Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022216651-A1
Application number	US-202017606709-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 23, 2020
Priority date	May 13, 2019
Publication date	Jul 7, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a connector enabling a size reduction by simplifying a configuration. A connector 11 includes a housing 21 in which a plurality of shielded cables 14 are held while being partially inserted, and cores of the plurality of shielded cables 14 are connected to a plurality of terminals 13a of a mating connector 13 by connecting the housing 21 to the mating connector 13. The connector 11 includes an electromagnetic shielding shell 22 for covering the outer surface of the housing 21 and a shield terminal 27 to be provided between the plurality of shielded cables 14 in the housing 21, connected to shield members of the plurality of shielded cables 14 and connected to a ground terminal 13b of the mating connector 13 by connecting the housing 21 to the mating connector 13.

First claim

1 . A coupling structure, comprising:
a connector; and a mating connector fixed to a conductive casing, wherein: the connector includes a plurality of shielded cables each having a conductive core and a conductive shield member, a housing made of resin, the plurality of shielded cables being held in the housing while being partially inserted, a shield terminal provided between the plurality of shielded cables in the housing and connected to the shield members of the plurality of shielded cables, and an electromagnetic shielding shell for covering an outer surface of the housing, the mating connector includes a ground terminal to be conductive to the conductive casing and a plurality of non-ground terminals, the cores of the plurality of shielded cables of the connector are respectively connected to the plurality of non-ground terminals of the mating connector and the shield terminal of the connector is connected to the ground terminal of the mating connector when the housing of the connector is connected to the mating connector, the electromagnetic shielding shell of the connector is configured to directly contact and be conductive to an outer surface of the conductive casing when the housing of the connector is connected to the mating connector, and the shield terminal of the connector and the ground terminal of the mating connector are configured to cause the shield members of the plurality of shielded cables to be conductive to a non-outer surface of the conductive casing different from the outer surface when the housing of the connector is connected to the mating connector.

2 . The coupling structure according to claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic shielding shell is set to electrically contact the conductive casing at three or more points.

3 . The coupling structure according to claim 2 , wherein the electromagnetic shielding shell includes a grounding projection projecting to contact the conductive casing.

4 . The coupling structure according to claim 3 , wherein the electromagnetic shielding shell is set to electrically contact the conductive casing at least at three points by a pair of the grounding projections and a screw threadably engaged with the conductive casing through the electromagnetic shielding shell.

5 . The coupling structure according to claim 1 , wherein the shield terminal is made of a bent conductive plate material and includes a pair of parallel portions, a coupling portion coupling one ends of the pair of parallel portions and connecting portions respectively provided on the other ends of the pair of parallel portions to be connected to the shield members, and the ground terminal is inserted between the pair of parallel portions and connected to the pair of parallel portions when the housing is connected to the mating member.

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Nishijima Seido

Classifications

• H01R24/22

  with additional earth or shield contacts · CPC title

• H01R2103/00

  Two poles · CPC title

• H01R13/6583 Primary

  with separate conductive resilient members between mating shield members · CPC title

• H01R13/65918

  wherein each conductor is individually surrounded by shield · CPC title

• H01R13/6585

  Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts · CPC title