Patent ID: 6053773
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector, comprising:A substantially rectangular dielectric housing, comprising an upper wall, a lower wall for proximity to a printed circuit board, two side walls between the upper and lower walls and cooperating therewith to define a front face for connecting with a mated connector, a rear wall between the upper, lower and side walls and cooperating therewith to define an inner space, and a plate extending from the rear wall through the inner space to an outside of the housing and defining a number of horizontal contact passageways in a lower face thereof, said rear wall defining a number of vertical contact passageways in a rear face thereof and in communication with the horizontal contact passageways, and two slots defined from two lateral sides of the rear face to the inner space;a number of contacts each having a contact portion received in a corresponding horizontal contact passageway for electrically connecting with a mated connector and a tail portion received in a corresponding vertical contact passageway for being soldered to the printed circuit board;a front shielding member having a rear part received in the inner space and two side walls each having a rear portion extending into the corresponding slot to fixedly engage with the housing, said front shielding member covering the contact portions of the contacts; anda rear shielding member comprising two side walls extending into the slots to fixedly connect with the rear portions of the side walls of the front shielding member and cover the tail portions of the contacts.