Electrical connector with improved shielding member

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulated housing comprising a bottom wall and upstanding walls extending from the bottom wall, said bottom wall and said upstanding walls commonly defining a mating cavity for receiving a plug portion of a complementary connector, said upstanding walls including at least two opposite longitudinal side walls;
• a plurality of electrical terminals fixed in the housing, each contact comprising a contact portion exposed in the mating cavity for electrically connecting with the complementary connector;
• a metallic shielding member comprising a plate portion surrounding outer surfaces of the upstanding walls, and a folded portion extending from the plate portion and attached to an inner surface of one of said two longitudinal side walls, the folded portion provided with a latching portion latched to said inner surface, and
• said plate portion further defining another latching portion latched around an outer surface of the other of said two longitudinal side walls.

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing including a bottom wall with two opposite longitudinal side walls and two lateral side walls extending therefrom, said bottom wall and said longitudinal side walls and said lateral side walls commonly defining a cavity for receiving a complementary connector therein;
• a protrusion formed on an inner surface of one of said longitudinal side walls,
• a plurality of contacts disposed in said protrusion with contact portions exposed to said cavity for engagement with the complementary connector;
• a metallic shielding member including a plate portion essentially enclosing said longitudinal side walls and said lateral side walls;
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• a pair of folded portions extending from an upper edge of said plate portion around the other of said longitudinal side walls and into the cavity to abut against a corresponding inner surface of said other of the longitudinal side walls.