Patent ID: 6955546

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a housing having a mating portion defining a mating direction; a plurality of contacts located in the mating portion; a shutter supported by the housing and being movable relative to the housing between a closed position, shielding the mating portion and an opened position, exposing the mating portion, the shutter moving always along a direction perpendicular to the mating direction; and a biasing member urging the shutter toward the closed position; wherein the biasing member has at least one coil spring and the shutter has a pair to shutter members; wherein each of the pair of the shutter members has a pair of claws, the housing has two opposite transverse walls and shafts extending from the transverse walls, and one end of the at least one coil spring connects to each claw of the each shutter member and another end connects to each of the shafts of the housing; wherein the each shutter member has at least one slit, the housing has a front surface defining at least one block, and the at least on slit is constrained by the block to enable the shutter members accurately move along the direction which is perpendicular to the mating direction; wherein the each shutter member has an inner edge and an outer edge opposite to the inner edge, a single opening is formed by cutouts combining with each other when the shutter members are in the closed position; and wherein the cutouts have guide units facilitating a complementary connector to open the shutter members to expose the mating portion.