Female USB connector

A female USB connector comprising an electrically insulative base member, a set of first metal terminals mounted in said electrically insulative base member, an electrically insulative tongue plate mounted on a top side of said electrically insulative base member, a set of second metal terminals mounted in said electrically insulative tongue plate and electrically isolated from said set of first metal terminals, wherein:

• said electrically insulative base member comprises an abutment portion for abutting against a matching male USB connector upon insertion of the matching male USB connector into a metal shielding shell, a plurality of terminal grooves formed in said abutment portion for the positioning of said first metal terminals, and two locating blocks respectively protruded from two opposite lateral sidewalls of said abutment portion;
• said electrically insulative tongue plate comprises a bottom accommodation space for accommodating said abutment portion of said electrically insulative base member, a plurality of elongated ribs longitudinally protruded from a bottom wall thereof in a parallel manner and suspending in said bottom accommodation space, a plurality of terminal grooves formed in the bottom wall between each two adjacent elongated ribs for the positioning of said second metal terminals, and two hook blocks protruded from the bottom wall and suspending at two opposite lateral sides of the bottom accommodation space for engagement with the locating blocks of said electrically insulative base member.