Patent ID: 8550849
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector configured to be mated with and connected to a mating connector in a state where the connector is attached to a connecting object of a sheet-like shape, the connecting object having a principal surface and being provided with a signal terminal and a ground terminal arranged thereon, the connector comprising: a housing; a plurality of contacts held by the housing so as to be arranged in a pitch direction, each of the contacts having a held portion and an exposed portion, the held portion being held by the housing, the exposed portion being arranged so as to be connectable to the signal terminal of the connecting object, the exposed portion projecting from the housing in a front-to-rear direction perpendicular to the pitch direction, the exposed portion being located at a predetermined position in a first vertical direction perpendicular to the pitch direction; a cover shell covering at least a part of the housing in the first vertical direction, the cover shell having a grounded portion, the grounded portion being arranged so as to be connectable to the ground terminal of the connecting object, the grounded portion being located at the predetermined position in the first vertical direction; and a lock bar supported by at least one of the housing and the cover shell so as to be turnable, the lock bar being configured to lock a mating state where the connector is mated with the mating connector.