It's a 4-contact, vertical-mount, through-hole part with a shielded brass shell and gold-plated contacts.
Why the Shield and Board Lock Matter on a Production Line
The brass shell is grounded through the PCB solder pads — it bleeds EMI from the cable shield before it reaches the data lines. That matters when the USB port is on a board near a switching supply or a motor drive. The board lock is not cosmetic: without those two extra solder anchors, repeated plug cycles can crack the through-hole solder joints on the signal pins. With the lock, the shear force from a stiff cable or a careless yank gets carried by the anchor pads, not the 4 signal pins.
