Patent ID: 8388378

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a terminal subassembly comprising inserts holding terminals, the terminals extending between a mating end and a cable end, the cable end being configured to be terminated to corresponding wires of a cable; a front shell circumferentially surrounding a cavity, the cavity receiving the terminal subassembly such that the front shell surrounds a front portion of the terminal subassembly, the front shell providing electrical shielding around the mating ends of the terminals, the front shell being configured to be mated to a mating connector; and a back shell separate and discrete from the front shell, the back shell being received in the cavity of the front shell, the back shell surrounding a rear portion of the terminal subassembly, the back shell providing electrical shielding around the cable ends of the terminals, the back shell being configured to be terminated to an overbraid, the back shell including a plurality of contacts integral with the back shell and extending from a front of the back shell, the contacts being loaded into the cavity such that the contacts define a separable mating interface engaging, and being electrically connected to, the front shell.