Patent ID: 7717719

Claim:
A connector comprising a header mounted on a first printed wiring board, and a socket mounted on a second printed wiring board opposed to the first printed wiring board, wherein the header includes a header body made of an insulation material, and a plurality of header contacts which are each held by the header body and electrically connected to the first printed wiring board, the socket includes a socket body which is made of an insulation material and which is provided with a connection recess into and from which the header is removably connected, a plurality of socket contacts which are each held by the socket body and electrically connected to the second printed wiring board such that the socket contacts are brought into contact and conduction with the corresponding header contacts inside the connection recess when the header is inserted into the connection recess, and a shell which is made of a conductive material and which is held by the socket body such as to surround a periphery of the connection recess as viewed from an insertion/withdrawal direction of the header, each of the socket contacts includes terminals which project from the socket body as viewed from the insertion/withdrawal direction and which are soldered to the second printed wiring board, the socket is provided with a plurality of pairs of socket contacts in which terminal directions as terminal projecting directions from the socket body are opposite from each other are arranged in a pitch direction which is a direction intersecting with the insertion/withdrawal direction and the terminal direction, the shell includes pitch direction shields which are provided on both ends of the socket body in the pitch direction, and terminal direction shields which are provided on both ends of the socket body in the terminal direction, the pitch direction shields and the terminal direction shields have corresponding terminals, and the terminals of the pitch direction shield and the terminals of the terminal direction shield are soldered to a common ground pattern provided on the second printed wiring board.