Patent ID: 7811128

Claim:
An electrical connector mounted on a printed circuit board, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a plurality of receiving passages; a plurality of terminal modules mounted to the insulative housing and located adjacent to another, each terminal module comprising: a base comprising a first side; plurality of terminals secured to the base and received in a corresponding receiving passage of the insulative housing; a spacer received in the receiving passages of the insulative housing and having a plurality of partitions defining a plurality of slots each receiving corresponding terminals therein; and a plurality of shielding plates having at least one first shielding plate and at least one second shielding plate, the first shielding plate being assembled to the first side of the terminal module and comprising a plurality of tines for electrically connecting with a circuit board, the second shielding plate being assembled to the first side of neighboring terminal module and comprising a connecting section connected to the first shielding plate and electrically connecting with the circuit board by the tines of the first shielding plate, wherein said connecting section comprises a plurality of legs extending across a bottom surface of the base for connecting to the first shielding plate, wherein said connecting section comprises a bar bent perpendicularly from the ends of the legs and extending along a lengthwise direction, and wherein said first shielding plate comprises a plurality of hooks bent toward the bar for locking with the bar of the connecting section.