Patent ID: 6659801
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A connector plug, comprising:a metallic shielding cover which includes a first tubular body having a tip side and a second tubular body having a base side, the base side of the second tubular body being partially connected to the tip side of the first tubular body through a continuous connecting part; a plurality of contacts arranged in the shielding cover; and means for fixedly coupling the second tubular body to the first tubular body so that deformation is discouraged from occurring in the continuous connecting part between these tubular bodies, the coupling means including at least one aperture provided in one of the first and second tubular bodies, at least one projection provided in the other tubular body so as to engage with the aperture, and means for locking the engagement between the aperture and the projection wherein the at least one projection has a tip part which extends through and out of the aperture wherein the means for locking is provided by bending or deforming the tip part of the projection from the outside of the metallic shielding cover.