Patent ID: 9048589
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. Shielding shell for a connector comprising a first wall, a second wall and a third wall, wherein the first wall, the second wall and the third wall are arranged mutually at an angle to each other, and at least the first wall and the second wall are connected to each other by a first folded edge, wherein the shielding shell further comprises a first contact portion connected with the second wall by a second folded edge, the first contact portion being arranged substantially parallel to the third wall and comprising a plurality of contact segments contacting said third wall, wherein the first contact portion is shaped to engage the third wall during folding the first wall and second wall along the first folded edge, wherein the third wall is provided with a second leading edge portion shaped such that the first contact portion is guided onto a surface of the third wall upon engaging the third wall, and where the second leading edge portion at least partially forms a leading edge of the third wall, where the leading edge at the second leading edge portion is inwardly deflectable by at least one of the contact segments as the contact segments come into contact with the third wall, where the third wall comprises a plurality of separate segments formed by at least one slot into the leading edge, and where at least one of the separate segments comprises the second leading edge portion.