Patent attributes
An electrical connector (10) having a shutter (50) at an opening provided on a front side thereof for plug-in with a mating connector (60) includes a housing (21), a shield case (30) made of a sheet metal and fixed to an outside of the housing (21), at least one shutter member (51 and 52) for opening and closing the opening of the electrical connector (10) and having a lid (53, and 54) moving to an open position of the shutter (50) when the mating connector (60) pushes the lid (53 and 54) during the plug-in, and a pair of bias member (40) for biasing the shutter member (51 and 52) to a closed position of the shutter (50), wherein each of the bias members (40) comprises at least one resilient arm (42) of a plate-type spring made as one body with the shield case (30).
