Abstract A high density board-to-board connector has a housing integrally defining two upper stepped faces and two lower stepped faces. Each face defines a number of contact passageways extending to a rear face of the housing. A spacer has two mounting blocks and a stair-like spacing section between the two mounting blocks. The spacing section integrally forms four steps each defining a number of vertically extending contact tail portion receiving holes. A number of contacts are each bent to have a contact portion and a tail portion perpendicular to the contact portion. The contacts are interferentially mounted in the housing at a position wherein the contact portions are received in a front end of the contact passageways, and the tail portions vertically extend behind the rear face of the housing. The housing together with the contacts is mounted to the spacer between the mounting blocks wherein the tail portions of the contacts received in the contact passageways in different faces are received in the tail portion receiving holes in corresponding steps.
A connector including: a housing defining a number of contact passageways; a corresponding number of contacts received within the corresponding passageways, respectively; a shield including two mounting ears at two opposite ends and defining a space therein; and an independent spacer separated from the housing and including two mounting blocks at two opposite ends, said spacer defining a spacing section therebetween; wherein said housing is substantially fully embedded within the shield, and the shield and the spacer are fastened together by means of said two mounting ears and said two mounting blocks directly abutting against each other; and wherein said spacer directly abuts against a rear portion of the housing for preventing backward movement of the housing with regard to the shield.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A connector including: a housing defining a number of contact passageways; a corresponding number of contacts received within the corresponding passageways, respectively; a shield including two mounting ears at two opposite ends and defining a space therein; and an independent spacer separated from the housing and including two mounting blocks at two opposite ends, said spacer defining a spacing section therebetween; wherein said housing is substantially fully embedded within the shield, and the shield and the spacer are fastened together by means of said two mounting ears and said two mounting blocks directly abutting against each other; and wherein said spacer directly abuts against a rear portion of the housing for preventing backward movement of the housing with regard to the shield.