Shielded electrical connector

摘要

An electrical connector (10) includes a dielectric housing (12) mounting a plurality of terminals (20). The housing has a front face (26a) and a mating portion (28) projecting forwardly of the front face with contact portions (58) of the terminals located on the mating portion. A conductive shield (16) is disposed about at least a portion of the housing and includes a flange (62) abutting the front face (26a) of the housing and a shroud (66) surrounding the mating portion (28) of the housing. Complementary interengaging retaining portions are provided between the housing and the shield to properly retain the shield on the housing, including a recess (72, 80) in the flange (62) of the shield (16) and a boss (44, 44a) projecting forwardly from the front face (26a) of the housing (12) into the recess.