Electrical connector having a shielding shell with a pair of side arm soldering legs firmly held by an insulative housing

An electrical connector comprising:

• a contact module including an insulative housing and an upper and lower rows of contacts embedded within the insulative housing, the insulative housing having a base and a tongue forwardly extending from the base along a front-to-back direction;
• a metallic shielding shell enclosing the contact module and having a pair of soldering legs;
• an insulative outer cover enclosing the shielding shell;
• and
• a pair of metallic brackets insert-molded with the insulative outer cover;
• wherein
• each of said brackets includes a holding portion around the corresponding soldering leg, and a supporting arm in front of the corresponding soldering leg in the front-to-back direction.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a contact module including an insulative housing and an upper and lower rows of contacts embedded within the insulative housing, the insulative housing having a base and a tongue forwardly extending from the base along a front-to-back direction;
• a metallic shielding shell enclosing the contact module and having a pair of soldering legs;
• and
• an insulative outer cover enclosing the shielding shell;
• wherein
• the contact module rearwardly extends beyond a rear end of the insulative outer cover where a sealing member is applied to cover a rearward face of the contact module.