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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2005
Yousuke Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yousuke Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrical connector () having a shutter () at an opening provided on a front side thereof for plug-in with a mating connector () includes a housing (), a shield case () made of a sheet metal and fixed to an outside of the housing (), at least one shutter member (and) for opening and closing the opening of the electrical connector () and having a lid (, and) moving to an open position of the shutter () when the mating connector () pushes the lid (and) during the plug-in, and a pair of bias member () for biasing the shutter member (and) to a closed position of the shutter (), wherein each of the bias members () comprises at least one resilient arm () of a plate-type spring made as one body with the shield case ().