Shield connector and method for assembling shield connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9825409-B1
Application number	US-201715615939-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 7, 2017
Priority date	Jun 23, 2016
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

A shield connector includes an inner housing provided with a first terminal receiving chamber and a second terminal receiving chamber which are configured to respectively receive inner terminals attached to ends of a plurality of wires bundled into a shielded electric wire, and a shield terminal incorporating the inner housing therein. The first terminal receiving chamber is provided with an opening which is opened to a side opposite to a side where the second terminal receiving chamber is placed. The opening is opened, from one end of the first terminal receiving chamber at a side of a terminal insertion port of the second terminal receiving chamber through which one of the inner terminals is inserted, to a wall at the other end of the first terminal receiving chamber, so that another one of the inner terminals is received in the first terminal receiving chamber through the opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shield connector, comprising:
an inner housing provided with a first terminal receiving chamber and a second terminal receiving chamber which are configured to respectively receive inner terminals attached to ends of a plurality of wires bundled into a shielded electric wire; and
a shield terminal incorporating the inner housing therein, wherein
the first terminal receiving chamber is provided with an opening which is opened to a side opposite to a side where the second terminal receiving chamber is placed, and
the opening is opened, from one end of the first terminal receiving chamber at a side of a terminal insertion port of the second terminal receiving chamber through which one of the inner terminals is inserted, to a wall at the other end of the first terminal receiving chamber, so that another one of the inner terminals is received in the first terminal receiving chamber through the opening.

2. The shield connector as set forth in claim 1 , wherein
the first terminal receiving chamber and the second terminal receiving chamber are configured to receive the inner terminals each of which includes a mating terminal connecting part having a cylindrical shape and configured to be connected to an mating terminal.

3. The shield connector as set forth in claim 1 , wherein
the inner housing includes an upper step provided with the first terminal receiving chamber and a lower step provided with the second terminal receiving chamber,
a plurality of upper terminal receiving chambers including the first terminal receiving chamber are provided in the upper step,
a plurality of lower terminal receiving chambers including the second terminal receiving chamber are provided in the lower step, and
each of the upper terminal receiving chambers is provided with the opening.

4. A method for assembling a shield connector, wherein the shield connector includes:
an inner housing provided with a first terminal receiving chamber and a second terminal receiving chamber which are configured to respectively receive inner terminals attached to ends of a plurality of wires bundled into a shielded electric wire; and
a shield terminal incorporating the inner housing therein, wherein
the first terminal receiving chamber is provided with an opening which is opened to a side opposite to a side where the second terminal receiving chamber is placed, and
the opening is opened, from one end of the first terminal receiving chamber at a side of a terminal insertion port of the second terminal receiving chamber through which one of the inner terminals is inserted, to a wall at the other end of the first terminal receiving chamber,
the method for assembling the shield connector comprising:
bending a first one of the wires from a straight state;
inserting the one of the inner terminals attached to a second one of the wires from the terminal insertion port so that the one of the inner terminals is received in the second terminal receiving chamber in a state that the first one of the wires is bent by the bending; and
deforming the first one of the wires into the straight state from the state that the first one of the wires is bent, while inserting another one of the inner terminals attached to the first one of the wires into the first terminal receiving chamber through the opening, in a state that the one of the inner terminals is received in the second terminal receiving chamber.

5. The method for assembling the shield connector as set forth in claim 4 , further comprising:
before the bending of the first one of the wires, bending the second one of the wires from a straight state while maintaining the first one of the wires in straight, and attaching another one of the inner terminals to the first one of the wires in a state that the second one of the wires is bent; and
after the bending of the first one of the wires and before the inserting of the one of the inner terminals, deforming the second one of the wires into the straight state from a state that the second one of the wires is bent, and attaching the one of the inner terminals to the second one of the wires in a state that the second one of the wires is in the straight state.

6. The method for assembling the shield connector as set forth in claim 4 , further comprising:
inserting the inner housing into the shield terminal in a state that all of the inner terminals are received in the inner housing.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Kameyama Isao

Classifications

• H01R13/6597 Primary

  the conductive member being a contact of the connector · CPC title

• H01R24/40

  specially adapted for high frequency · CPC title

• H01R24/86

  Parallel contacts arranged about a common axis · CPC title

• H01R13/65912 Primary

  for shielded multiconductor cable (coaxial cables with one conductor surrounded by shield H01R9/05; flat shielded cables H01R12/594) · CPC title

• H01R9/0518 Primary

  Connection to outer conductor by crimping or by crimping ferrule · CPC title