Patent ID: 7575466
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector to be detachably fitted with a mating connector, comprising a plurality of contacts, a housing for arranging and holding said contacts, and a shell covering said housing and forming with said housing a fitting opening for said mating connector, wherein said shell is provided with at least one engaging piece and said housing is provided with an anchoring portion at a location corresponding to said engaging piece to cause said anchoring portion to engage said engaging piece, thereby restraining said housing from being displaced in the direction opposite to the fitting direction when the electrical connector is being fitted with the mating connector; and wherein said shell is provided with plate-shaped pieces on both sides in its width direction on the opposite side of said fitting opening, and said plate-shaped pieces are each formed on the inner side with an oblique slit so that said plate-shaped pieces are bent along said oblique slits to push said housing toward the fitting opening by said plate-shaped pieces for pushing and holding said housing toward the fitting opening.