Patent ID: 7018239

Claim:
A shielded electrical connector for mounting on a printed circuit board, comprising: a dielectric housing including a plurality of terminal-receiving cavities, the housing having top and bottom surfaces and opposing side surfaces, each of the housing cavities extending completely through the housing so that they open to the housing top and bottom surfaces, and a plurality of board-engaging members disposed along the bottom surface of said housing; a plurality of terminal assemblies received in said housing cavities, and each of the terminal assemblies including a pair of conductive terminals and the terminals of each terminal assembly including tal portions that extend outwardly to sides of said housing, each of said board-engaging members being disposed between adjacent housing cavities, each of the board-engaging members extending transversely across said housing bottom surface between the opposing side surfaces of said housing, said board-engaging members supporting said housing above a circuit board and defining spaces between said housing bottom surface and a circuit board to which said housing is mounted, the terminal tail portions extending through said spaces when said housing is mounted to a circuit board; and, said housing being plated with conductive metal material to electrically shield the terminals in one terminal assembly from each other, the plating being continuous onto said board-engaging members for connection to appropriate ground ground circuits on the printed circuit board.