Electrical connector with grounding means

An electrical connector mounted to a circuit board for connecting a mating connector to the circuit board through a corresponding slot disposed in a computer panel, comprising:

• an insulative housing comprising a mating surface, a mating portion projecting from the mating surface to extend through the slot of the computer panel, a plurality of terminal receiving passageways through the mating portion, and a mounting surface perpendicular to the mating surface;
• a metal shell abutting against the mating surface of the housing, the metal shell having a shroud enclosing the mating portion of the housing;
• a plurality of terminals each having one end received in corresponding passageway of the housing and having the other end bent perpendicularly to extend through the mounting surface of the housing for connecting to the circuit board;
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• grounding means in electrical connection with the metal shell and comprising at least one spring finger resiliently bent to contact an inner surface of the computer panel;
• wherein the grounding means comprises a metal sheet having an opening for entrance of the shroud of the shell, and two spring fingers are integrally formed on two opposite ends of a bottom edge of the metal sheet;
• wherein the metal sheet comprises a pair of apertures disposed in opposite ends thereof for extension of screw locks therethrough;
• wherein the mating surface of the housing comprises a pair of through holes disposed in opposite ends thereof for extension of the screw locks therethrough thereby fastening the grounding means, the shell and the housing together.