Patent ID: 6364708
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector having a mating portion and an opposite mounting portion, the mounting portion being mountable onto a printed circuit board (PCB), the mating portion defining an engaging port for engaging with a mating connector in a direction parallel to the PCB, the electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing defining a plurality of contact receiving cavities; a plurality of contacts received in the cavities of the housing, respectively; a front and a rear shields engaging with each other and enclosing the housing therein, the front shield having a rear edge confronting the rear shield, the rear shield providing a pair of board-locks each having a locking portion engageable with the PCB, the front shield having a pair of supporting devices outwardly and downwardly extending from the rear edge of the front shield, each supporting device being inverted L-shaped and having a pin portion mountable to the PCB for supporting the mating portion of the connector, the supporting devices being located closer to the engaging port of the mating portion than the board-locks.