Shielded electrical connector

Abstract

An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (3), a front shielding member (4), a rear shielding member (5), and a fastener. The insulative housing includes opposite front and rear walls (13, 14), and opposite top and bottom walls (11, 12) connecting to the front and rear walls. The contacts are received in the insulative housing and each includes a section exposed outside of the rear wall of the insulative housing. The front shielding member is attached to the front wall of the insulative housing and includes a rearwardly extending flange (44). The rear shielding member is attached to the rear wall of the insulative housing for covering the sections of the contacts, and includes a tab (541) engaged with the flange of the front shielding member for forming an electrical connection therebetween. The fastener fastens the insulative housing, the front and the rear shielding members together.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.