Patent ID: 7402082

Claim:
An electrical connector adapted for connecting a camera module to a printed circuit board via a flexible printed circuit, comprising: a shield including a pair of opposite rear and front walls, a pair of left and right walls adjacent to the rear and front walls, and a flat bottom wall connecting the walls together to enclose a cavity for receiving the camera module, a spring plate mounted on the bottom wall of the shell and having a main portion extending and a plurality of elastic arms extending outward from the two opposite sides of the main portion, and each of the front and rear walls of the shield including an upright base extending upwardly from the bottom wall, a retaining section extending upwardly from the center of the upright base, and a pair of fastening sections extending from both sides of the retaining section and bending toward the receiving cavity; wherein a window is provided on the right wall for passing through by the flexible printed circuit; wherein a plurality of retaining spring pieces are formed on the left and right walls, respectively, and extend inward to the cavity to contact with the camera module.