Patent ID: 8469738

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a housing formed of an insulative material, the housing including a first and a second card-receiving slot spaced vertically apart thereon, the first and second card-receiving slots being sized to receive mating ends of the mating portions of a component that is mateable with the connector and the first and second card-receiving slots defining a front face; a set of frames supported by the housing, each frame of the set of frames supporting a first and a second terminal, each terminal each including a tail, a contact respectively positioned in one of the first and second card-receiving slots and a body portion extending between the tail and contact; and a shield mounted around the housing, the shield defining a first and a second bay, the first bay aligned with the first card-receiving slot and the second bay aligned with the second card-receiving slot, wherein the first bay has a lower surface defined by an intervening wall and the second bay has a lower surface defined by a bottom wall, the bottom wall extending beyond the front face, wherein the bottom wall extends to the housing so as to define and close off an enclosure around the housing.