Electrical connector with shield case

• US 7,182,641 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2006
• Issued: 02/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hirose Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hirose Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: Shimoyama, Masao
• Primary Examiner(s): Hammond; Briggitte R.
• Application Number:
  US11/444,335
• Publication Number:
  US 20060292930A1
• Time in Patent Office: 271 Days
• Field of Search: 439/567, 439/571, 439/572, 439/607
• US Class Current: 439/607.35
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6581 Shield structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6594 the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members

Abstract

In an electrical connector with a shield case, the shield case made of a metal plate is attached to a housing having a front portion to be a fitting side relative to a mating connector. The shield case includes an engaging piece extending from a rear portion of the shield case. The engaging piece of the shield case fitted in is bent toward an outer surface of the housing to engage the housing. In the connector with the shield case, the engaging piece includes an attaching end portion at a portion thereof extending downwardly beyond a bottom surface of the connector after being bent toward the outer surface of the housing. The attaching end portion is inserted into a corresponding hole formed in an attaching object member of the connector for attaching to the attaching object member.

Claims

1. An electric connector for receiving a mating connector and to be attached to an attaching object member, comprising:

a housing having a front portion for receiving the mating connector along a first direction, said housing including an attaching portion extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;

a shield case attached to the housing; and

a pair of engaging pieces respectively disposed at both sides of the attaching portion in the second direction and extending from the shield case for engaging the housing, each of said engaging pieces including an attaching end portion to be inserted into a corresponding hole formed in the attaching object member.

2. The electric connector according to claim 1, wherein said attaching end portion extends downwardly beyond a bottom surface of the housing.

3. The electric connector according to claim 1, wherein said housing includes an engaging groove in a rear surface thereof, at least one of said engaging pieces extending from an upper rear end portion of the shield case so that the one of the engaging pieces is accommodated in the engaging groove.

4. The electric connector according to claim 1, wherein said housing includes an engaging groove or a step portion in a rear surface thereof, at least one of said engaging pieces extending from a rear end side portion of the shield case and having an L character shape so that the one of the engaging pieces is accommodated in the engaging groove or the step portion.

5. The electric connector according to claim 1, wherein said housing includes an engaging groove or a step portion in a side surface thereof, at least one of said engaging pieces extending from a rear end of the shield case so that the one of the engaging pieces is accommodated in the engaging groove or the step portion.

6. The electric connector according to claim 1, wherein said housing includes a stopper portion for abutting against the shield case so that the shield case is positioned at a standard position.

7. The electric connector according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of terminals arranged on the attaching portion along the second direction.

8. The electric connector according to claim 1, wherein said housing includes an engaging groove for accommodating at least a part of at least one of the engaging pieces.

9. The electric connector according to claim 8, wherein at least one of said engaging pieces further includes a base portion having a first width and a free end portion having a second width smaller than the first width.

10. The electric connector according to claim 9, wherein said engaging groove includes a wide width groove portion having a third width larger than the first width and a narrow width groove portion having a fourth width smaller than the third width so that the free end portion is tightly fitted into the narrow width groove portion.