Electrical cable connector

An electrical cable connector comprising;

• an insulating housing provided to be fitted to a mate insulating housing of a mate electrical connector fixed to a parts-mounting surface of a circuit board,
• a plurality of conductive contacts arranged on the insulating housing, each of which is provided with a cable connecting portion to be connected with a cable and a contact-connecting portion operative to be put in contact with a corresponding one of mate conductive contacts arranged on the mate insulating housing of the mate electrical connector to be connected to the circuit board, and
• a resilient shell member attached to the insulating housing for engaging resiliently with the mate electrical connector when the electrical cable connector is coupled with the mate electrical connector, wherein
• the resilient shell member includes a concealing portion for concealing a portion of the insulating housing on which the conductive contacts are arranged,
• a strip-shaped portion linked with the concealing portion to surround partially the insulating housing for causing an inner surface portion thereof to come into resilient contact with an outer surface portion of the mate electrical connector,
• a pair of extended strip-shaped portions each extending to be bent from one of end portions of the strip-shaped portion so as to have a free end portion and a pair of holding portions each extending from the concealing portion for positioning the extended strip-shaped portion from the outside of the same, and the strip-shaped portion and the extended strip-shaped portions constitute a spring member, and
• the insulating housing accompanied with an inner shell member has a top board portion on which a plurality of openings in which contact-connecting portions of the plurality of conductive contacts are arranged respectively are arranged and a cable supporting portion which is reinforced with the inner shell member.