Patent ID: 6939172

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a plurality of passageways defined therein; a plurality of contacts correspondingly received in the passageways, each contact comprising a soldering portion, a holding portion engaging with each passageway and securing the contact with the housing, and a contacting portion electrically connecting an electrical element; and a shield made of conductive material and peripherally surrounding the electrical element; wherein the electrical element mounted on the insulative housing, the electrical element having a base, a bottom portion laterally extending in a direction from a lower portion of the base, and a plurality of contacting sections provided on a lower surface of the bottom portion corresponding to the contacting portions of the contacts; wherein the base including a front wall and a projection portion upwardly and laterally extending from a central portion of the front wall; and wherein the shield having a plurality of holes defined in a primary wall, a pair of side walls and a combined wall, the shield further having a plurality of hook portions each bends downwardly and inwardly towards an inner space of the shield from a free end of a corresponding hole, a cutout is defined at a central portion of the primary wall, wherein the cutout comprising an abutting edge at a lower portion thereof, and a clasping portion laterally projecting and interconnecting opposite side edges of the cutout.