Patent ID: 8092254

Claim:
A board connector, the board connector comprising: a housing, the housing including an exterior circumference, the exterior circumference being defined by a top plate, a bottom plate and side walls, and an insertion opening into which an insertion part of a mating connector is inserted; and a shield member, the shield member including an insertion opening shield member, the insertion opening shield member covering at least a portion of the exterior circumference and including a portion arranged forward of the bottom plate for contacting an insertion part shield member of the mating connector covering a portion of a lower surface of the insertion part; wherein the insertion opening shield member further includes: a plurality of legs, for connecting to conductive pads of a circuit board, and a spring part, the spring part: extending widthwise of the insertion opening, having a length greater than the depth of the insertion opening, having its two opposing ends thereof supported by the legs, and contacting the insertion part shield member when the insertion part is inserted into the insertion opening.