Electrical connector

Abstract

An electrical connector includes a plurality of wafers retained within a housing. The electrical connector is connected to a circuit board. Each of the wafers include a wiring board including a plurality of signal wirings and a support that retains the plurality of signal wirings, and a pair of shield plates with the wiring board sandwiched therebetween and each including a plurality of ground terminals press-fitted into the circuit board. A pair of spacers with the pair of shield plates sandwiched therebetween, and each of the plurality of spacers includes a spacer load reception part that receives a sitting load from the housing, and a spacer load transmission part that transmits the sitting load to the shield plate.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.