Patent ID: 6241555
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A first electrical connector for connecting to a second electrical connector, the first connector comprising:a connector body having an insulated body and including a terminal having a first end located at a first portion of the body, and a second end located at a second portion of the body, wherein the first end electrically connects to the second connector and the second end electrically connects with a circuit board;a conducting shell having first and second opposing planar walls, and side walls, and which is mountable on the insulated body and on a grounded chassis, is hollow, includes a first open end, a second open end, said planar walls between the first and second ends defining an area, and a central axis extending from the first open end to the second open end,wherein the first open end receives the first portion of the body, and the second open end receives the second connector,wherein a periphery of one of the first end and second end of the shell includes first and second adjacent projections for connecting the conducting shell and the grounded chassis in grounded electrical relationship,wherein each of said projections has a first portion formed integrally of one of the planar walls of the shell, a second portion integrally formed with the first portion and being formed co-planar with and within an area defined by said wall, but spaced from said wall and the other projection, by slits formed in said wall, and a third portion which is integrally formed with the second portion, but extends substantially perpendicularly thereto and beyond the area defined by said wall in the axial direction,wherein one of the projections extends in the axial direction further than the other of the projections, andwherein the first and second portions of each projection biases the third portion of each projection against the grounded chassis, when the conducting shell is mounted on the grounded chassis.