Electrical plug connector and method of terminating a cable therewith
First Claim
1. A shielded plug connector for electrical connection to a plurality of electrical conductors and a shield of a shielded cable, the electrical conductors having electrical terminals terminated thereon which have contact sections for mating with corresponding contact terminals of a receptacle, the plug connector having a dielectric housing means having terminal-receiving passageways therethrough whereinto the electrical terminals are insertable and securable therein, metal shell means around the housing, crimping ferrule means for crimping around a rear section means of the metal shell means to crimpingly secure the shield of the cable therebetween and for crimping around an outer jacket of the cable to secure the plug connector to the cable, and an insulating means around the metal shell means and crimping ferrule means, characterized in that:
- said metal shell means is a one-piece shell member having a body section of selected diameter at least as great as the diameter of said dielectric housing means and of an axial length greater than the axial length of said dielectric housing means, and said rear section means of said metal shell means having a reduced diameter less than said diameter of said dielectric housing means, said shell member having a forwardly facing stop surface therewith proximate said rear section means; and
said dielectric housing means and said shell member are adapted such that said dielectric housing means is insertable into said shell member from the front thereof and securable therewithin against said stop surface thereof prior to insertion into passageways thereof of the electrical terminals terminated to said plurality of electrical conductors of the shielded cable.
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Abstract
A DIN-type plug connector for shielded cable has a one-piece metal shell member in which a housing member has first been inserted and secured. An inwardly-directed projection is stamped into the side surface of the shell member to secure the housing member therein, after which contact-terminated conductors of the cable are inserted through a rear section of the shell member and into housing passageways. The braid of the cable is placed around the rear shell section and a crimping ferrule is crimped therearound, terminating the braid. A rear section of the ferrule is crimped to the outer jacket cable, and an insulating cable guard placed around the assembly. A polarizing U-shaped channel can be stamped into the shell member forwardly of the housing member therewithin for polarized mating with a receptacle. The housing member can have a U-shaped recess therealong to serve as a polarizing indicator and the shell'"'"'s U-shaped channel can be formed in alignment therewith becoming a polarizing means. A method is provided for assembling the plug connector.
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1. A shielded plug connector for electrical connection to a plurality of electrical conductors and a shield of a shielded cable, the electrical conductors having electrical terminals terminated thereon which have contact sections for mating with corresponding contact terminals of a receptacle, the plug connector having a dielectric housing means having terminal-receiving passageways therethrough whereinto the electrical terminals are insertable and securable therein, metal shell means around the housing, crimping ferrule means for crimping around a rear section means of the metal shell means to crimpingly secure the shield of the cable therebetween and for crimping around an outer jacket of the cable to secure the plug connector to the cable, and an insulating means around the metal shell means and crimping ferrule means, characterized in that:
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said metal shell means is a one-piece shell member having a body section of selected diameter at least as great as the diameter of said dielectric housing means and of an axial length greater than the axial length of said dielectric housing means, and said rear section means of said metal shell means having a reduced diameter less than said diameter of said dielectric housing means, said shell member having a forwardly facing stop surface therewith proximate said rear section means; and said dielectric housing means and said shell member are adapted such that said dielectric housing means is insertable into said shell member from the front thereof and securable therewithin against said stop surface thereof prior to insertion into passageways thereof of the electrical terminals terminated to said plurality of electrical conductors of the shielded cable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of applying an electrical connector to a shielded cable having a plurality of electrical conductors therein, to terminate the cable with a shielded connector, comprising the steps of:
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inserting into a front portion of a one-piece metal shell member a dielectric housing means having axially-extending terminal-receiving passageways therethrough; forming an inwardly-extending projection on said shell member after said insertion to secure said housing means therein; inserting through a rear section of said shell member and into said housing passageways electrical terminals terminated to respective conductors of the cable and securing said terminals therein; disposing an end of the shield of the shielded cable around said rear section of said shell member; and crimping a crimping ferrule around said rear section of said shell member thus crimping said shield therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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