Patent ID: 6241556
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing including a top wall, a bottom wall opposite the top wall, a front wall connecting the top wall and the bottom wall, a pair of sidewalls extending between the top wall and the bottom wall, and a receiving cavity within the top wall, the bottom wall, the front wall and the sidewalls, an outer side of each sidewall being separated by a gap from the front wall, the gap downwardly extending through the housing, each sidewall defining a channel therethrough in communication with the gap;a plurality of terminals secured in the receiving cavity; anda metal shield enclosing the front wall and including a surrounding portion and a pair of fingers projecting from the surrounding portion, each finger defining a bending portion at a rear end thereof, the bending portion extending through a corresponding gap and a corresponding channel and being bent to clamp the corresponding outer side;wherein each sidewall further defines a notch in a rearward edge of the outer side and the bending portion is secured in the notch;wherein each sidewall further defines a ditch in communication with the channel, and wherein each finger has a tab inwardly projecting from rearwardly of the bending portion into the ditch for inteferentially engaging with an inner side of the sidewall;wherein each finger further defines an aperture in the bending portion for facilitating the bend of the bending portion;wherein the housing comprises a body portion and a mating board projecting from the body portion, the body portion including the top wall, the bottom wall, the front wall, the sidewalls and a pair of blocks on a top surface of the body portion, and wherein the shield further has a pair of latches extending from a top rear edge thereof for interlocking with the blocks;wherein the shield comprises a pair of plates bent outwardly from bottom edges of the fingers, each plate defining a neck connecting the finger and an engaging plate for mounting the connector to a circuit board, and wherein each sidewall further defines a forwardly facing side of a rear side thereof projecting downwardly from the bottom wall, the neck outwardly extending through the gap and pressing against the recessed wall;wherein the bottom wall defines a plurality of cutouts for spacing and retaining the terminals.