Electrical connector having grounding bridge

An electrical connector assembly comprising:

• a first connector including:
• a first insulative housing including a base an elongated base wall and an island-like forwardly extending mating portion extending therefrom;
• a plurality contacts disposed in the first housing;
• a first metallic shell including a horizontal section vertically covering said base and a vertical section horizontally covering said mating portion;
• an upward recess formed in each of two opposite lengthwise ends of the first housing;
• a grounding bridge downwardly inserted into the recess and including a retention section retained in the end and vertically restrained by said horizontal section of the first shell, and a spring arm extending upwardly from the retention section with a distal end extending upwardly and outwardly beyond a top edge of the vertical section of the first shell in both vertical and lateral directions;
• and
• a second connector mated with said first connector and including a second insulative housing enclosed in a second metallic shell;
• wherein
• said distal end of the spring arm abuts against the second shell and is forced to inwardly deflected by said second shell;
• wherein
• the grounding bridge has a pair of barbs on opposite sides of the body portion to engage with the base wall.