Shield connector

• US 9,208,922 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2014
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Matsuoka, Hiroyuki, Tate, Takuya, Yoshida, Keiichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hoa C
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, AMOL H
• Application Number:
  US14/525,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20150129305A1
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• Field of Search: 174/74.R, 439/607.55, 439/607.41, 439/607.44, 439/607.28, 439/607.57, 439/607.56
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 1/02 mainly consisting of metals or alloys
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 3/30 plastics; resins; waxes
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6593 the shield being composed of different pieces
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6596 the conductive member being a metal grounding panel

Abstract

A first shield connector (20) includes a first housing 21 made of resin, wires (40), a shield member (50) to be mounted on the wires (40), and two brackets (61, 62) including a plate-like first shield member connecting portion (64) to be crimped to a peripheral edge of the shield member (50) and case connecting portions (65) to be connected to a case of a motor. The case connecting portions (65) are arranged at sides of the shield member connecting portions (64) arranged to face each other and bolt-fastened to the case in an overlapping state. The case connecting portions (65) are formed with a stopper (66) including a hole (66A). The first housing (21) is formed with retaining projections (23) to be inserted through the holes (66A). The brackets (61, 62) are held on the first housing (21) by inserting the retaining projections (23) through the holes (66A).

Claims

1. A shield connector to be mounted on a case of a device, comprising:

a housing made of resin;

a wire drawn out from the housing;

a shield member made of electrically conductive metal and to be mounted on the wire to shield the wire; and

two brackets each including a plate-like shield member connecting portion to be crimped to a peripheral edge part of the shield member and a case connecting portion to be connected to the case of the device,

wherein a pair of the case connecting portions are arranged at sides of a pair of the shield member connecting portions arranged to face each other and bolt-fastened to the case in an overlapping state, the case connecting portion is formed with a stopper including a hole, the housing is formed with retaining projections to be inserted through the holes, and the pair of brackets are held on the housing by inserting the retaining projections through the holes.

2. The shield connector of claim 1, wherein a holding projection is formed on either one of the case connecting portions and the pair of case connecting portions are held in the overlapping state by hooking the holding projection to a peripheral edge of the other case connecting portion.

3. The shield connector of claim 2, wherein the stoppers bulge out toward the housing from peripheral edges of the case connecting portions.

4. The shield connector of claim 1, wherein one shield member connecting portion is formed with a mounting projection projecting toward the other shield member connecting portion and the housing is formed with a mounting hole into which the mounting projection is to be inserted.

5. The shield connector of claim 4, wherein the mounting projection is formed on each of the pair of shield member connecting portions and a pair of the mounting holes into which the mounting projections are to be inserted communicate with each other.