Patent ID: 7252550
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a housing that holds a plurality of contacts, and includes a receiving hole for receiving a mating connector, and two guide sections located at respective opposite ends of the receiving hole in a contact arrangement direction, for guiding the mating connector in a fitting direction; and a shell that is formed by a metal plate, and includes a first covering section that covers a first outer surface of said housing, said first outer surface being substantially parallel to the contact arrangement direction, a second covering section that covers a second outer surface of said housing, said second outer surface being substantially parallel to the contact arrangement direction, and two connecting sections that connect said first covering section and said second covering section and cover opposite ends of a front of said housing, wherein said two connecting sections have respective cutouts opposed to said guide sections in the fitting direction, and wherein each cutout has a pair of guide surfaces opposed to each other in a direction of thickness of said housing, for guiding the mating connector in the fitting direction.