Patent ID: 6162089
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
An electrical connector, comprising:a board-mountable assembly having an insulative housing, said insulative housing defining a first aperture, a second aperture, a mating face and a board-mounting face;a shielded electrical connector insertable into said first aperture and including at least one first plug-receiving cavity in communication with said mating face of said assembly, and further including a first array of board-connectable contacts having contact sections exposed in each said at least one first plug-receiving cavity of said shielded electrical connector;a second array of board-connectable contacts disposed in said insulative housing and having contact sections exposed in a second plug-receiving cavity in communication with said mating face of said assembly;said second plug-receiving cavity and each said at least one first plug-receiving cavity being vertically stacked, and board-connecting contacts sections of said first array of contacts and said second array of contacts extending vertically at least to said board-mounting face of said insulative housing remote from said mating face;a shield in said insulative housing between said board-connecting contact sections of said first array of contacts and said second array of contacts; andan outer shield affixed around said insulative housing and exposing said mating face and said board-mounting face, wherein flaps of a top wall of said outer shield and flaps of a rear wall of said outer shield include slots that lock over embossments of side walls of said shield when said flaps are folded to coextend along portions of said side walls adjacent thereto, upon assembly of said shield around said insulative housing, to secure said outer shield around said insulative housing.