SHIELDED ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY

摘要

A SHIELDED ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN IC CARD (10) INCLUDES A CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE (16) AND A CONDUCTIVE COVER (24) FOR SHIELDING THE SUBSTRATE. THE ASSEMBLY INCLUDES A HOUSING (28) ADAPTED FOR MOUNTING AT A FRONT EDGE (40) OF THE CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE. A PLURALITY OF TERMINALS (48) ARE MOUNTED IN THE HOUSING AND ARE ADAPTED FOR ENGAGING CIRCUIT TRACES (46) ON THE CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE. A CONDUCTIVE SHIELD (50) IS MOUNTED ON THE HOUSING AND INCLUDES CONTACT PORTIONS ADAPTED FOR ENGAGING GROUND CIRCUIT TRACES (58) ON THE CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE; A DOWNWARDLY STEPPED LIP (60) EXTENDING ALONG A REAR EDGE OF THE SHIELD AND VERTICALLY SPACED FROM AN OVERLAPPING FRONT EDGE PORTION (62) OF THE COVER; ATTACHMENT PORTIONS (64) PROJECTING FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE DOWNWARDLY STEPPED LIP AT A LEVEL SPACED VERTICALLY FROM THE COVER FOR SECURING THE SHIELD TO THE HOUSING; AND AT LEAST ONE MOUNTING FINGER (72) PROJECTING FORWARDLY FROM THE SHIELD INTO A PASSAGE (76) IN A FRONT MOUNTING FLANGE (74) OF THE HOUSING TO HOLD THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHIELD TO THE HOUSING. (FIG. 2)