holes being defined in the side walls and communicating with the fastening room; a plurality of conductive terminals received in the passageways, and each conductive terminal including a contact portion, a soldering portion and an interferential portion between the contact portion and the soldering portion; a shell forming a first shielding wall, a second shielding wall, a third shielding wall and a pair of side shielding walls respectively for shielding the mating wall, the bottom wall, the top wall and the fastening portions of the insulative housing, a second opening being defined longitudinally through the first shielding wall for corresponding to the first opening of the insulative housing, a receiving cavities being respectively defined in both sides of the first shielding wall for corresponding to the receiving rooms of the fastening portions; and a metal plate being substantially rectangular and sandwiched between the conductive terminals and the insulative housing, assembling arms upwardly extending from opposite side edges of the metal plate, each assembling arm having a rear tab for locking with the fastening portions and defining a retaining hole at a bottom edge thereof for locking with the mating connector.