Connection device which is electromagnetically shielded with simple structure

• US 5,738,545 A
• Filed: 02/05/1997
• Issued: 04/14/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Original Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Inventors: Igarashi, Isao, Kato, Nobukazu
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KHIEM M
• Application Number:
  US08/795,600
• Time in Patent Office: 433 Days
• Field of Search: 439/78, 439/83, 439/492-495, 439/607-610
• US Class Current: 439/607.36
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/00 Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures printed connections to, or between, printed circuits H05K1/11
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/775 Ground or shield arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/778 Coupling parts carrying sockets, clips or analogous counter-contacts H01R12/78, H01R12/79 take precedence

Abstract

In a connection device for connecting a flat cable with a connection object, a first connector is provided with a pressing member movably connected to a first insulator. The pressing member and the first insulator are covered with a first and a second conductive shell, respectively. The second conductive shell is brought into contact with a supplementary pattern of the flat cable and with the first conductive shell when the pressing member presses a flat cable with being moved. A second connector is provided with a third conductive shell for being connected to a supplementary pattern of the connection object. The third conductive shell is brought into contact with the first conductive shell when the first and the second connectors are connected to each other.

Claims

1. A connection device for connecting a flat cable with a connection object, said flat cable having a main pattern on a main surface thereof and a supplementary pattern on a supplementary surface thereof opposite to said main surface, said connection object having a main pattern and a supplementary pattern, said connection device comprising a first connector and a second connector adapted to be connected to said first connector in a predetermined direction, said first connector comprising:

a first insulator having an opening for receiving said flat cable;

a first contact held to said first insulator;

a pressing member movably connected to said first insulator for pressing said flat cable to make said main pattern of the flat cable become in contact with said first contact with said pressing member being moved relative to said first insulator;

a first conductive shell covering said first insulator; and

a second conductive shell covering said pressing member for being connected to said supplementary pattern of the flat cable, said second conductive shell being brought into contact with said first conductive shell when said pressing member presses said flat cable;

said second connector comprising;

a second insulator;

a second contact held to said second insulator for being connected to said main pattern of the connection object, said second contact being brought into contact with said first contact when said first and said second connectors are connected to each other; and

a third conductive shell covering said second insulator for being connected to said supplementary pattern of the connection object, said third conductive shell being brought into contact with said first conductive shell when said first and said second connectors are connected to each other.

2. A connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flat cable is received in said opening of the first insulator to extend along a predetermined plane parallel to said predetermined direction, said pressing member being pivotal around a predetermined axis which intersects said predetermined direction and is parallel to said predetermined plane.

3. A connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein said first contact has a pivotally supporting portion for supporting said pressing member so as to be pivotal around said predetermined axis.

4. A connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein said first conductive shell has a contact portion at an end thereof in a first direction which is perpendicular to said predetermined direction and parallel to said predetermined plane, said second conductive shell having a contact portion at an end thereof in said first direction, said contact portion of the second conductive shell being brought into contact with said contact portion of the first conductive shell with said pressing member being pivoted around said predetermined axis to press said cable against said first contact.

5. A connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and said third conductive shells are fitted to become in contact with to each other when said first and said second connectors are connected to each other.

6. A connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first conductive shell has a contact portion extending in said predetermined direction, said third conductive shell having a contact portion which extends in said predetermined direction and is brought into contact with said contact portion of the first conductive shell when said first and said second connectors are connected to each other.

7. A connector as claimed in claim 6, wherein said first and said third conductive shells cooperate with each other to substantially cover a combination of said first and said second insulators when said first and said second connectors are connected to each other.

8. A connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flat cable has a first engaging portion, said pressing member having a second engaging portion for being engaged with said first engaging portion in said predetermined direction.

9. A connector as claimed in claim 8, wherein said flat cable has a pair of edge portions each extending in said predetermined direction, said first engaging portion is a notch formed to at least one of said edge portions, said second engaging portion being inserted into said notch when said pressing member presses said flat cable.

10. A junction connector having a shield structure as claimed in claim 8, wherein said first engaging portion has a through hole communicating between said main and said supplementary surfaces, and said second engaging portion being inserted into said through hole when said pressing member presses said flat cable.