Cable connector and connector device having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9450319-B2
Application number	US-201314133981-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2013
Priority date	Dec 27, 2012
Publication date	Sep 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016

Abstract

A cable connector is to be connected to a cable and having a fitting surface to be fitted to a mating connector along an axial direction of the cable. The cable connector includes a housing; and contact members secured in the housing. Each contact member includes a basal section extending along the axial direction; a connecting section provided on one side and connected to one end of the cable; a contact section provided on the other side in the axial direction relative to the basal section; and a section to be locked and provided between the basal section and the connecting section along the axial direction. When the contact member is placed in the housing by the sliding movement, a part of each section to be locked on a side opposite the moving destination side in the sliding direction will be locked by a predetermined part of the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical cable connector to be connected to a cable and a mating connector, comprising:
a housing including a vertical wall protruding from an inner surface of the housing, said vertical wall including a thin wall section and a thick wall section; and
a contact member disposed in the housing to be electrically connected to the cable,
wherein said contact member includes:
a base portion extending in an axial direction of the cable;
a connecting portion disposed on one side of the base portion in the axial direction of the cable and to be connected to the cable, said connecting portion being formed in a flat plate shape;
a pinching section disposed on the other side of the base portion in the axial direction of the cable to contact with a mating contact portion of the mating connector, said pinching section extending in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction; and
an elastic locking section disposed between the pinching section and the connecting portion in the axial direction of the cable and extending from the base portion, said elastic locking section extending in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction,
wherein
said elastic locking section is formed of a pair of elastic engaging pieces facing each other,
said elastic engaging pieces extend upwardly away from each other so that a distance in between increases away from the base portion,
said thick wall section includes a pair of thick wall portions,
said thick wall portions are arranged apart with a distance smaller than a maximum distance between the elastic engaging pieces so that the elastic engaging pieces engage with the thick wall portions,
said contact member further includes a wide width portion formed in a flat plate shape and disposed between the pinching portion and the elastic locking section in the axial direction, and
said housing includes a space for accommodating the wide width portion.

2. The electrical cable connector according to claim 1 , wherein said elastic engaging pieces have a sectional shape apart from each other upwardly.

3. The electrical cable connector according to claim 1 , wherein said elastic engaging pieces are formed of a cut portion of a metal plate.

4. The electrical cable connector according to claim 1 , wherein said housing includes a receptacle space for accommodating the base portion, the pinching section, and the elastic locking section of the contact member.

5. The electrical cable connector according to claim 1 , wherein said connecting portion is configured to be connected to the cable with solder.

6. The electrical cable connector according to claim 1 , wherein said contact member is disposed at a plurality of positions in the housing.

7. A connector device comprising the electrical cable connector according to claim 1 and the mating connector.

8. The electrical cable connector according to claim 1 , wherein said housing further includes a securing section formed in a concave shape, and
said securing section is situated adjacent to the vertical wall so that the elastic locking section is accommodated in the securing section.

9. The electrical cable connector according to claim 1 , wherein said thin wall section includes a pair of thin wall portions, and
said thin wall portions are arranged apart with a distance smaller than a width of the wide width portion so that the wide width portion engages with the thin wall portions.

10. The electrical cable connector according to claim 1 , wherein said contact member is disposed in the housing to be electrically connected to the cable including a coaxial cable.

11. The electrical cable connector according to claim 10 , further comprising an outer shell fixed to the housing and to be connected to an outer conductive member of the coaxial cable.

12. The electrical cable connector according to claim 11 , wherein said contact member and said outer shell are configured to be fixed to the housing when the contact member and the outer shell are moved along the axial direction of the cable.

13. The electrical cable connector according to claim 11 , wherein said outer shell includes a side wall portion for covering the connecting portion.

14. The electrical cable connector according to claim 11 , wherein said outer shell includes a supporting piece for supporting the cable.

15. The electrical cable connector according to claim 11 , wherein said outer shell includes a supporting base for placing the cable.

Assignees

• Hirose Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nishimura Hiroaki

Classifications

• H01R13/506

  assembled by snap action of the parts · CPC title

• H01R12/592

  connections to contact elements · CPC title

• H01R2103/00

  Two poles · CPC title

• H01R12/00

  Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures (printed connections to, or between, printed circuits H05K1/11) · CPC title

• H01R13/6273

  comprising two latching arms · CPC title