Patent ID: 7344413

Claim:
A shielded connector comprising: at least four distinct layers, wherein the four distinct layers include: a shield member having a front end, a rear end and a braided wire that encloses a bundle of a plurality of wires, the plurality of wires being drawn out of the rear end of the shield member; a shield shell having a cylindrical shape and being fixed to the front end of the shield member; a caulk ring disposed on an outer circumference of the shield shell to hold and fix the shield member between the shield shell by caulking; and a rigid underlay ring that has a closed shape in cross section and receives caulking force to be applied to the shield shell from an outer circumferential side of the shield shell when the caulking is performed, the underlay ring being formed separately from the shield shell and disposed on an inner circumference of the shield shell at a position corresponding to the caulk ring.