Patent ID: 8602812

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a connector main body portion including a fitting protrusion that is inserted and fitted from above into a fitting recess of a receiving connector mounted on a printed circuit board which has first and second connection leg portions soldered thereto, a terminal portion of a signal transmission medium being connected to the connector main body portion and extending above, apart from, and substantially in parallel to the printed circuit board, and the first connection leg portion, which is on a transmission-medium side of the receiving connector, being disposed below the terminal portion of the signal transmission medium, a transmission-medium-side shield cover extending from between the terminal portion of the signal transmission medium and the first connection leg portion, and the transmission-medium-side shield cover extending along the first connection leg portion so as to cover the first connection leg portion from above, and an anti-transmission-medium-side shield cover that covers the second connection leg portion of the receiving connector from above, the second connection leg portion being disposed on an anti-transmission-medium side extending from the connector main body portion in a direction opposite of the first connection leg portion, wherein end edge portions of the transmission-medium-side shield cover and the anti-transmission-medium side shield cover, respectively, include fitting supporting portions that contact or come close to a surface of the printed circuit board in a first position where the electrical connector and the receiving connector are fitted together.