Patent ID: 7261595

Claim:
An electrical connector for flat cables, comprising: an insulative housing, which is mountable onto a circuit board having a conductive pad; a plurality of contacts disposed in the insulative housing for contacting a shield of a flat cable to be inserted into the connector and having tines being connectable to the circuit board; and a shield member, which is mounted on the insulative housing so as to substantially cover the outer surfaces thereof and the tines, the shield member electrically connecting the shield of the flat cable and the conductive pad of the circuit board when the shield member is mounted on the insulative housing; wherein the shield member further comprises resilient mounting pieces formed as clips for mounting of the shield member onto the insulative housing in a removable manner; wherein the shield member further comprises tongues provided at a first end and a second end of the shield member, wherein the tongue at the first end resiliently contacts a shield surface of the flat cable and the tongue at the second end resiliently contacts a conductive pad on the circuit board, and wherein the shield member is supported by the mounting pieces which have pivot points between the first end and the second end.