Patent ID: 8172616
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: a terminal; a housing for arranging and holding the terminal; an upper shell attached to the housing; and a lower shell attached to the housing and connected to the upper shell at both end portions thereof in a longitudinal direction, at least one of said upper shell and said lower shell including a protruding piece at a middle portion thereof, the other of said upper shell and said lower shell including a receiving portion for receiving the protruding piece, wherein said housing includes a through space portion for passing the protruding piece so that the protruding piece is connected to a surrounding portion of the receiving portion, said protruding piece is arranged so that a distal end portion thereof is situated in the receiving portion within a plate thickness range of the other of the upper shell and the lower shell, and said through space portion has a slit portion having a width substantially equal to a thickness of the protruding piece so that the slit portion tightly sandwiches the protruding piece from two sides.