Electric connector having conductive inner and outer shells securely fastened to each other

Claim 1

An electric connector having opposite front and rear sides and comprising a body made of an insulator, having connection parts arranged in stages in a height direction of the connector at the front side of the connector, the connection parts having terminals arranged thereon and being adapted to be connected with counterpart connectors, an outer wall shell made of a conductor, the outer wall shell being arranged on the body to shield the connection parts and having an opening at the front side of the connector and having two slits formed in the outer wall shell, and an inner wall shell made of a conductor, the inner wall shell being provided to partition the connection parts and comprising an intermediate part forming a front side face of the inner wall shell at the front side of the connector and partition parts extending toward the rear side of the connector from two opposite first ends, in the height direction, of the intermediate part, wherein the intermediate part of the inner wall shell further has two opposite second ends in a width direction of the connector transverse to the height direction, and wherein the two opposite second ends are extended and fastened to the outer wall shell, and at least one of the two opposite second ends is formed into an approximately-U-shaped thrust-in part projecting from the front side toward the rear side when seen in the width direction, and the thrust-in part includes two top ends that project toward the rear side of the connector and that are fastened into the two slits formed in the outer wall shell.