Electrical connector

An electrical connector for being mounted to a printed circuit board, comprising:

• a dielectric housing forming a pair of fitting portions on a rear face thereof and a pair of receiving cavities at opposite ends thereof;
• a conductive shell mounted on a front face of the housing;
• a pair of boardlocks each secured to a corresponding fitting portion and comprising a main body, perpendicular to the printed circuit board two extending portions substantially perpendicular to said main body, a solder arm integral with one of the two extending portions, and a pair of spaced legs extending from said main body for insertion into the printed circuit board;
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• a pair of fixing pieces each connected to a corresponding boardlock and each forming a guiding post extending perpendicular to a printed circuit board, said fixing piece being secured to said conductive shell for providing a grounding path toward a printed circuit board;
• wherein the rear face of said housing defines a recess at either end thereof and in communication with the corresponding receiving cavities for receiving each said boardlock and each said fixing piece;
• wherein said solder arm extending from said one extending portion is parallel to the printed circuit board;
• wherein each said main body further comprises a sidewall integrally extending therefrom for being embedded in a slot configured in said fitting portion;
• wherein the fixing piece comprises a protrusion integrally and perpendicularly connected with said guiding post;
• wherein one of said extending portions has an aperture corresponding to the protrusion of said fixing piece and said conductive shell defines a pair of fixing holes at opposite ends of said shell, and whereby respective said apertures and fixing holes are coaxial with respective said receiving cavities of the housing;
• wherein each said protrusion projects through a respective one of said apertures of said extending portions and said receiving cavities of said housing, and said fixing holes of said shield.