Patent ID: 7232345
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector using a substrate as a contacting member in contact with mating objects comprising a housing, a substrate, and shielding plates, said housing having an inserting hole for said substrate, said substrate having a plurality of signal patterns and a plurality of ground patterns alternately arranged on at least one surface of the substrate in a manner that one signal pattern is between two ground patterns, said signal patterns and said ground patterns each having a contact portion to contact a mating object and a connection portion to be connected to a cable, said shielding plates each connected to said connection portion of said ground pattern for shielding, wherein said shielding plates are substantially U-shaped and extend to a height above the surface of the substrate sufficient to shield cross-talk between adjacent signal patterns, wherein said substrate is provided with anchoring portions at predetermined positions on both sides of the longitudinal direction of said substrate, and substantially U-shaped locking members each having an engagement portion adapted to engage in said anchoring portion are fixed to said housing; and wherein said locking members serve to position said substrate in the direction of its thickness relative to said inserting hole of said housing.