Patent ID: 7510408

Claim:
A grounding structure for an electrical connector including a plurality of contacts, a housing for arranging and holding said contacts, a shell for holding said housing, and a ground terminal of a required number or a ground lug of a required number, said grounding structure for causing one of said ground terminal or said ground lug to be in electrical contact with said shell; wherein said shell comprises a through-hole communicating with a fitting groove for a mating connector, an installing groove for receiving said housing, and a connection portion groove, and said through-hole including an inserting groove into which said ground terminal is inserted, a screw portion for holding said ground terminal, a spacing groove for avoiding any interference with said ground lug integrally mounted on said housing, and an engaging portion to engage a locking portion of said housing; and wherein both said ground lug and said ground terminal are constructed to become electrically conductive with the same shell, respectively, so that grounding is effected by one of said ground lug integrally mounted on said housing and said separately provided ground terminal.