ELECTRIC CABLE WITH SHIELDED CONNECTOR

• US 20140051282A1
• Filed: 10/24/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation), Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: TANAKA, Masahiro, KATO, Hajime
• Granted Patent: US 8,827,747 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/502
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6581 Shield structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6593 the shield being composed of different pieces
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/904 Multipart shell

Abstract

An electric cable with shielded connector includes a flexible electric wire, shielded connectors that are respectively attached on the flexible electric wire, and a shield cover that is provided to cover an outer side of the electric wire. The shield cover is constituted of two cylindrical shield covers made of a conductive metal plate. One end of each of the two cylindrical shield covers is respectively fixed on shield shells of the shield connectors on both ends of the electric wire. The other end of each of the two cylindrical shield covers is formed as a free end, and the free ends of the two cylindrical shield covers are abutted to each other or are lapped on each other.

Claims

1. An electric cable with shielded connector comprising:

a flexible electric wire;

shielded connectors that are respectively attached on both ends of the flexible electric wire; and

a shield cover that is provided to cover an outer side of the electric wire between the shielded connectors, the shielded connectors each including a terminal electrically connected to a conductor of the electric wire, an insulation material housing holding the terminal, and a shield shell covering an outer side of the housing,

wherein the shield cover is constituted of two cylindrical shield covers made of a conductive metal plate, one end of each of the two cylindrical shield covers is respectively fixed on the shield shells of the shield connectors on both ends of the electric wire, the other end of each of the two cylindrical shield covers is formed as a free end, and the free ends of the two cylindrical shield covers are abutted to each other or are lapped on each other, to ensure shielding ability between the free ends of the two cylindrical shield covers.

2. The electric cable with shielded connector according to claim 1, wherein the two cylindrical shield covers are respectively constituted of a combination of a pair of semi-cylindrical bodies, whose side edges are lapped on each other, and

wherein one semi-cylindrical body of the pair of semi-cylindrical bodies is fixed on the shield shell and the other semi-cylindrical body is detachably fixed on the shield shell or the one semi-cylindrical body.

3. The electric cable with shielded connector according to claim 1, wherein a conductive elastic member is interposed between the free ends of the two cylindrical shield covers to shield a gap between the free ends and also to prevent a direct contact between the free ends.

4. The electric cable with shielded connector according to claim 2, wherein a conductive elastic member is interposed between the free ends of the two cylindrical shield covers to shield a gap between the free ends and also to prevent a direct contact between the free ends.

5. The electric cable with shielded connector according to claim 2, wherein the free ends of the two cylindrical shield covers are lapped on each other, and

wherein one semi-cylindrical body, which becomes an inner side in lapped portions between side edges, of a pair of semi-cylindrical bodies of the other cylindrical shield cover, which is lapped on an outer side of one cylindrical shield cover which becomes an inner side in lapped portions of the free ends of the two cylindrical shield covers, is formed to have a dimension which is possible to have a gap between the one semi-cylindrical body and the one cylindrical shield cover in a free state, and also the other semi-cylindrical body, which becomes an outer side in the lapped portions between side edges, of the pair of semi-cylindrical bodies of the other cylindrical shield cover, is formed to have a dimension which allows the one semi-cylindrical body to be pressed and deformed inward to fill the gap, and the one semi-cylindrical body to be pressed against and closely contacted to the one cylindrical shield cover, as the other semi-cylindrical body is fitted on the one semi-cylindrical body in the free state from the rear side to allow the side edges to be lapped on each other.