Patent ID: 6840806

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a housing; and a substantially rectangular case made of a metal sheet and enclosing said housing, said substantially rectangular case having a front opening and including: at least one connection portion provided on a side of a lower surface of said substantially rectangular case for connection with a corresponding circuit trace of a circuit board; a resilient lock piece provided between an upper surface and said lower surface of said substantially rectangular case and engaging a mating connector; and a pair of shield pieces provided between said upper and lower surfaces and brought into contact with a shield case of said mating connector, wherein said upper surface is made flat, said resilient lock piece has a bending portion at said front opening of said substantially rectangular case, which is bend from said lower surface toward an inner portion of said substantially rectangular case, and said shield pieces are provided on opposite sides of said resilient lock piece so as to extend in parallel to said resilient lock piece from said bending portion toward said inner portion and then toward said front opening of said substantially rectangular case in substantially the same plane as that of said resilient lock piece.