Cable connector holder

• US 4,679,869 A
• Filed: 02/18/1986
• Issued: 07/14/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NCR Corporation
• Original Assignee: NCR Corporation
• Inventors: Watson, David A.
• Primary Examiner(s): MCQUADE, JOHN P
• Application Number:
  US06/830,424
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 339/14 R, 339/14 P, 339/143 R, 339/103 R, 339/103 M
• US Class Current: 439/78
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/518 for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6594 the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6596 the conductive member being a metal grounding panel

Abstract

A holder for a shielded cable electrical connector used to connect the electrical connector to a printed circuit board includes a pair of opposed flange members for gripping the connector, a pair of opposed finger members extending from the tail portion of the holder for clamping the end of the cable providing a strain relief for the cable, a first surface portion extending from the surface of the holder in a direction to hold the connector within the flange members, a second surface portion of the holder which extends in a direction to engage a ground member located on the top surface of the printed circuit board upon mounting of the holder to the circuit board and a pair of tab portions for engaging the edge of the printed circuit board to lock the holder and the connector into engagement with a like connector mounted on the printed circuit board.

Claims

1. In combination with an electrical connector having mating first and second housing members in which the first housing member is mounted on a supporting surface and includes a plurality of pin members and a second housing member which includes corresponding apertures for connection to the ends of a plurality of wires extending from a cable having a metallic sleeve surrounding the wires within the cable, a support member for the second housing member comprising;

an elongated body portion having opposed flange portions located at one end of the body portion for receiving and holding the housing member in a mounted position on the body portion;

a stop portion on the body portion for engaging one end of the housing member to hold the housing member in said mounted position;

means extending from the body portion for engaging a ground member located on the supporting surface upon mounting of the second housing member to the first housing member;

and a pair of opposed finger portions located at one end of the body portion opposite the flange portion end and extending outwardly from said body portion to engage the cable and the metallic sleeve, said finger portions being squeezed around the cable and the sleeve to provide a strain relief on the cable and to ground the metallic sleeve upon mounting of the second housing member to the first housing member.

2. The support member of claim 1 which further includes a pair of depending tab portions mounted along the rear edge of the flange portions for engaging the supporting surface to hold the engaging means against the ground member upon mounting of the second housing member to the first housing member.

3. The support member of claim 2 in which each of the opposed flange portions terminate in a U-shaped end portion for gripping the edges of the second housing member.

4. The support member of claim 3 in which said engaging means comprises a projection portion of the body portion extending in a downward direction from the lower surface of the body portion for engaging the ground member on the supporting surface upon the mounting of the second housing member on the first housing member.

5. A holder for an electrical connector having a first housing member for use with a multi-wire cable including a shield member located within the cable and surrounding the wires and adapted to mate with a second generally like connector housing member having connecting pins engaging apertures in said first housing member, said second housing member being mounted on a printed circuit board comprising;

a T-shaped support member having an elongated body portion and opposed flange portions located at the T-shaped end for receiving and gripping the first housing member in a mounted position on the T-shaped support member, said body portion including;

a stop portion rising from the top surface of the body portion intermediate the ends of the opposed flange portions for engaging one end of the first housing member to hold the housing member in said mounted position;

a depending projection portion extending downwardly from the lower surface of the body portion and in a direction transversed to the longitudinal axis of the body portion for engaging a ground member mounted on the printed circuit board upon the mating of the first said housing member to the second housing member on the printed circuit board;

and a tail portion having opposed outwardly extending finger portions for engaging the cable and the shield member, said finger portions being wrapped around the cable and shield member to provide a strain relief for the cable and to ground the shield member upon the mating of the second housing member to the first housing member on the printed circuit board.

6. The support member of claim 5 which further includes a pair of tab portions extending in a downward direction from the rear edge of the flange portions for engaging the edge portion of the printed circuit board whereby the projection portion of the body portion is held against the ground member upon the mating of the first housing member to the second housing member.