Patent ID: 9088095
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector fixable to an object and configured to receive a part of a mating connector inserted thereinto from a front end thereof in a front-rear direction, the connector comprising: a contact; a holding member holding the contact; and a shell attached to the holding member, the shell comprising a body portion and a fixing portion, the body portion covering, at least in part, the holding member, the fixing portion being configured to fix the body portion to the object, the body portion being provided with a first engaged portion, the fixing portion comprising a pressed portion and a second engaged portion, the pressed portion being configured to be secured to the object by a screw so as to be pressed against the object, and the second engaged portion being engaged with the first engaged portion so as to press the first engaged portion toward the object when the pressed portion is pressed against the object; wherein: the body portion has a sidewall located at an end thereof in a pitch direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction; the first engaged portion is formed at the sidewall; the fixing portion further comprises a facing portion, the facing portion facing the sidewall at which the first engaged portion is formed; the second engaged portion is formed at the facing portion; the sidewall has a rear end in the front-rear direction; the facing portion has a rear end in the front-rear direction; and the rear end of the sidewall and the rear end of the facing portion are coupled with each other.