Shielded connector

• US 7,909,647 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2008
• Issued: 03/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Kometani, Toshio, Kawaguchi, Daichi, Sato, Yukou
• Primary Examiner(s): NASRI, JAVAID H
• Application Number:
  US12/452,945
• Publication Number:
  US 20100136832A1
• Time in Patent Office: 964 Days
• Field of Search: 439/607.03, 439578-580, 439/584, 439/585, 439/884, 439/866, 439/851, 439/852, 439/607.41, 439/607.48, 439/607.5, 439/607.51, 439/607.52
• US Class Current: 439/585
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6463 using twisted pairs of wires
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6485 Electrostatic discharge protection in general H05F1/00, for electric apparatus H05K9/0067
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/65915 Twisted pair of conductors surrounded by shield
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6593 the shield being composed of different pieces

Abstract

A shielded connector achieving sufficient contact load between a shielded conductor and a crimp portion of an outer conductor shell without influence such as deformation of cross sections on signal wires when the crimp portion is crimped onto the conductor, and enhanced pull-out strength of a shielded cable against the shell. The shell includes a tubular connection portion having an arc-shaped cross section and arranged to be inserted into the conductor end portion exposed by stripping off a sheath portion at the cable end portion, shielded conductor crimping portions opposed to the connection portion and arranged to be crimped onto the conductor end portion into which the connection portion has been inserted, and fitting spaces provided to an inside of the conductor crimping portions at positions opposed to the tubular connection portion. Upper ends of the connection portion and the conductor are inserted into the spaces during crimping process.

Claims

1. A shielded connector to be connected to an end portion of a shielded cable having a signal wire, a shielded conductor arranged to cover the signal wire, and a sheath arranged to cover the shielded conductor, the shielded connector comprising:

an outer conductor shell comprising;

a tubular connection portion having an arc shape in cross section and arranged to be inserted into an end portion of the shielded conductor which is exposed by stripping off a portion of the sheath at the end portion of the shielded cable and into an end portion of the sheath;

a pair of shielded conductor crimping portions opposed to the tubular connection portion and arranged to be crimped onto the end portion of the shielded conductor into which the tubular connection portion has been inserted;

fitting spaces provided to an inside of the shielded conductor crimping portions at positions opposed to the tubular connection portion; and

a pair of sheath crimping portions opposed to the tubular connection portion and arranged to be crimped onto the end portion of the sheath into which the tubular connection portion has been inserted,

wherein the tubular connection portion has an arc angle of 180 degrees or more in cross section before a crimping process,

upper ends of the tubular connection portion and the shielded conductor are inserted into the fitting spaces during the crimping process, and the tubular connection portion has a substantially circular shape in cross section after the crimping process.

2. The shielded connector according to claim 1,

wherein the outer conductor shell further comprises projection portions each provided to the upper ends of the tubular connection portion.

3. The shielded connector according to claim 1,

wherein the fitting spaces of the shielded conductor crimping portions are provided by forming a concave portion that extends inward and is defined by a portion of the shielded conductor crimping portions.

4. The shielded connector according to claim 1,

wherein the outer conductor shell further comprise a fitting hole provided to a bottom wall of the tubular connection portion, and

wherein lower ends of the shielded conductor crimping portions and the shielded conductor are inserted into the fitting hole, which prevents lifting caused by spring-back of the shielded conductor crimping portions after the crimping process.

5. The shielded connector according to claim 4,

wherein the outer conductor shell further comprises projection portions each provided to the lower ends of the shielded conductor crimping portions, and

wherein the projection portions and the shielded conductor are inserted into the fitting hole provided to the bottom wall of the tubular connection portion while tips of the projection portions come into contact with each other to bend the projection portions during the crimping process.

6. The shielded connector according to claim 1,

wherein the outer conductor shell further comprises a fitting hole provided to the bottom wall of the tubular connection portion, and

wherein lower ends of the sheath crimping portions and the shielded conductor are inserted into the fitting hole of the tubular connection portion while the sheath crimping portions are bent to break through the sheath, which prevents lifting caused by spring-back of the sheath crimping portions after the crimping process.

7. The shielded connector according to claim 6,

wherein the outer conductor shell further comprises projection portions each provided to the lower ends of the sheath crimping portions.