Patent ID: 6530809
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A modular jack comprising:an insulating casing arranged on a printed wiring board; a metallic reinforcement tab configured to fix the insulating casing to the printed wiring board and including, a side plate configured to be inserted along a side wall of the insulating casing, and a leg portion extending from the side plate along a surface of the printed wiring board and soldered to a conductive portion of the surface of the printed wiring board; and a metallic shell configured to electromagnetically shield the insulating casing and having an extended portion configured to engage with the side plate of the metallic tab in a groove portion of the insulating casing, wherein at least one of the extended portion of the metallic shield and the side plate of the metallic reinforcement tab includes an engaging portion configured to electrically contact the other of the extended portion of the metallic shell and the side plate of the metallic reinforcement tab, and the metallic reinforcement tab is configured to engage the extended portion of the metallic shell on an interior of the side plate of the metallic tab facing a center of the metallic shell.