Connector

A connector configured to mate with a counterpart connector for data and/or power transfer, the connector comprising:

• a central carrier wall having a front surface, a back surface and a circumferential surface;
• a plurality of pins arranged through the central carrier wall and having front ends protruding from the front surface and back ends protruding from the back surface, wherein the front ends are arranged along one or more pin rows on the front surface of the central carrier wall;
• a pin carrier arranged on the front surface and having two or more pin carrier rows-carrying the plurality of front ends of the plurality of pins;
• an electrically conductive shield having a front-end circumferential shield portion circumferentially arranged around the front ends of the plurality of pins, a back-end circumferential shield portion covering at least a part of the circumferential surface of the central carrier wall and an intermediate shield portion covering a portion of the front surface of the central carrier wall arranged between the front-end circumferential shield portion and the back-end circumferential shield portion;
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• one or more pre-guiding elements protruding from the front surface of the central carrier wall beyond at least some of the front ends of the plurality of pins and beyond the front-end circumferential shield portion, wherein the one or more pre-guiding elements are arranged in the circumferential area around the front ends of the plurality of pins and in between the front ends the plurality of pins and the front-end circumferential shield portion-64.