Circular cross section DIN connector and DIN connector assembly
First Claim
1. A circular cross section electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- a tubular, insulating, wire housing defining a central through bore and having a first end formed with a ring of wire receiving notches opening thereinto, each notch having a base and a slot opening thereinto, said housing having a second end opposite to said first end and by way of which a plurality of insulated wires of a shielded electrical cable can be inserted through the bore each for reception in a respective one of said notches;
an insulating contact housing having a first end and a second end opposite thereto, a plurality of through cavities each opening into both of these ends, electrical contact elements secured in the cavities and each having a slotted, wire connection portion projecting from the first end of the contact housing and a mating portion at the other end thereof, the contact housing being matable with the wire housing to provide a sub-assembly in which each wire connecting portion is received in a respective slot of the wire housing to make permanent electrical connection with an insulated wire of said cable when said wire is received in a respective notch of the wire housing; and
a open ended tubular metal shielding shell for receiving the whole of said sub-assembly therewithin with the second end of said wire housing proximate to a first end of said shell, said shell having means crimpable over the second end of the wire housing to engage shielding on said cable and means for restraining movement of said assembly towards a second and opposite end of said shell.
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Abstract
A circular cross section DIN connector comprises, a wire housing (10), a contact housing (12) and a shielding shell (14). The wire housing (10) has a through bore (16) for receiving an end portion of a shielded electrical cable (C) with wires thereof dressed into notches (32) at one end (30) of the wire housing (10) and extending over slots (34) in the bases (33) of the notches (32). The housings (10 and 12) are mated so that insulation displacement portions (64) of contact elements (42) of the contact housing (12) enter the slots (34) to make electrical contact with the cores of the wires (W). The mated housings (10 and 12) are received in the shell (14) which completely surrounds them. Parts (90) of the shell (14) are crimped down to engage the shielding braid (BS) of the cable (C) and firmly to retain the sub-assembly comprising the mated housings (10 and 12) in the shell (14) which is preferably a seamless drawn shell.
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1. A circular cross section electrical connector assembly, comprising:
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a tubular, insulating, wire housing defining a central through bore and having a first end formed with a ring of wire receiving notches opening thereinto, each notch having a base and a slot opening thereinto, said housing having a second end opposite to said first end and by way of which a plurality of insulated wires of a shielded electrical cable can be inserted through the bore each for reception in a respective one of said notches; an insulating contact housing having a first end and a second end opposite thereto, a plurality of through cavities each opening into both of these ends, electrical contact elements secured in the cavities and each having a slotted, wire connection portion projecting from the first end of the contact housing and a mating portion at the other end thereof, the contact housing being matable with the wire housing to provide a sub-assembly in which each wire connecting portion is received in a respective slot of the wire housing to make permanent electrical connection with an insulated wire of said cable when said wire is received in a respective notch of the wire housing; and a open ended tubular metal shielding shell for receiving the whole of said sub-assembly therewithin with the second end of said wire housing proximate to a first end of said shell, said shell having means crimpable over the second end of the wire housing to engage shielding on said cable and means for restraining movement of said assembly towards a second and opposite end of said shell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A circular cross section electrical connector, comprising:
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an insulating tubular, wire housing defining a through bore and having a first end formed with spaced wire receiving notches communicating with slots extending from said first end towards an opposite second end of the wire housing, and end portion of a shielded electrical cable being lodged in said bore proximate to said second end of the wire housing, insulated wires extending from said cable end and through said bore each being lodged in a respective one of said wire receiving notches and extending over a respective slot communicating therewith; an insulating contact housing supporting therein a plurality of electrical contact elements each having a wire connecting portion projecting from a first end of said contact housing and projecting into a slit of said wire housing in firm electrical contact with a metal core of a respective one of said wires, each contact element having a mating portion projecting from a second and opposite end of said contact housing; and an open ended, tubular metal shielding shell surrounding both of said housings and having a part thereof crimped over the second end of said wire housing and engaging shielding of said shielded cable. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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