Patent ID: 7377812

Claim:
An electrical connector to be connected to a cable and a mate connector, comprising: a first housing having a casing with a substantially rectangular shape and a fitting section protruding from the casing by a first length in a first direction that the electrical connector is fitted to the mate connector, said casing extending laterally in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, said fitting section extending along the second direction over a substantially whole lateral length of the casing; a first shell covering the casing, said first shell including a portion extending in the first direction that the electrical connector is fitted to the mate connector, said portion having a ground surface arranged on the fitting section as a ground terminal for grounding with a shell of the mate connector; and a first terminal arranged in the fitting section so that the fitting section sandwiches the first terminal, said first terminal having an upper first contact section at an upper side of one end thereof and a lower first contact section at a lower side of the one end both for contacting with a terminal of the mate connector, said first terminal having a connecting section at the other end thereof for connecting with a core wire of the cable such that a distance from the upper first contact section to the connecting section is substantially same as a distance from the lower first contact section to the connecting section.