Patent ID: 7854630

Claim:
A module connector for receiving a lens module, comprising: a socket comprising: an insulating housing having a rectangular base and four sidewalls extended upwards from four edges of the base, forming a receiving chamber for receiving the lens module; a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing and extended into the receiving chamber for electrically connected with the lens module; a first shield coupled with the insulating housing and having four lateral plates, the lateral plates connected with one another and enclosing outer peripheries of the sidewalls, at least one lateral plate having a plurality of locking openings; and a second shield covered to the socket having a rectangular frame, and four containing plates extended downwards from outer edges of the frame, at least one containing plate having two parallel slits extending upwards and downwards and passing through a bottom edge thereof, forming a free slice therebetween, a plurality of protrusions disposed at an inner surface of the free slice, corresponding to the locking openings; wherein the frame covers a top of the lens module received in the receiving chamber, the free slice deflects outwards resiliently when the protrusions slide on the lateral plate and returns automatically until the protrusions slide into the locking openings, thereby fixing the second shield to the socket.