Patent ID: 8241046
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector shell to be mounted on a board, comprising: a shell body in which a plug inserting space is defined; a mounting piece which is integral with the shell body, extended from the shell body through the board to be fixed to the board by soldering; and a sectional area reducing part, provided in the mounting piece between the shell body and a distal end part of the mounting piece, having a sectional area smaller than a sectional area at the distal end part, and disposed so as to face the plug inserting space, wherein the sectional area reducing part is formed by an opening provided in the mounting piece, a groove is formed in the mounting piece and extends from the distal end part to the opening so as to guide solder to the opening, and a sectional area of the sectional area reducing part is smaller than a sectional area of a part of the mounting piece where the groove is formed.