CONNECTOR HAVING A GROUNDING MEMBER

• US 20170155212A1
• Filed: 02/13/2017
• Published: 06/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PPC Broadband Incorporated (Belden Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PPC Broadband Incorporated (Belden Inc.)
• Inventors: Krenceski, Mary, Mathews, Roger, Montena, Noah P.
• Granted Patent: US 10,038,284 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5202 Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5219 Sealing means between coupling parts, e.g. interfacial seal
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/622 Screw-ring or screw-casing H01R13/623 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/658 High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse] coaxial coupling devices specially adapted for high frequency H01R24/40; for flat or ribbon cable connectors H01R12/774; for coaxial cable H01R9/05
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6584 formed by conductive elastomeric members, e.g. flat gaskets or O-rings
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6596 the conductive member being a metal grounding panel
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/40 specially adapted for high frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/0512 Connections to an additional grounding conductor
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/0521 Connection to outer conductor by action of a nut
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/0524 Connection to outer conductor by action of a clamping member, e.g. screw fastening means H01R9/0515 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49174 Assembling terminal to elongated conductor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49204 Contact or terminal manufacturing

Abstract

A grounding member for maintaining a ground path in a cable connector includes, in one embodiment, an inner core configured to flex when a force is applied to the grounding member during operation of the connector. The grounding member further includes an outer conductive coating applied to the inner core. The outer conductive coating is configured to flex from a first state to a second state when a force is applied to the grounding member, so as to maintain a conductive path through the connector when the outer conductive coating flexes between the first and second states during operation of the connector.

Claims

1. A conductive ground member for a cable connector, comprising:

a conductively coated component configured to form a conductive ground path between a first component and a second component of a cable connector;

the conductively coated component including an inner core and an outer conductive coating configured to maintain a first conductive ground path portion between the first component and the conductive coating portion and a second conductive ground path portion between the second component and the conductive coating portion during operation of the connector; and

wherein the outer conductive coating is configured to flex when a force is applied to the conductively coated component so as to maintain conductivity of the conductive ground path between the first component and the second component of the cable connector when the outer conductive coating flexes and when the force is applied to the conductively coated component during operation of the connector.