Patent ID: 8721366
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector mountable on a circuit board and matable with a mating connector having a mating portion and a mating shell, the connector comprising: a receiving portion which is adapted to receive the mating portion of the mating connector when the mating portion is inserted into the connector toward a rear end of the connector in a front-to-rear direction; a plurality of contacts; a housing having a holding portion and two end portions, the holding portion holding the contacts so that the contacts are arranged in a pitch direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction, the holding portion having an upper portion and a lower portion in an upper-to-lower direction perpendicular to both the front-to-rear direction and the pitch direction, the upper portion and the lower portion constituting at least a part of the receiving portion, and the end portions being located at opposite ends of the holding portion in the pitch direction, respectively; and a shell having an upper plate portion, a lower plate portion and a plurality of connected portions, the upper plate portion being located at the upper portion of the housing, the lower plate portion being located at the lower portion of the housing, the connected portions comprising a plurality of first connected portions and a plurality of second connected portions, the first connected portions being configured to be connected to the mating shell of the mating connector when the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other, the second connected portions being configured to be connected to the circuit board when the connector is mounted on the circuit board, and the first connected portions and the second connected portions extending forward from the lower plate portion beyond the upper portion.