Connector suitable for connection of a thin sheet member

• US 7,189,105 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2005
• Issued: 03/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Original Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Inventors: Noguchi, Hideyuki, Takaku, Masaaki, Kishiku, Yoshimasa, Imai, Naoto
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KHIEM M
• Application Number:
  US11/311,113
• Publication Number:
  US 20060134969A1
• Time in Patent Office: 449 Days
• Field of Search: 439/98, 439/697, 439/610, 439/492, 439/497
• US Class Current: 439/497
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/592 connections to contact elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/771 Details
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/775 Ground or shield arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6593 the shield being composed of different pieces

Abstract

In a connector for connecting a thin sheet member to a mating object, a conductive shell portion collectively covering a base insulator and a cover insulator in a predetermined direction. The base insulator has a through hole penetrating therethrough in the predetermined direction. The cover insulator is cooperated with the base insulator and is for holding the thin sheet member in the predetermined direction. The shell portion has a first spring part to be brought into press contact with the thin sheet member via the through hole and a second spring part for pressing the cover insulator towards the thin sheet member.

Claims

1. A connector for connecting a thin sheet member to a mating object, comprising:

a base insulator having a through hole penetrating therethrough in a predetermined direction;

a cover insulator cooperated with the base insulator for holding the thin sheet member in the predetermined direction;

a conductive shell portion collectively covering the base insulator and the cover insulator in the predetermined direction;

the shell portion having;

a first spring part to be brought into press contact with the thin sheet member via the through hole; and

a second spring part for pressing the cover insulator towards the thin sheet member.

2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the shell portion further has:

a first main body faced to the base insulator in the predetermined direction; and

a second main body faced to the cover insulator in the predetermined direction;

the first spring part being coupled to the first main body, the second spring part being coupled to the second main body.

3. The connector according to claim 2, wherein the shell portion further has a connecting portion electrically connecting the first and the second main bodies to each other.

4. The connector according to claim 2, wherein the first main body has a contacting portion to be connected to the mating object.

5. The connector according to claim 2, wherein the cover insulator, the first main body, and the second main body are engaged with the base insulator in the predetermined direction.

6. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the base insulator has a depressed portion for receiving the thin sheet member.

7. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the base insulator further has a pair of locking portions formed at opposite ends of the depressed portion in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction, the locking portions being for locking a connected state between the connector and the mating object.

8. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the cover insulator has a recessed portion receiving the second spring part.

9. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the base insulator has a protruding portion faced to an end face of the thin sheet member, the protruding portion having a height greater than a thickness of the thin sheet member.

10. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the cover insulator has a through hole penetrating in the predetermined direction, the shell having an additional spring part to be brought into press contact with the thin sheet member via the through hole of the cover insulator.

11. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the thin sheet member comprises:

a thin sheet base member;

a plurality of conductor wires disposed on one surface of the base member; and

a shield layer disposed on the opposite surface of the base member;

the base insulator being faced to the shield layer, the cover insulator being faced to the conductor wires.

12. The connector according to claim 11, wherein the cover insulator has a through hole penetrating therethrough in the predetermined direction, the shell portion having at least one additional spring part to be brought into press contact with at least one of the conductor wires via the through hole of the cover insulator.

13. The connector according to claim 11, wherein the thin sheet member further has an additional shield layer covering the conductor wires via an insulator, the cover insulator having a through hole penetrating therethrough in the predetermined direction, the shell portion having at least one additional spring part to be brought into contact with the additional shield layer via the through hole of the cover insulator.