Patent ID: 8057259

Claim:
A receptacle connector, comprising: a shield case having a rectangular shape, formed of a metal plate and defining a fitting slot and an inner space, a plug connector being inserted from an opening of the fitting slot to fit and electrically connect with the receptacle connector, and accommodated in the inner space; a housing covered by the shield case and having a plurality of contacts that connect with terminal parts of the inserted plug connector, the plurality of contacts being arranged along a direction orthogonal to a direction of insertion of the plug connector in the fitting slot, and facing one wall part of the shield case, wherein: the one wall part of the shield case comprises a projecting part that is formed by bending a part of the one wall part inward to dent into the inner space; and one end surface of the projecting part faces the opening of the fitting slot, orthogonal to the one wall part, extends along the direction orthogonal to the direction of insertion of the plug connector in the fitting slot and along a direction in which the plurality of contacts are disposed in the housing, and is situated distant from the opening of the fitting slot, closer to the opening of the fitting slot than the plurality of contacts.