Patent ID: 6554642
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly comprisingan insulative housing having front and rear faces connected by top and bottom faces, a plurality of passageways defined in the housing and exposed to both front and rear faces, recesses being defined in the top face and exposed to the rear face; a plurality of conductive contacts received in corresponding passageways and each having a portion extending beyond the rear face of the housing; a front metal shielding member attached to the front face of the housing and having a top flange partially overlapping the top face of the housing and covering the recesses thereby forming channels between the housing and the top flange of the front shielding member; and a rear cover, made of conductive material, attached to the rear face of the housing for covering and shielding the portions of the contacts extending beyond the rear face of the housing, the rear cover forming a plurality of lugs each having a free end resiliently pressing against the top flange of the shielding member to fix the rear cover in position and form electrical engagement therebetween; wherein two partition walls are formed on the rear face of the housing for supporting an insulative spacer therebetween, the spacer defining a plurality of though holes, each contact having a tail extending and retained in a corresponding one of the through holes of the spacer; wherein a slit is defined between the spacer and each partition wall and wherein the rear cover comprises two side panels fit into the slits for helping to fix he rear cover in position.