Patent ID: 7785149
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector for on-board mounting, which is mounted to a board and is connected to a cable-side connector, comprising: a housing body made of an insulative material having multiple contacts which extend to a front and are incorporated therein, premising that a side on which said connector for on-board mounting is connected to said cable-side connector is the front; metal locking engagement members, each comprising a locking portion to be engaged with a locked engagement member provided to said cable-side connector for a purpose of locking a connection between said connector for on-board mounting and said cable-side connector, extending to the front, and being fixed to said housing body; and a metal outer shell member fixed to said housing body so as to cover a side wall of a front portion of said housing body and provided with opening portions through each of which each of said locking engagement members extending to the front passes, wherein: each of said opening portions of said outer shell member is provided such that an edge of said outer shell member which face to each of said opening portions, and each of said locking engagement members are brought into contact with each other; and both each of said locking engagement members, and said outer shell member are provided with board-connecting posts on rear portions thereof to be disposed on said board.