Patent ID: 9300064
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector comprising: a housing; contacts arranged and held in the housing; and a shell attached around the housing; wherein the shell comprises a plate and includes an elongated part extending along a sidewall of the housing and a spring piece configured to contact a ground contact of a mating connector; the spring piece comprises a base part that protrudes from the elongated part in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the elongated part extends and includes a bend such that a front end of the base part is positioned inwardly of the sidewall, an intermediate part that extends from the front end of the base part in the direction in which the elongated part extends, and a contact tip that extends from a front end of the intermediate part in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the elongated part extends; the intermediate part is spaced from an inner surface of the sidewall; and the contact tip is positioned further inward from the inner surface than the intermediate part and a front end of the contact tip is directed to the side from which the mating connector is inserted.