Electrical connector with retaining device

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing defining an elongated main body with two opposite retaining sections at two longitudinal ends, and with a mating tongue extending forwardly from a middle portion of the main body;
• a metallic shell defining opposite upper and bottom faces and opposite two end faces commonly defining a space receiving said mating tongue;
• a pair of mounting ears discrete from said housing and said shell and assembled to the shell, said shell defining first and second gripping sections respectively grasping the main body and the corresponding mounting ear;
• wherein
• said retaining section blocks rearward movement of the corresponding mounting ear therein said shell further includes an abutment section blocking backward movement of the corresponding mounting ear and sandwiched between the corresponding mounting ear and the corresponding retaining section in a front-to-back direction.

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing having a base portion and a mating tongue extending from the base portion, a plurality of contacts extending from the base portion to the mating tongue;
• a metallic shell attached to the base portion and substantially enclosing the mating tongue for receiving a mating connector therein, the metallic shell having transversal end walls and each including first and second locking tabs extending face-to-face from opposite edges thereof and offset from each other, and jointly defining a retaining space therein;
• a pair of retaining devices discrete from said insulating housing and said metallic shell and assembled to said metallic shell, each of said pair of retaining devices including an extending board securely retained in the retaining space and a main body projecting out of the retaining space;
• and
• a third locking tab extending from the end wall to prevent the extending board from escaping from the retaining space.