Patent ID: 7708563

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly comprising: a housing having an interior chamber comprising an inner surface extending between a housing mating end and a housing back end, the housing mating end configured to mate with a mating electrical connector, the inner surface having loading and transition portions, the loading portion located proximate to the housing mating end, the transition portion located proximate to the housing back end; and a shield shaped to fit in the interior chamber, the shield extending between a shield mating end and a shield back end, the shield back end comprising a ground contact opening configured to receive a ground contact to electrically connect the shield to an electrical ground, the shield comprising a rim protruding from the shield back end that extends around a portion of an outer periphery of the shield back end, the rim comprising a plurality of rim ends separated by a gap, wherein the rim engages the transition portion to prevent the shield being removed through the housing mating end and the gap exposes a portion of the transition portion.