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Granted Patent B2
US 12,586,949 · App. 18/029,031 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Case forming member

Inventors: Shinji Tanaka (Mie, JP); Yutaka Kobayashi (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01R13/512H01R13/6591H01R24/38
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Patent No.
US 12,586,949
App. No.
18/029,031
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A case forming member forms a shield case by being conductively mounted on an opening of a box-shaped accommodating member made of metal and is provided with a cover-side shield connector including a cover-side outer conductor and a cover for covering the opening. The cover is configured by uniting a plate-like electrically conductive member, which is made of metal and includes a plate-like shield portion fixable to the accommodating member to cover the opening and a connecting portion connected to the cover-side outer conductor, and a housing, which is made of synthetic resin and includes a holding portion for holding the cover-side shield connector and a plate-like exterior portion to be overlapped on an outer surface of the shield portion. A plate thickness of the exterior portion is larger than a plate thickness of the shield portion in a covering portion where the shield portion and the exterior portion overlap.

Claims (24)

1 . A case forming member for forming a shield case by being conductively mounted on an opening of a box-shaped accommodating member made of metal, comprising:

a shield connector including an outer conductor; and

a cover for covering the opening,

the cover being configured by uniting a plate-like electrically conductive member made of metal and a housing made of synthetic resin,

the plate-like electrically conductive member including

a plate-like shield portion fixable to the accommodating member to cover the opening and

a connecting portion having a tubular shape and projecting coaxially rearward from a central part of the plate-like shield portion, the connecting portion and the outer conductor configured to be electrically connected by being resiliently in contact with each other,

the housing including a holding portion for holding the shield connector and a plate-like exterior portion to be overlapped on an outer surface of the plate-like shield portion, and

a plate thickness of the plate-like exterior portion being larger than a plate thickness of the plate-like shield portion in a covering portion, the plate-like shield portion and the plate-like exterior portion overlapping in the covering portion.

2 . The case forming member of claim 1 , wherein:

the plate-like shield portion is fixed to the accommodating member by a bolt passed through the plate-like shield portion from an outer surface side of the plate-like shield portion, and

the plate-like exterior portion is formed with a cut portion for avoiding contact with a head portion of the bolt.

3 . The case forming member of claim 2 , wherein:

the cut portion is formed by cutting only a part of an outer peripheral edge part of the plate-like exterior portion, and

the outer peripheral edge part of the plate-like exterior portion is overlapped on an entire region where the cut portion is not formed, out of an outer peripheral edge part of the plate-like shield portion.

4 . The case forming member of claim 1 , wherein a projection of the plate-like exterior portion is accommodated and retained in a locking hole of the plate-like shield portion.

5 . The case forming member of claim 4 , wherein:

the plate-like shield portion is formed with a tubular protrusion projecting toward the plate-like exterior portion, and

a center hole of the tubular protrusion functions as the locking hole.

6 . The case forming member of claim 4 , wherein:

the plate-like shield portion and the plate-like exterior portion are rectangular,

four corners of the rectangular plate-like shield portion serve as fixing portions to the accommodating member, and

the locking hole and the projection are arranged on a diagonal connecting two diagonally located fixing portions.

7 . The case forming member of claim 1 , wherein the connecting portion is arranged along an inner peripheral surface of the holding portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2023
From: TANAKA, SHINJI; KOBAYASHI, YUTAKA
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063136/0024 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-172278 · Oct 13, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240243510A1 · Jul 18, 2024
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