Electrical connector having improved shileding plate

An electrical connector, comprising:

• an insulative housing defining two opposite side walls extending in a first direction and a second direction;
• two rows of contacts arranged in the housing along the second direction and comprising soldering portions extending out of the opposite side walls along a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, each row of contacts comprising grounding contacts therein;
• and
• a shielding plate attached to and covering an outer face of each side wall, the shielding plate defining soldering legs;
• wherein the soldering legs of the shielding plate each defines a receiving slot therein, the soldering portion of each grounding contact passes through the receiving slot to extend out of the housing.

An electrical connector comprising:

• an elongated insulative housing with a pair of side walls extending along a longitudinal direction while being opposite to each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, each of said side walls defining an exterior surface along said longitudinal direction;
• a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing, each of said contacts including an upper contacting section generally extending upwardly in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said longitudinal direction and said transverse direction, and lower soldering section generally extending in the transverse direction for surface-mounting to a printed circuit board, said contacts being categorized with signal and grounding contacts;
• a plurality of latching portions formed on the exterior;
• a pair of metallic shielding plates attached upon the exteriors of the corresponding side walls, respectively, each of said shielding plates being configured to be allowed to be assembled to the corresponding side wall only upwardly in the vertical direction, and defining a plurality of upper latching sections secured to the corresponding latching portions, respectively, and a plurality of lower latching sections grasping a bottom side of the housing;
• wherein
• the lower latching section is electrically contacted with the corresponding grounding contact in the longitudinal direction after the electrical connector mounted to the printed circuit board.