Patent ID: 6997749

Claim:
A shield connector, comprising: a connector housing; a contact terminal housed in said connector housing for contacting with a mating side terminal of a mating connector when a connector engaging portion is detachably engaged with a mating side engaging portion of the mating connector; and a shield member, wherein said shield member has a shield outer cylindrical portion and a cable side shield portion covered with a case for covering an end portion of a cable to be connected to the contact terminal; said case is provided with a lock lever insertion opening and a pair of projections disposed at an entrance side of the lever insertion opening; said lock means is provided with a lock lever with a cantilever shape; said connector housing has a shield attaching portion and lock means; when the shield attaching portion is inserted into the shield outer cylindrical portion, the connector housing is attached to the shield member to form the connector engaging portion; when connected to the mating connector, the lock means is detachably engaged with a lock portion of the mating connector; and when the connector housing is attached to the shield member, the lock lever is inserted into the lock lever insertion opening and the projections are positioned at both sides of the lock lever, and when connected to the mating connector, the projections are inserted into the mating connector side engaging portion to be situated at an inner surface of the mating connector side engaging portion.