Shield terminal and shield connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11108195-B2
Application number	US-202016792926-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2020
Priority date	Feb 27, 2019
Publication date	Aug 31, 2021
Grant date	Aug 31, 2021

Abstract

A shield terminal ( 20 ) includes an inner conductor terminal ( 21 ) and an outer conductor terminal ( 22 ) surrounding the inner conductor terminal ( 21 ). The outer conductor terminal ( 21 ) has a pull-out opening ( 46 ) through which an inner conductor connecting piece ( 26 ) of the inner conductor terminal ( 21 ) is pulled toward a circuit board ( 90 ). The outer conductor terminal ( 22 ) includes outer conductor connecting pieces that face the pull-out opening ( 46 ) and that include first and second outer conductor connecting pieces ( 53, 54 ) located on both sides across the inner conductor connecting piece ( 26 ) in a plan view and a third outer conductor connecting piece ( 42 ) that faces the inner conductor connecting piece ( 26 ) in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces ( 53, 54 ) at a position between the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces ( 53, 54 ) in the arrangement direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shield terminal, comprising:
an inner conductor terminal including an inner conductor connecting piece bent to be connected to a conductive portion on a surface of a circuit board; and
an outer conductor terminal including outer conductor connecting pieces bent to be connected to a ground portion on the surface of the circuit board, the outer conductor terminal surrounding the inner conductor terminal,
wherein:
the outer conductor terminal is provided with a pull-out opening through which the inner conductor connecting piece is pulled out toward the circuit board, and
the outer conductor connecting pieces are arranged to face the pull-out opening and include first and second outer conductor connecting pieces aligned with one another in a lateral direction and located on both sides of the inner conductor connecting piece so that the inner conductor connecting piece is located between the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces and aligned at least partly with the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces in the lateral direction, and a third outer conductor connecting piece located to face and align with the inner conductor connecting piece in a direction orthogonal to the lateral direction.

2. The shield terminal of claim 1 , wherein an opening shape of the pull-out opening is formed by bending the third outer conductor connecting piece toward the circuit board, and the third outer conductor connecting piece is arranged with a plate surface outside bend facing the inner conductor connecting piece.

3. The shield terminal of claim 2 , wherein the third outer conductor connecting piece projects from a central region excluding outer end parts of the outer conductor terminal and is mounted through a connection hole of the circuit board.

4. The shield terminal of claim 1 , wherein the third outer conductor connecting piece of the shield terminal has a width in the lateral direction that is wider than a width of the inner conductor connecting piece of the shield terminal in the lateral direction.

5. The shield terminal of claim 1 , wherein the third outer conductor connecting piece of the shield terminal has a tab that is mounted through a connection hole of the circuit board, the tab having a width in the lateral direction that is wider than a width of the inner conductor connecting piece of the shield terminal in the lateral direction.

6. The shield terminal of claim 5 , wherein the third outer conductor connecting piece of the shield terminal further has first and second protruding portions above the tab, the protruding portions defining a width in the lateral direction that is wider than a width of the tab.

7. The shield terminal of claim 6 , wherein ends of the first and second protruding portions align respectively with parts the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces in the direction orthogonal to the lateral direction.

8. A shield connector, comprising:
a connector housing made of a synthetic resin and having a base wall with opposite front and rear ends, mounting holes penetrating the base wall in a front-rear direction, the connector housing being mountable on a circuit board;
shield terminals mounted respectively in the mounting holes of the connector housing, each of the shield terminals includes a dielectric, an inner conductor terminal mounted in the dielectric and an outer conductor terminal surrounding at least part of the dielectric, the inner conductor terminal of each of the shield terminals including an inner conductor connecting piece bent to be connected to a conductive portion on a surface of a circuit board, and the outer conductor terminal of each of the shield terminals including outer conductor connecting pieces bent to be connected to a ground portion on the surface of the circuit board, wherein:
the outer conductor terminal of each of the shield terminals is provided with a pull-out opening through which the inner conductor connecting piece is pulled out toward the circuit board, and
the outer conductor connecting pieces of each of the shield terminals are arranged to face the pull-out opening and include first and second outer conductor connecting pieces aligned with one another in a lateral direction and located on both sides of the inner conductor connecting piece so that the inner conductor connecting piece is located between the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces and aligned at least partly with the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces in the lateral direction, and a third outer conductor connecting piece located to face and align with the inner conductor connecting piece of the respective shield terminal in a direction orthogonal to the lateral direction.

9. The shield connector of claim 8 , wherein the connector housing includes a recess recessed in a direction retracted from a position where the third outer conductor connecting piece is connected to the ground portion of the circuit board.

10. The shield connector of claim 8 , wherein the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces of the shield terminals are aligned with one another in the arrangement direction.

11. The shield connector of claim 10 , wherein the third outer conductor connecting pieces of the shield terminals are aligned with one another in the arrangement direction.

12. The shield connector of claim 8 , wherein the inner conductor connecting piece of each of the shield terminals is bent to extend substantially parallel to the front-rear direction and is disposed to be connected to a conductive portion on a surface of the circuit board.

13. The shield connector of claim 12 , wherein the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces of each of the shield terminals are bent to extend substantially parallel to the front-rear direction.

14. The shield connector of claim 13 , wherein ends of the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces of each of the shield terminals farthest from the base wall and an end of the inner conductor connecting piece of each of the shield terminals farthest from the base wall are aligned with one another in the lateral direction.

15. The shield connector of claim 8 , wherein each of the third outer conductor connecting pieces of the shield terminals has a width in the lateral direction that is wider than a width of the inner conductor connecting piece of the respective shield terminal in the lateral direction.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Hashimoto Norihito
• Mitsui Shohei
• Kang Liping
• Kubota Motoki
• Kasuga Masanobu
• Yamanaka Wataru
• Kanemura Keisuke
• Hirano Ai
• WAKAHARA Shinobu

Classifications

• H01R13/6593

  the shield being composed of different pieces · CPC title

• H01R2103/00

  Two poles · CPC title

• H01R13/6594

  the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members · CPC title

• H01R13/6582 Primary

  with resilient means for engaging mating connector · CPC title

• H01R12/724

  containing contact members forming a right angle · CPC title