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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2006
Kazuhito Hisamatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Kazukuni Hisatomi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhito Hisamatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Kazukuni Hisatomi, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a connector including a fitting portion to be fitted to a mating connector, signal contacts are disposed in the fitting portion in a first row. A ground plate includes a plurality of ground terminals disposed in the fitting portion in a second row parallel to the first row. These contacts are held by a housing. A conductive shell is coupled to the housing and includes a shell body partially covering these contacts, a bent portion bent inward from the shell body at an end of the fitting portion, and a protecting portion extending from the bent portion with a space which is kept between the protecting portion and the shell body. Each of the ground terminals includes a spring portion extending in the fitting portion and a free end portion extending from the spring portion and inserted into the space with being contacted with the protecting portion.