Patent ID: 6210231
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing including a body portion and a tongue portion and defining a plurality of apertures therethrough;a plurality of contacts received in corresponding ones of the apertures of the housing;a unitary metal shell including a first shielding portion, a second shielding portion and a strip unitarily stamped and bent, the strip being formed between the first and the second shielding portions and joining the first and the second shielding portions together, the first and the second shielding portions substantially entirely enclosing the body portion and the tongue portion of the insulative housing, respectively; andan insulative cover enclosing the unitary shell to partially expose the second shielding portion;wherein the first shielding portion is bent to form a substantially rectangular first frame having two opposite edges engaged with each other at a side of the frame;wherein the second shielding portion is bent to form a substantially rectangular second frame having two opposite edges engaged with each other;wherein the first shielding portion defines a pair of openings in opposite side faces thereof and wherein the body portion of the housing forms a pair of protrusions for engaging with the openings of the first shielding portion;wherein the insulative cover is molded over the first shielding portion, the strip and a section of the second shielding portion proximate the first shielding portion;wherein there are three tabs between the first and the second shielding portions, two of the three tabs extending from the second shielding portion to abut the first shielding portion and the other tab extending from the first shielding portion to abut the second shielding portion.