Waterproof electrical connector

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing;
• a plurality of terminals retained in the housing;
• a metallic shell enclosing the housing and defining a mating port forwardly communicating with an exterior in a front-to-back direction, said shell defining a capsular cross-section with a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides thereof;
• a compressible waterproof gasket attached upon a front end region of the shell;
• and
• a metallic mounting bracket positioned upon an exterior surface of the shell and intimately positioned behind the compressible waterproof gasket;
• wherein the mounting bracket includes a first part positioned upon an exterior surface of one of the long sides, and a second part positioned upon an exterior surface of the other of the long sides, and at least one of said first part and said second part unitarily extends from a rear edge of the metallic shell in a folded manner.

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing;
• a plurality of terminals retained in the housing;
• a metallic shell enclosing the housing and defining a mating port forwardly communicating with an exterior in a front-to-back direction, said shell defining a capsular cross-section with a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides thereof;
• a compressible waterproof gasket attached upon a front end region of the shell;
• and
• a metallic mounting bracket positioned upon an exterior surface of the shell and intimately positioned behind the compressible waterproof gasket;
• wherein said mounting bracket includes an upper part composed of two separate pieces respectively linked to a rear edge of the metallic shell via corresponding folded structures, respectively, each of said separate pieces extends away from each other in opposite transverse directions perpendicular to the front-to-back direction with corresponding coupling portions around the corresponding short sides.