Micro coaxial cable connector

Claim 1

A micro coaxial cable connector comprising: a dielectric housing having a transverse portion and a pair of lateral portions extending rearwardly from a pair of lateral sides of the transverse portion, the transverse portion defining a plurality of passageways therethrough, each lateral portion defining a split; a conductive grounding plate being assembled into the housing and having at least one grounding beam; a terminal block being received in the housing and having a plurality of conductive terminals received in the passageways of the body portion; and a metal shield enclosing the housing and comprising an upper flap, a lower flap and a pair of side flaps extending upwardly from opposite side edges of the lower flap, the lower flap forming at least one grounding tab electrically contacting the at least one grounding beam of the grounding plate, the pair of side flaps extending into the splits of the housing to ensure that the grounding tab electrically connects with the grounding beam; wherein each split is divided into a first part and a second part extending forwardly into the lateral portion in front of the first part, each side flap comprises a main body and a tail portion extending forwardly from a front edge of the main body and adjacent to an upper edge of the main body, the main body of the side flap being received in the first part of the split and the tail portion being received in the second part of the split; wherein each lateral portion of the housing has a side section extending from a lateral surface thereof and adjacent to a rear end of the lateral portion, the split being formed to an inner side of the side section; wherein the metal shield has a pair of connecting sections connecting rear edges of the upper and lower flaps and located adjacent to opposite side edges of the upper and lower flaps.