Patent ID: 6500028
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector with a ground pin comprising:an insulative connector body accommodating a plurality of contacts and having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, the connector body including a first support hole, a second support hole and at least one third support hole formed into the bottom surface and being in communication with each other, the at least one third support hole extending through the top surface; an electromagnetic shielding shell at least partially covering the top surface of the connector body; a ground pin fabricated from metal and including a main body and a cylindrical lock portion integrally formed with the main body; and a locked member fabricated from metal and including an arm, a seat portion integrally connected perpendicularly to the arm and having a through hole formed therethrough and at least one extension plate integrally connected perpendicularly to the seat portion, wherein the cylindrical lock portion of the ground pin is slidably received through the through hole of the seat portion of the locked member so that the main body seats on and is in contact with the seat portion, the arm is slidably received through the first support hole to contact the electromagnetic shielding shell and is retained in the first support hole in a press-fit manner, the seat portion in contact and along with the main body of the ground pin is slidably received in the second support hole and the at least one extension plate is slidably received in the at least one third support hole and is retained therein in a press-fit manner with a portion of the main body in contact with the at least one extension plate.