Patent ID: 8021187

Claim:
An electric connector which is configured such that a mating connector is appropriately inserted in a fitting direction through an inside of an opening for fitting formed in an insulating housing of the electric connector, comprising: an opening end edge of a conductive shell covering the insulating housing from outside thereof is disposed to extend along an outer surface of an opening end edge forming the opening for fitting of the insulating housing, wherein, an engaging projection projecting along a fitting direction used with the mating connector is provided at one of the opening end edges of the insulating housing and the conductive shell, an engaging hole, into which the engaging projection is inserted in the fitting direction, is provided on the other of the opening end edges of the insulating housing and the conductive shell, and the engaging projection is inserted into the engaging hole without projection from the outer surface of the conductive shell so that the insulating housing and the conductive shell are fixed to each other in a direction orthogonal to the fitting direction used with the mating connector, whereby both the opening end edges are disposed at approximately the same position as in a fitting direction of both the connectors.