Shield connector

• US 10,644,456 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2019
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Kojima, Yusuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Duverne, Jean F
• Application Number:
  US16/254,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20190237908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 468 Days
• Field of Search: 43960701
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/724 containing contact members forming a right angle
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/506 assembled by snap action of the parts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6581 Shield structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6593 the shield being composed of different pieces

Abstract

A shield connector (10) includes terminals (50) arranged side by side in a width direction. A shield shell (70) collectively surrounds the terminals (50) on an outer peripheral side, and a dielectric (40) interposed between the respective terminals (50) and the shield shell (70). The shield shell (70) includes a back wall (74) serving as a cover for covering an exposed surface of each terminal (50) from the dielectric (40). The back wall (74) includes bottomed recesses (88) at positions facing areas, across which the respective terminals (50) are adjacent in the width direction, on an outer surface (87) on a side opposite to an inner surface (86) facing the respective terminals (50).

Claims

1. A shield connector, comprising:

a dielectric having opposite front and rear end surfaces;

terminals arranged side by side in a width direction, each of the terminals having a connecting portion projecting through the dielectric in a front-rear direction, a lead intermediate portion extending angularly from a rear end of the connecting portion and being opposed to the rear end surface of the dielectric; and

a shield shell for collectively surrounding the dielectric and the terminals on an outer peripheral side,

the shield shell including a cover for opposed to and spaced rearward from the rear surface of the dielectric and covering an exposed surface of the connecting portion of each terminal that is exposed from the dielectric,

the cover of the shield shell including bottomed recesses or projections at positions facing an area, across which the lead intermediate portions of the respective terminals are adjacent in the width direction, the bottomed recesses or projections having surfaces extending substantially parallel to the rear end surface of the dielectric.

2. The shield connector of claim 1, wherein end parts of the respective terminals are exposed side by side in the width direction from an end edge of the cover, and one end of the bottomed recess or projection reaches the end edge of the cover.

3. The shield connector of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the bottomed recesses or projections are arranged side by side in the width direction.

4. The shield connector of claim 1, wherein the cover includes the bottomed recess at the position facing the area, across which the respective terminals are adjacent in the width direction, on the outer surface on the side opposite to the inner surface facing the respective terminals.

5. The shield connector of claim 1, wherein the cover of the shield shell includes a lower edge, the bottomed recesses or projections extending from the lower edge of the cover to positions spaced from the lower edge of the cover.

6. The shield connector of claim 1, wherein the bottomed recesses or projections at least partly align with spaces between the lead intermediate portions of the respective terminals.

7. The shield connector of claim 1, wherein the bottomed recesses or projections comprise bottomed recesses on surfaces of the cover facing away from the rear end surface of the dielectric and projections on surfaces of the cover facing toward the rear end surface of the dielectric at positions opposite the respective bottomed recesses.

8. The shield connector of claim 1 further comprising a housing configured for mounting on a circuit board, the dielectric, the terminals and the shield shell being mounted in the housing, the cover of the shield shell including a lower end edge facing toward the circuit board, the bottomed recesses or projections extending from the lower end edge of the cover and in a direction away from the circuit board.

9. A shield connector, comprising:

a dielectric having opposite front and rear end surfaces;

terminals arranged side by side in a width direction, each of the terminals having a connecting portion projecting through the dielectric in a front-rear direction, a lead intermediate portion extending angularly from a rear end of the connecting portion and being opposed to the rear end surface of the dielectric; and

a shield shell collectively surrounding the dielectric and the terminals on an outer peripheral side, the shield shell including a cover opposed to and spaced rearward from the rear surface of the dielectric and covering an exposed surface of the connecting portion of each terminal that is exposed from the dielectric, the cover of the shield shell including a lower edge extending in the width direction, the cover of the shield shell further being deformed to define an array of substantially parallel bottomed recesses extending away from the lower edge, each of the bottomed recesses having an inner back surface aligned substantially parallel to the width direction and transverse to the front rear direction.

10. The shield connector of claim 9, wherein the bottomed recesses at least partly align with spaces between the lead intermediate portions of the respective terminals.

11. The shield connector of claim 9, wherein the bottomed recesses comprise bottomed recesses on surfaces of the cover facing away from the rear end surface of the dielectric, and the cover of the shield shell further comprises projections on surfaces of the cover facing toward the rear end surface of the dielectric at positions opposite the respective bottomed recesses.

12. The shield connector of claim 9, further comprising a housing configured for mounting on a circuit board, the dielectric, the terminals and the shield shell being mounted in the housing, the cover of the shield shell including a lower end edge facing toward the circuit board, the bottomed recesses or projections extending from the lower end edge of the cover and in a direction away from the circuit board.