US Patent 8454388 Micro-USB connector

A connector includes a plurality of terminals, a housing to fix these terminals, and a shield surrounding the housing. Each terminal comprises a mating portion, a soldering portion, and a connecting portion extending therebetween. The housing comprises a main body and a tongue portion extending forward from the main body and the shield comprises a top wall, a base, and two side walls positioned opposite each other, the walls forming a mating cavity with an opening at the front. The base is formed by the meeting of the two half bases, which are formed by the lower edges of the two side walls extending out toward each other, there is a first soldering leg on each half base, and the first soldering leg extend from a front edge of each half base first in a downward direction and then in a horizontal direction toward a rear of the connector.