Patent ID: 7955130

Claim:
An electrical connector for being mounted on a circuit board, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a base and first and second side walls extending from the base with a receiving opening disposed between the first and the second side walls; a plurality of signal contacts with contacting sections protruding beyond the base and further extending into the receiving opening, the contacting sections being arranged in parallel columns along a longitudinal direction of the insulative housing; a plurality of shielding plates assembled to the insulative housing, each comprising a shielding body disposed between the signal contacts of adjacent columns and a tab sidewardly bent from the shielding body, the tab comprising an extension parallel to the shielding body and projecting into the base of the insulative housing, the extension and the shielding body being located at different planes; and a grounding member touching the shielding plates so that the shielding plates are jointly connected with each other; wherein no mounting tail for establishing connection between the shielding plates and the circuit board is set on any of the shielding plates; instead, the grounding member comprises a plurality of mounting tails for being connected to the circuit board so as to establish electrical connection between the shielding plates and the circuit board.