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A shield connector (C) includes a tubular metallic shield shell (30) integrally attached to the outer circumferential surface of a housing (10) made of resin by insert molding. The shield shell (30) is formed with a cut (32) extending between opposite ends in a longitudinal direction, and a pair of

A shield connector (C) includes a tubular metallic shield shell (30) integrally attached to the outer circumferential surface of a housing (10) made of resin by insert molding. The shield shell (30) is formed with a cut (32) extending between opposite ends in a longitudinal direction, and a pair of opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) which extend radially inward or outward, circumferentially face each other and can come into contact with each other when edges (33A, 33B) at the opposite sides of the cut (32) are displaced in directions away from each other are provided on the opposite edges (33A, 33B) of the shield shell 30 facing each other with the cut (32) therebetween.

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1. A shield connector (C) comprising: a housing (10) made of resin and having an outer peripheral surface; anda tubular metallic shield shell (30) integrally attached to the outer peripheral surface of the housing (10) by insert molding, the shield shell (30) having opposite ends spaced apart in a l

1. A shield connector (C) comprising: a housing (10) made of resin and having an outer peripheral surface; anda tubular metallic shield shell (30) integrally attached to the outer peripheral surface of the housing (10) by insert molding, the shield shell (30) having opposite ends spaced apart in a longitudinal direction (LD) and a cut (32) extending between the opposite ends, first and second edges (33A, 33B) at opposite sides of the cut (32), first and second opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) extending out or in from the respective first and second edges (33A, 33B) and at least partly facing one another, the first and second opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) being engageable with one another to limit displacement of the edges (33A, 33B) away from one another and the first and second opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) being engageable respectively with the second and first edges (33B, 33A) to limit displacement of the edges (33B, 33A) toward one another. 2. The shield connector of claim 1, wherein portions of the first and second opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) project toward the respective second and first edges (33B, 33A). 3. The shield connector of claim 1, wherein the opening preventing pieces (34A, 33B) are embedded entirely in the housing (10). 4. The shield connector of claim 1, wherein the housing (10) includes at least one rib (13) projecting outward along the cut (32) of the shield shell (30). 5. The shield connector of claim 4, further comprising a first bulge (35A) projecting from the first edge (33A) toward the second edge (33B) and a second bulge (35B) projecting from the second edge (33B) toward the first edge (33A), the first and second opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) being bent to stand out from the respective first and second bulges (35A, 35B), extending distances of the opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) from the bulges (35) being less than a projecting distance of the rib (13), so that the opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) are embedded entirely in the rib (13). 6. The shield connector of claim 5, wherein the opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) substantially entirely face each other at opposite sides of the cut (32), the first opening preventing piece (34A, 34B) having a portion projecting back from the first bulge (35A) and being opposed to the second bulge (35B) and the second opening preventing piece (34B) having a portion projecting forward from the second bulge (35B) and being opposed to the first bulge (35A). 7. The shield connector of claim 6, wherein the bulges (35A, 35B) are displaced in forward and backward directions (FBD) from a center of the shield shell (30) in a longitudinal direction (LD), and bulging distances of the bulges (35A, 35B) are slightly shorter than a width of the rib (13). 8. The shield connector of claim 1, wherein each of the edges (33A, 33B) has an escaping recess (36A, 36B), the opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) being substantially identical rectangular plates longer in the longitudinal direction (LD), dimensions of the opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) in the longitudinal direction (LD) being substantially equal to the dimensions of the escaping recesses (36) in the longitudinal direction (LD) and being greater than dimensions of the bulges (35) in the longitudinal direction (LD). 9. The shield connector of claim 1, wherein the housing (10) includes at least one rib (13) projecting outward along the cut (32) of the shield shell (30), the opening preventing pieces (34A, 33B) being embedded entirely in the rib (13). 10. A shield connector (C) comprising: a housing (10) made of resin and having an outer peripheral surface; anda tubular metallic shield shell (30) integrally attached to the outer peripheral surface of the housing (10), the shield shell (30) having opposite ends spaced apart in a longitudinal direction (LD) and a cut (32) extending between the opposite ends, first and second edges (33A, 33B) at opposite sides of the cut (32), first and second opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) extending from the respective first and second edges (33A, 33B) and at least partly facing one another, the first opening preventing piece (34A) being between the second opening preventing pieces (34B) and the second edge (33B) and the second opening preventing piece (34B) being between the first opening preventing piece (34A) and the first edge (33A), whereby the first and second opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) are engageable with one another to limit displacement of the edges (33A, 33B) away from one another and the first and second opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) being engageable respectively with the second and first edges (33B, 33A) to limit displacement of the edges (33B, 33A) toward one another. 11. The shield connector of claim 10, further comprising a first bulge (35A) projecting from the first edge (33A) toward the second edge (33B) and a second bulge (35B) projecting from the second edge (33B) toward the first edge (33A), the first and second opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) being bent to stand out from the respective first and second bulges (35A, 35B). 12. The shield connector of claim 11, wherein the first opening preventing piece (34A, 34B) has a portion projecting back from the first bulge (35A) and being opposed to the second bulge (35B) and the second opening preventing piece (34B) has a portion projecting forward from the second bulge (35B) and being opposed to the first bulge (35A). 13. The shield connector of claim 12, wherein each of the first and second edges (33A, 33B) are formed respectively with first and second escaping recesses (36A, 36B), the first bulge (35A) being dimensioned and aligned for engaging in the second escaping recess (36B) and the second bulge (35B) being dimensioned and aligned for engagement in the first escaping recess (36A). 14. The shield connector of claim 13, wherein dimensions of the opening preventing pieces (34A, 34B) in the longitudinal direction (LD) are substantially equal to the dimensions of the escaping recesses (36A, 36B)) in the longitudinal direction (LD) and greater than dimensions of the bulges (35A, 35B)) in the longitudinal direction (LD). 15. The shield connector of claim 10, wherein the opening preventing pieces (34A, 33B) are embedded entirely in the housing (10).