Connector

• US 20180123292A1
• Filed: 10/27/2017
• Published: 05/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Inventors: Zhang, Jiefeng, Wang, Hao, Pan, Biao, Gao, Bo
• Granted Patent: US 10,461,476 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5205 Sealing means between cable and housing, e.g. grommet H01R13/5221 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5825 the means comprising additional parts captured between housing parts and cable
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/648 Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices , e.g. anti-static shielding coaxially arranged shields H01R24/38
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2105/00 Three poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/28 Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/0521 Connection to outer conductor by action of a nut

Abstract

A connector comprises a housing, a connector body disposed in the housing, a conductive terminal disposed in the connector body, and a conductive shielding sleeve. The conductive shielding sleeve is disposed in the housing such that at least a part of an outer end of the conductive shielding sleeve extends to an exterior of the housing when the conductive shielding sleeve is fully mounted in the housing.

Claims

1. A connector, comprising:

a housing;

a connector body disposed in the housing;

a conductive terminal disposed in the connector body; and

a conductive shielding sleeve disposed in the housing such that at least a part of an outer end of the conductive shielding sleeve extends to an exterior of the housing when the conductive shielding sleeve is fully mounted in the housing.

2. The connector of claim 1, wherein the housing is formed of a metal material and the connector body is formed of an insulative material.

3. The connector of claim 1, wherein the conductive terminal is electrically connected to a wire inserted into the housing and the conductive shielding sleeve is fitted over a conductive shielding layer of the wire.

4. The connector of claim 3, wherein the outer end of the conductive shielding sleeve has an outwardly turning lip disposed outside the housing and spaced apart from the housing by a predetermined distance.

5. The connector of claim 4, further comprising a sealing sleeve fitted over an outer cladding layer of the wire, a clamping ring fitted over and mounted on the sealing sleeve, and a threaded sleeve threadedly connected to the housing.

6. The connector of claim 5, wherein the threaded sleeve presses the clamping ring to hold the sealing sleeve against the wire through the clamping ring.

7. The connector of claim 6, wherein the sealing sleeve and the clamping ring are partially received and positioned in the outer end of the conductive shielding sleeve.

8. The connector of claim 7, wherein the lip has a tapered opening which gradually contracts inwardly and guides the sealing sleeve and clamping ring into the outer end of the conductive shielding sleeve.

9. The connector of claim 8, wherein the clamping ring has a cylindrical body and a plurality of resilient latches connected to the cylindrical body, the resilient latches circumferentially spaced apart around the cylindrical body.

10. The connector of claim 9, wherein the threaded sleeve has a tapered inner wall surface which gradually contracts outwardly and presses the resilient latches of the clamping ring against the sealing sleeve.

11. The connector of claim 5, wherein the housing has a first end and an opposite second end, the conductive shielding sleeve mounted in the second end of the housing and the threaded sleeve threadedly connected to the second end of the housing.

12. The connector of claim 11, wherein the lip of the conductive shielding sleeve is spaced apart from an end face of the second end of the housing by the predetermined distance.

13. The connector of claim 1, wherein an inner diameter of the outer end of the conductive shielding sleeve is greater than an inner diameter of a sleeve body of the conductive shielding sleeve.

14. The connector of claim 13, further comprising a first sealing ring disposed and compressed between the sleeve body and the housing.

15. The connector of claim 14, wherein the first sealing ring is positioned in a circular groove of the sleeve body.

16. The connector of claim 1, further comprising an isolating sleeve disposed between the connector body and the housing and electrically isolating the housing from the conductive terminal.

17. The connector of claim 3, wherein the housing has a first end and an opposite second end extending perpendicular to the first end.

18. The connector of claim 17, wherein the connector body is disposed in the first end of the housing and the wire extends into the connector from the second end of the housing.

19. The connector of claim 18, further comprising a first nut threadedly connected to the first end of the housing and positioning the connector body in the housing.

20. The connector of claim 19, wherein an end of the connector body extends outwardly from the first end of the metal housing.

21. The connector of claim 20, further comprising a second nut fitted over and mounted on the end of the connector body extending outwardly from the first end of the housing, the second nut threadedly connected to a mating connector.

22. The connector of claim 21, further comprising a resilient conductive element disposed and compressed between the first nut and the second nut and electrically connecting the first nut and the second nut.

23. The connector of claim 1, wherein the connector has a circular cross-section.

24. The connector of claim 3, further comprising a screw threadedly connected to an end of the conductive terminal and fixing a conductor of the wire to the conductive terminal to electrically connect the wire and the conductive terminal.