Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing. The metal shell includes a top wall defining a pair of slits each extending along a transverse direction, a cutout communicating with the slits and a L-shaped cantilevered arm residing in the slits and the cutout. The cantilevered arm includes a base portion protruding along the transverse direction and situated between the pair of slits and a deformable arm extending into the cutout along a mating direction perpendicular to the transverse direction. The deformable arm comprises a locking protrusion bent upwardly for locking with a notch of a mateable connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing. The metal shell includes a top wall defining a pair of slits each extending along a transverse direction, a cutout communicating with the slits and a L-shaped cantilevered arm residing in the slits and the cutout. The cantilevered arm includes a base portion protruding along the transverse direction and situated between the pair of slits and a deformable arm extending into the cutout along a mating direction perpendicular to the transverse direction. The deformable arm comprises a locking protrusion bent upwardly for locking with a notch of a mateable connector.

Abstract: A multi direction switch (100) includes an upper housing (3), a lower housing (6), a bottom cover (11), an elastic ring (5), an actuator (4), an operating button (1), a terminal plate (7), a moveable electrode plate (8), an insulative layer (10), and a fixed electrode plate (9). The upper housing and the lower housing define a channel (361) and a first receiving space (362) for receiving the elastic ring. The bottom cover is attached to the lower housing for defining a second receiving space (611) therebetween. The actuator has a bracket (41) connecting with the elastic ring via the channel and an actuating portion (42) extending from the bracket towards the bottom cover. The terminal plate, the moveable electrode plate, the insulative layer, and the fixed electrode plate are positioned along an upper-and-lower direction and received in the second receiving space.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing. The metal shell includes a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls connecting the top wall and the bottom wall to jointly form a receiving space to accommodate the insulative housing. The top wall includes a resilient arm having two fixed distal ends and a locking protrusion located between the two fixed distal ends. The locking protrusion extends beyond a top surface of the top wall for deformably locking with a notch of a mateable connector. The resilient arm is configured in a fixed ended beam manner so as to achieve suitable flexibility and rigidity.