Electrical connector for mounting on a bottom side of a printed circuit board

Abstract

An electrical connector (,) mountable on a bottom side of a PCB (,) includes a dielectric housing (,), a plurality of terminals (,) retained in the housing, and a shielding case (,) covering the housing. The shielding case has a front section (,) with an upwardly protruding orientation key (,), a rear section (,) and a covering section (,). The covering section is formed from one piece of metal sheet and provides a pair of side walls (,), a transverse wall (,) interconnected therebetween, two metal feet (,) projecting upwardly from corresponding side walls for securing the connector to the PCB and a detent lock (,) formed in a middle of the transverse wall bending inwardly and rearwardly for providing a retention force against a mating complementary connector.