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Granted Patent B2
US 12,136,788 · App. 17/591,284 · Granted Nov 5, 2024

Shielding spring contact, plug-in connector comprising a shielding spring contact, and plug-in connector system comprising a shielding spring contact

Inventors: Jochen Fertig (Bensheim, DE); Maximilian Veihl (Bensheim, DE); Martin Listing (Bensheim, DE); Christoph Kosmalski (Bensheim, DE); Uemit Bulduk (Bensheim, DE); Eike Luellich (Bensheim, DE); Kevin Scheer (Bensheim, DE); Ivan Ivanov (Bensheim, DE)
Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
H01R13/6581H01R2201/26
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Patent No.
US 12,136,788
App. No.
17/591,284
Granted
Nov 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shielding spring contact includes a flat base portion having a top side and a cutout, and a shielding portion having a wall connected to the flat base portion and encircling the cutout. The wall has an outer side, an inner side, an upper side, and a lower side. The lower side of the wall is arranged on the top side of the flat base portion with the lower side of the wall laterally surrounding the cutout. The top side of the flat base portion bears against a bottom side of an assembly housing portion of a first plug-in connector and the shielding portion projects through a first passage opening in the assembly housing portion. The shielding portion projects through a second passage opening in a shielding housing wall and into a shielding housing of a second plug-in connector, bearing against the shielding housing wall.

Claims (23)

1. A plug-in connector system, comprising:

a first plug-in connector having an assembly housing portion and a shielding spring contact connected to the assembly housing portion, the assembly housing portion has a bottom side and a first passage opening, the shielding spring contact has a flat base portion and a shielding portion, the flat base portion has a top side and a cutout, the shielding portion has a wall connected to the flat base portion and encircling the cutout, the wall has an outer side, an inner side, an upper side, and a lower side, the lower side of the wall is arranged on the top side of the flat base portion with the lower side of the wall laterally surrounding the cutout; and

a second plug-in connector having a shielding housing connected to shielding spring contact, the shielding housing has a shielding housing wall with a second passage opening facing the assembly housing portion, the shielding spring contact bears, by way of the top side of the flat base portion, against the bottom side of the assembly housing portion, the shielding portion of the shielding spring contact projects through the first passage opening in the assembly housing portion and projects through the second passage opening in the shielding housing wall into the shielding housing, the shielding portion bears against the shielding housing wall in a region of the second passage opening.

2. The plug-in connector system of claim 1 , wherein the wall of the shielding spring contact has a conical configuration at least in portions.

3. The plug-in connector system of claim 2 , wherein the wall of the shielding spring contact tapers in a direction away from the flat base portion.

4. The plug-in connector system of claim 1 , further comprising a metal coating arranged on the outer side of the wall.

5. The plug-in connector system of claim 1 , wherein the shielding portion is widened in a region between the upper side and the lower side.

6. The plug-in connector system of claim 5 , wherein a metal coating is arranged in a widened portion of the shielding portion.

7. The plug-in connector system of claim 1 , further comprising a fixing structure arranged on the outer side of the wall.

8. The plug-in connector system of claim 7 , wherein the fixing structure is arranged in a region of the lower side of the wall.

9. The plug-in connector system of claim 1 , wherein the wall has a slotted configuration along a direction extending perpendicular to the flat base portion.

10. The plug-in connector system of claim 1 , wherein the flat base portion has an annular disc-like configuration.

11. The plug-in connector system of claim 1 , wherein the flat base portion has a plurality of annular disc segments.

12. The plug-in connector system of claim 1 , wherein the second plug-in connector is plugged together with the first plug-in connector.

13. A first plug-in connector, comprising:

an assembly housing portion having a bottom side and a first passage opening; and

a shielding spring contact connected to the assembly housing portion, the shielding spring contact has a flat base portion and a shielding portion, the flat base portion has a top side and a cutout, the shielding portion has a wall connected to the flat base portion and encircling the cutout, the wall has an outer side, an inner side, an upper side, and a lower side, the lower side of the wall is arranged on the top side of the flat base portion with the lower side of the wall laterally surrounding the cutout, the shielding spring contact bears, by way of the top side of the flat base portion, against the bottom side of the assembly housing portion, the shielding portion of the shielding spring contact projects through the first passage opening in the assembly housing portion, the shielding portion projects into a shielding housing of a second plug-in connector.

14. The first plug-in connector of claim 13 , wherein the shielding portion bears against a shielding housing wall of the shielding housing.

15. A shielding spring contact, comprising:

a flat base portion having a top side and a cutout; and

a shielding portion having a wall connected to the flat base portion and encircling the cutout, the wall has an outer side, an inner side, an upper side, and a lower side, the lower side of the wall is arranged on the top side of the flat base portion with the lower side of the wall laterally surrounding the cutout, the top side of the flat base portion bears against a bottom side of an assembly housing portion of a first plug-in connector, the shielding portion projects through a first passage opening in the assembly housing portion.

16. The shielding spring contact of claim 15 , wherein the shielding portion projects through a second passage opening in a shielding housing wall and into a shielding housing of a second plug-in connector.

17. The shielding spring contact of claim 16 , wherein the shielding portion bears against the shielding housing wall in a region of the second passage opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: IVANOV, IVAN; KOSMALSKI, CHRISTOPH; LISTING, MARTIN; LUELLICH, EIKE; VEIHL, MAXIMILIAN; FERTIG, JOCHEN; BULDUK, UEMIT; SCHEER, KEVIN
To: TE CONNECTIVITY GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 058865/0746 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102021102778.0 · Feb 5, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220255267A1 · Aug 11, 2022