CONTACT ELEMENT FOR SHIELDED CONNECTORS

• US 20080032556A1
• Filed: 07/10/2007
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harting Electric Gmbh & Co. Kg (Harting KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Harting Electric Gmbh & Co. Kg (Harting KGaA)
• Inventors: Schreier, Stephan
• Granted Patent: US 7,651,376 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/610
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/506 assembled by snap action of the parts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/65912 for shielded multiconductor cable coaxial cables with one conductor surrounded by shield H01R9/05; flat shielded cables H01R12/594
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/0524 Connection to outer conductor by action of a clamping member, e.g. screw fastening means H01R9/0515 takes precedence

Abstract

In order to connect the shielding (62) of an electric cable (6) to a metallic connector (7), the invention proposes an electrically non-conductive cable guide part (1) that features a wall segment (2) of an electrically conductive material that needs to be laterally open sectionally.

In this case, the shielding (62) of the electric cable (6) lying in the interior (12) is connected to a corresponding mating connector by means of the wall segment (2) and an electrically conductive connector sleeve (31) surrounding the connector.

Claims

1. :

A contact element for connecting the shielding of an electric cable to a connector, wherein

an electrically conductive wall segment to be opened sectionally is provided in a recessed section adjacent to a collar region of a cylindrical, non-conductive cable guide part.

2. :

The contact element according to claim 1, wherein

a toggle lever formed on the wall segment can be inserted into a corresponding opening in the cable guide part, wherein the wall segment can be outwardly opened by being radially tilted about an imaginary axis of rotation.

3. :

The contact element according to claim 1, wherein

a bevel is provided on the wall segment on the surface bordering the cable guide part.

4. :

The contact element according to claim 2, wherein

the toggle lever of the wall segment can be locked via a snap-in shoulder arranged in the opening of the cable guide part.

5. :

The contact element according to claim 1, wherein

the cable guide part features ribs that point into the interior in order to fix and contact the shielding of the electric cable, wherein one rib is formed on the cable guide part and at least one other rib is formed on the wall segment.