Patent ID: 6299481
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A shielded connector comprising a first series of contacts and a shield member, said contacts being aligned and retained in a row extending in a right and left direction in an electrically insulative housing, and said shield member being mounted over an exterior of said insulative housing;wherein:said contacts are to be engaged with corresponding contacts of a second series of contacts of a matable connector at a front, mating face of said insulative housing for electrical connection and said insulative housing is formed with a row of individual apertures opening to the front mating face for admitting respective contacts of one series of contacts;said shield member is formed in one piece of an electrically conductive plate and bent in a ""U"" figure and is mounted on said insulative housing covering upper and lower surfaces and a front mating face of said insulative housing; andsaid shield member is provided with a row of through holes at a front thereof corresponding to a base of the ""U"" figure, which meets said front mating face of said insulative housing when said shield member is mounted on said insulative housing, such that individual through holes of the shield member are in registration with respective apertures with portions of shield material extending between adjacent apertures and said contacts are engageable with said corresponding contacts of said matable connector through said through holes.