Electrical connector

An electrical connector which can be coupled with a mating connector inserted from a tip side thereof, comprising:

• at least one contact pin;
• at least one insulating housing for containing the at least one contact pin therein;
• at least one metallic outer contact for covering the at least one housing;
• and
• a metallic shell for holding the at least one contact pin, the at least one housing and the at least one outer contact,
• wherein the at least one contact pin includes:
• a horizontally extending portion which is located in the at least one housing and linearly extends in an insertion and extraction direction of the mating connector, and
• at least one protruding portion which extends from a side portion of the horizontally extending portion in the at least one housing in a width direction perpendicular to the insertion and extraction direction of the mating connector,
• wherein the at least one housing includes:
• a cylindrical portion which linearly extends in the insertion and extraction direction of the mating connector and contains the horizontally extending portion of the at least one contact pin therein, and
• at least one pressing rib formed on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion at a position corresponding to the at least one protruding portion of the at least one contact pin,
• wherein the shell includes:
• a body portion, and
• at least one insertion hole which passes through the body portion in the insertion and extraction direction of the mating connector and into which the cylindrical portion of the at least one housing is inserted, and
• wherein when the cylindrical portion of the at least one housing is inserted into the at least one insertion hole of the shell, the at least one pressing rib of the at least one housing is pressed by an inner surface of the at least one insertion hole of the shell, and thereby a portion of the cylindrical portion of the at least one housing where the at least one pressing rib is formed is elastically deformed toward the inner side and is pressed against the at least one protruding portion of the at least one contact pin to lock the at least one contact pin in the at least one housing.