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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Nan-Tsung Huang, Tu-Chen, TW;
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A shielded electrical connector (,) comprises an insulative housing (,) having a mating portion (,) defining passageways (,) therein, a plurality of terminals (,) received in corresponding passageways, and a shield (,) enclosing the housing. A rectangular receiving opening (,) is defined in a front surface (,) of the shield for exposing the mating portion of the housing to a complementary plug connector. The rectangular receiving opening is defined by a pair of opposite lateral edges (,) and a pair of longitudinal edges (,). A pair of spring fingers (,) respectively extends rearward from the lateral edges in a staggered manner. A sum of lengths of the spring fingers is substantially larger than the length of each longitudinal edge whereby the complementary plug connector is reliably retained in a mated position.