Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025149838-A1
Application number	US-202318836008-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 17, 2023
Priority date	Feb 7, 2022
Publication date	May 8, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A connector ( 10 ) includes an outer conductor having a hollow cylindrical shape and to be crimped to an end part of a shielded wire (W) including a core wire ( 51 ). The outer conductor ( 15 ) is divided into two including one first region ( 15 K) and one second region ( 15 L) in a circumferential direction. The outer conductor ( 15 ) includes a fixed contact point portion ( 15 H) provided in the first region ( 15 K), fixed in position with respect to the first region ( 15 K) and configured to contact an inner surface of a mating outer conductor ( 65 ), and a resilient contact point portion ( 15 J) provided in the second region ( 15 L) and configured to resiliently contact the inner surface of the mating outer conductor ( 65 ).

First claim

1 . A connector, comprising an outer conductor having a hollow cylindrical shape, the outer conductor being crimped to an end part of a cable including a core wire, the outer conductor being divided into two including one first region and one second region in a circumferential direction, the outer conductor including:
a fixed contact point portion provided in the first region, the fixed contact point portion being fixed in position with respect to the first region, the fixed contact point portion contacting a peripheral surface of a mating outer conductor; and a resilient contact point portion provided in the second region, the resilient contact point portion resiliently contacting the peripheral surface of the mating outer conductor.

2 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein:
a plurality of the resilient contact point portions are defined by slits formed in the second region and arranged side by side in the circumferential direction, and adjacent resilient contact point portions are facing one common slit.

3 . The connector of claim 2 , wherein:
the outer conductor is inserted into the mating outer conductor, and the slits are surrounded by the mating outer conductor.

4 . The connector of claim 2 , comprising a dielectric to be arranged inside the outer conductor, wherein:
a thickness in a radial direction of a part facing an inner surface of the first region, out of the dielectric, is larger than a thickness in the radial direction of a part facing an inner surface of the second region, out of the dielectric.

5 . The connector of claim 4 , wherein:
a coupling slit partitioning between an end of the resilient contact point portion in an axial direction of the core wire and the outer conductor and connected to the slit is formed in the second region, the connector includes an inner conductor, a mating tab being inserted into the inner conductor, an exposed part exposed from the inner conductor, out of the tab, being accommodated in the dielectric, and the coupling slit and the exposed part of the tab are different in position in the axial direction of the core wire.

6 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein a deflection space is formed inside the second region, the resilient contact point portion being insertable into the deflection space when being resiliently deformed.

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Sakai Masami
• Kang Liping

Classifications

• H01R13/6474

  by variation of conductive properties, e.g. by dimension variations · CPC title

• H01R2103/00

  Two poles · CPC title

• H01R24/40 Primary

  specially adapted for high frequency · CPC title

• H01R24/44 Primary

  comprising impedance matching means · CPC title