Shield structure and wiring harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12142877-B2
Application number	US-202017434995-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2020
Priority date	Mar 7, 2019
Publication date	Nov 12, 2024
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024

Abstract

A shield structure includes a twisted pair cable formed by twisting two wires and including a parallel portion, the two wires being arranged side by side in the parallel portion, and a shield member including two conductive side wall portions disposed around the parallel portion and two connecting portions configured to connect the two side wall portions. The two connecting portions are respectively disposed on front end parts and rear end parts in an extending direction of the parallel portion, out of the two side wall portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shield structure, comprising:
a UTP cable formed by twisting two wires and including a parallel portion, the two wires being arranged side by side in the parallel portion; and
a shield member including two conductive side wall portions disposed around the parallel portion and outwardly of the parallel portion in an arrangement direction of the two wires and two connecting portions configured to electrically connect the two side wall portions,
the two connecting portions being respectively disposed on front end parts and rear end parts in an extending direction of the parallel portion, out of the two side wall portions, and
the two side wall portions being mirror-symmetrically formed with respect to a virtual plane including a middle position between the two wires constituting the parallel portion and extending along an extending direction of the two wires,
wherein the shield member includes an upper opening that opens upwardly and is formed by upper edge parts of the two side wall portions and a lower opening that opens downwardly is formed by a region surrounded by lower edge parts of the two side wall portions and edge parts of the two connecting portions.

2. The shield structure of claim 1 , wherein the connecting portions are integrally formed to the two side wall portions.

3. The shield structure of claim 1 , wherein the two side wall portions are located around two terminals connected to respective end parts of the two wires constituting the parallel portion.

4. The shield structure of claim 1 , wherein:
parts of the two wires exposed from an end part of a sheath collectively surrounding the two wires constitute the parallel portion, and
the connecting portions include externally fitting portions externally fit to the end part of the sheath and extending portions extending from the externally fitting portions and configured to contact the two side wall portions.

5. A wiring harness, comprising:
a UTP cable formed by twisting two wires and including a parallel portion, the two wires being arranged side by side in the parallel portion;
two terminals respectively connected to end parts of the two wires constituting the parallel portion;
a connector configured to accommodate the two terminals; and
a shield member including two conductive side wall portions disposed around the parallel portion and outwardly of the parallel portion in an arrangement direction of the two wires and two connecting portions configured to electrically connect the two side wall portions,
the two connecting portions being respectively disposed on front end parts and rear end parts in an extending direction of the parallel portion, out of the two side wall portions, and
the two side wall portions being mirror-symmetrically formed with respect to a virtual plane including a middle position between the two wires constituting the parallel portion and extending along an extending direction of the two wires,
wherein the shield member includes an upper opening that opens upwardly and is formed by upper edge parts of the two side wall portions and a lower opening that opens downwardly is formed by a region surrounded by lower edge parts of the two side wall portions and edge parts of the two connecting portions.

6. The wiring harness of claim 5 , wherein the connector includes a fixing portion, the shield member being fixed to the fixing portion.

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Takahashi Keigo
• Takagi Hiroki
• Sakai Masami

Classifications

• H01R13/6591

  Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members · CPC title

• H01B7/0045

  Cable-harnesses · CPC title

• H01R2103/00

  Two poles · CPC title

• H01R13/6581 Primary

  Shield structure · CPC title

• H01R13/65915 Primary

  Twisted pair of conductors surrounded by shield · CPC title