Patent ID: 11942713
Assignee: I-PEX INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An electrical connector that electrically connects a signal transmission medium with a plate shape and a wiring substrate, the electrical connector comprising:
a plurality of signal contacts with an electrically conductive property that are arrayed along a first direction of the electrical connector, and electrically connect a corresponding signal electrically conducting path(s) among a plurality of signal electrically conducting paths that are provided on the signal transmission medium to a corresponding signal electrically conducting path(s) among a plurality of signal electrically conducting paths that are provided on the wiring substrate, respectively;
a housing with an insulation property that holds the plurality of signal contacts; and
a shell with an electrically conductive property that includes an opening part where the signal transmission medium is inserted thereto from a direction that intersects with a principal surface of the wiring substrate, and electrically connects a ground electrical conducting path that is provided on the signal transmission medium to a ground electrically conducting path that is provided on the wiring substrate, wherein
the shell covers each of a plurality of outer surfaces of the housing that exclude a surface that faces the principal surface of the wiring substrate, and faces an outer surface of the housing and connection parts of the plurality of signal contacts that are connected to the wiring substrate, with a gap(s), in a second direction that is a direction along the principal surface of the wiring substrate and is orthogonal to the first direction,
the shell includes a pair of folding parts that face each other through the opening part and are continuous with a pair of cover parts that cover a pair of outer surfaces that extend along the first direction and are positioned with a first gap in the second direction among the plurality of outer surfaces,
the pair of folding parts include a first contact part and a second contact part that face each other with a second gap,
the first contact part contacts a first ground electrical conducting path that is provided on one surface of the signal transmission medium, and
the second contact part contacts a second ground electrical conducting path that is provided on another surface of the signal transmission medium.