Patent ID: 7585185
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a housing that has a fitting portion for being fitted to a mating fitting portion of a mating connector, said housing being disposed on a circuit board; a plurality of contacts that are arranged in said fitting portion; and a shell that has a shell body disposed around said fitting portion, said shell being mounted on said housing, and said shell comprising a shell contact portion brought into contact with a mating ground contact of said mating connector, and a shell terminal portion fixed to a first ground trace of said circuit board; wherein said plurality of contacts include at least one ground contact; wherein said shell further comprises: (i) a fixed engaging portion that is connected to said shell body and that fixedly engages said shell body with said housing, and (ii) an auxiliary shell terminal portion adjacent to said one ground contact; and wherein said auxiliary shell terminal portion is connected to said shell body and fixed to a second ground trace of said circuit board, and said ground contact is fixed to said second ground trace of said circuit board.