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Stacked electrical connector with improved shell for EMI protection

  • US 7,758,380 B2
  • Filed: 05/14/2009
  • Issued: 07/20/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A stacked electrical connector for being mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB), comprising:

  • an upper mating port including a first horizontal tongue portion, a plurality of first contacts retained in the first tongue portion and a first metal shell enclosing the first tongue portion;

    a lower mating port including a second horizontal tongue portion, a plurality of second contacts retained in the second tongue portion and a second metal shell enclosing the second tongue portion;

    an insulative separate portion separating the upper and the lower mating ports, the separating portion comprising a front surface and a pair of opposite walls perpendicular to the front surface; and

    an additional metal shell comprising a main body shielding the front surface of the separate portion and a pair of side walls extending backwardly from the main body to be fixed to the opposite walls;

    whereinat least one side wall of the additional metal shell comprises a lower bending portion perpendicularly extending inwardly from a bottom edge of the side wall so that the lower bending portion is attached to the second metal shell.

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