Connector structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11749953-B2
Application number	US-201917312914-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2019
Priority date	Dec 21, 2018
Publication date	Sep 5, 2023
Grant date	Sep 5, 2023

Abstract

A female connector structure is provided with a shielded cable configured such that an outer periphery of a coated wire including a core and an insulation coating is surrounded by a braided wire, a female terminal including a wire barrel and a connecting tube portion and to be connected to a mating terminal, an insulating dielectric for surrounding an outer periphery of the connecting tube portion, and an outer conductor including a shield connecting portion, the outer conductor surrounding at least the coated wire. A part of the outer conductor corresponding to the coated wire exposed from the braided wire is formed with a projecting portion by causing a part of an inner surface of the outer conductor to project from other parts radially inwardly of the outer conductor, and an outer surface of the outer conductor is not depressed radially inwardly of the outer conductor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector structure, comprising:
a shielded cable including:
a coated wire including a core and an insulation coating configured to surround an outer periphery of the core; and
a shield portion configured to surround an outer periphery of the coated wire;

an inner conductor including a core connecting portion connected to the core and a connecting portion continuous with the core connecting portion and connected to a mating terminal;
an insulating dielectric configured to surround at least an outer periphery of the connecting portion of the inner conductor; and
an outer conductor including a shield connecting portion electrically connected to the shield portion, the outer conductor surrounding at least the coated wire exposed from the shield portion,
wherein a part of the outer conductor corresponding to the coated wire exposed from the shield portion is formed with a projecting portion by causing a part of an inner surface of the outer conductor to project from other parts radially inwardly of the outer conductor such that the inner surface of the outer conductor becomes closer to the coated wire by a thickness of the projecting portion, the projecting portion being provided at a position corresponding to the coated wire exposed from the shield portion in a longitudinal direction of the outer conductor, and
an outer surface of the outer conductor is not depressed radially inwardly of the outer conductor.

2. The connector structure of claim 1 , wherein the projecting portion projects from an end edge of the outer conductor and is folded to overlap on the inner surface of the outer conductor.

3. The connector structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the outer conductor includes:
a rear outer conductor having a shield connecting portion crimped to the shield portion from outside, a dielectric crimping portion crimped to at least a part of the dielectric from outside and a rear tube portion configured to surround the coated wire between the shield connecting portion and the dielectric crimping portion; and
a front outer conductor having a front tube portion configured to surround the insulating dielectric and a rear outer conductor crimping portion crimped to the dielectric crimping portion from outside, and

the rear tube portion is formed with the projecting portion.

4. The connector structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the outer conductor includes:
a front outer conductor having a front tube portion configured to surround the dielectric and a dielectric locking portion to be locked to at least a part of the dielectric; and
a rear outer conductor having a shield connecting portion crimped to the shield portion from outside, a front outer conductor crimping portion crimped to at least the dielectric locking portion from outside, and a rear tube portion configured to surround the coated wire between the shield connecting portion and the front outer conductor crimping portion, and

the rear tube portion is formed with the projecting portion.

5. The connector structure of claim 1 , wherein the projecting portion is provided between the shield portion of the shielded cable and the core connecting portion of the inner conductor in a longitudinal direction of the outer conductor.

6. The connector structure of claim 1 , wherein the shield portion is formed by braiding a plurality of metal wires into a tubular shape.

Assignees

• Autonetworks Technologies Ltd
• Sumitomo Wiring Systems
• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Murata Atsushi
• Ono Junichi
• Hamada Kazuaki

Classifications

• H01R13/6592 Primary

  the conductive member being a shielded cable · CPC title

• H01R4/184 Primary

  comprising a U-shaped wire-receiving portion · CPC title

• H01R4/20

  using a crimping sleeve {(H01R4/01 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H01R13/6473

  Impedance matching · CPC title

• H01R13/6582

  with resilient means for engaging mating connector · CPC title