Connection structure for small diameter shielded cable

• US 7,854,626 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2008
• Issued: 12/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan GK (TE Connectivity Ltd. (United Kingdom))
• Original Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP K.K. (TE Connectivity Ltd. (United Kingdom))
• Inventors: Ishida, Tetsuro, Tanigawa, Junichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hammond; Briggitte R
• Application Number:
  US12/053,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20080236889A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,002 Days
• Field of Search: 439 39-497
• US Class Current: 439/497
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/598 Each conductor being individually surrounded by shield, e.g. multiple coaxial cables in flat structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/775 Ground or shield arrangements

Abstract

A shielded cable connection structure includes a plurality of shielded cables. Each of the shielded cables has a center conductor, a shielding conductor, and an insulative jacket. A metal grounding member has at least two rows of mutually parallel substantially comb shaped teeth. The comb shaped teeth in each of the rows have a wire receiving portion formed there between that receives at least one of the shielded cables. A holding member mates with the metal grounding member to clamp the shielded cables between the metal grounding member and the holding member. The center conductor is directly clamped by the comb shaped teeth in one of the rows, and the shielding conductor is clamped through the insulative jacket by the comb shaped teeth in the other row.

Claims

1. A shielded cable connection structure, comprising:

a plurality of shielded cables each having a center conductor, a shielding conductor, and an insulative jacket;

a metal grounding member having at least two rows of mutually parallel substantially comb shaped teeth, the comb shaped teeth in each of the rows having a wire receiving portion formed there between that receives at least one of the shielded cables; and

a holding member that mates with the metal grounding member to clamp the shielded cables between the metal grounding member and the holding member, the shielding conductor being directly clamped by the comb shaped teeth in one of the rows and the shielding conductor being clamped through the insulative jacket by the comb shaped teeth in the other row;

wherein the holding member has at least two rows of mutually parallel substantially comb shaped teeth corresponding to the comb shaped teeth of the metal grounding member, the comb shaped teeth in each of the rows of the holding member having a wire receiving portion formed there between that receives at least one of the shielded cables.

2. The shielded cable connection structure of claim 1, wherein the center conductor has a diameter of about 75 μ

m or smaller.

3. The shielded cable connection structure of claim 1, wherein the shielded cables are coaxial cables.

4. The shielded cable connection structure of claim 1, wherein the wire receiving portion of the metal grounding member is a substantially U-shaped concave recess.

5. The shielded cable connection structure of claim 1, wherein the holding member is metal.

6. The shielded cable connection structure of claim 1, wherein the rows of comb shaped teeth of the holding member are arranged to an exterior of the rows of comb shaped teeth of the metal grounding member.

7. The shielded cable connection structure of claim 1, wherein the rows of comb shaped teeth of the holding member are separate by a distance larger than the rows of comb shaped teeth of the metal grounding member with respect to an axial direction of the shielded cable.

8. The shielded cable connection structure of claim 1, wherein the holding member has a plurality of openings that receive each of the comb shaped teeth of the metal grounding member.

9. The shielded cable connection structure of claim 1, wherein the metal grounding member has a substantially L-shaped cross-section.

10. The shielded cable connection structure of claim 1, further comprising an insulating housing, the metal grounding member being embedded in the insulating housing.

11. The shielded cable connection structure of claim 1, further comprising a metal shell electrically connected to the metal grounding member.

12. The shielded cable connection structure of claim 1, further comprising an insulating housing provided with contacts, the contacts being electrically connected to the shielded cables.

13. The shielded cable connection structure of claim 1, wherein the wire receiving portion of the holding member is a substantially U-shaped concave recess.