Patent ID: 8388370

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising a first connector and a second connector configured to be mated with each other, wherein: the first connector includes a plurality of first contacts, a first housing and a first shell, the first contacts being arranged and retained in a pitch direction by the first housing, the first housing being covered at least in part with the first shell; the first shell includes a spring portion and a contact portion, the spring portion extending in the pitch direction, the spring portion being long in the pitch direction, the contact portion being supported by the spring portion so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the pitch direction; the second connector includes a second shell; the second shell is brought into contact with at least the contact portion of the first shell so that the first shell and the second shell are connected to each other when the second connector is mated with the first connector; the first connector is configured to be mountable on a circuit board; the first shell includes a bottom plate portion, the bottom plate portion being configured to face the circuit board when the first connector is mounted on the circuit board; the spring portion is formed on the bottom plate portion; and the spring portion has a plane parallel to a plane of the circuit board.