Connector

• US 7,354,300 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2004
• Issued: 04/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Iriso Electronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Iriso Electronics Company Limited
• Inventors: Shindo, Hidehiro
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, HIEN D
• Application Number:
  US10/595,540
• Publication Number:
  US 20070066142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,302 Days
• Field of Search: 439/497, 439/499, 439/495, 439/579, 439/607, 439/610
• US Class Current: 439/497
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/79 connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/648 Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices , e.g. anti-static shielding coaxially arranged shields H01R24/38

Abstract

A connector which is capable of reliably shielding a connection subject article inserted in a housing from electro-magnetic waves and which can be easily produced in two types, one for inserting a connection subject article in one vertical direction and the other for inserting it in another direction. Since a ground shell (30) is formed to cover the upper and lower surfaces and opposite side surfaces of a housing (10), a cable (1) in the housing (10) can be electrically shielded in any of the directions of the upper surface, lower surface and opposite side surfaces of the housing (10), thus greatly improving the electromagnetic interference prevention effect. In this case, since the upper surface and lower surface of the shell (30) are disposed on the upper surface and lower surface of the housing (10), respectively, a ground contact (31) can be placed on the upper surface rather than on the lower surface of the shell (30). For example, one type for inserting the cable (1) in one vertical direction and another type for inserting it in another direction can be easily produced.

Claims

1. A connector for connecting a flexible flat cable or a flexible printed circuit to a circuit board, the flexible cable or flexible printed circuit including plural spaced longitudinal conductors on a first exposed side and a ground conductor on a second exposed side, the connector comprising a housing having a top, a bottom and two sides respectively having exterior top, bottom with a top surface and two side surfaces covered by a grounding and electrically shielding shell, a front side of the housing being open for enabling the flexible cable or flexible printed circuit to be inserted through the front side for respectively engaging elastic contacts on a plurality of terminals, the plurality of terminals being fixedly mounted in side-by-side relation in the housing between the two sides of the housing, each of the terminals including, a portion for connection to the circuit board, the shell including plural, fixed grounding contact portions that are generally coplanar and parallel to interior surfaces of the top and bottom of the housing, adjacent pairs of the plural grounding contact portions having spaced edges that extend in the same direction as the sides of the housing, the housing having plural protruding pieces, each located between one of the contact portions and the interior surface of the top or bottom of the housing, the protruding pieces extending forwardly and backwardly and being generally coplanar and parallel to the interior surfaces of the top and bottom of the housing, the plural, fixed grounding contact portions of the shell being press fit between the protruding pieces and the interior surface of the bottom or top of the housing.

2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the grounding contact portions are formed by cutting part of the shell upward.

3. The connector of claim 1 wherein the grounding contact portions include portions of the shell that are cut toward the top of the housing.