Electrical connector with improved grounding structure for shielding shell thereof

An electrical connector, comprising:

• a dielectric housing having a base, a mating projection extending forward from the base, and two towers formed at two lateral sides of the base;
• a plurality of terminals being received in the base and protruding into the mating projection;
• a shielding shell enclosing the mating projection of the housing;
• a board lock mounted in each of the towers of the housing and adapted for mounting the connector on a printed circuit board and for electrically connecting with a grounding trace of the printed circuit board;
• at least a grounding plate positioned on a top of a corresponding tower and electrically connecting with a corresponding board lock and with the shielding shell;
• and
• at least a rivet extending through a corresponding tower, the grounding plate and a flake of a corresponding board lock to fixedly connect the grounding plate, the board lock and the tower together, with the grounding plate sandwiched between the tower and the flake of the board lock;
• wherein
• the grounding plate has a resilient finger with a downwardly curved configuration and a free end of the resilient finger resiliently abuts against the shielding shell.