Cable Connector Assembly
A cable connector assembly includes a connector having a casing and a ring-like member and a cable connected to the connector. The cable has an internal cable and a cable shield surrounding the internal cable. The casing accommodates an end of the cable. The ring-like member is positioned around the cable inside the casing. The ring-like member has a flat spring portion extending between the cable shield and the casing and contacting both the cable shield and the casing.
1 . A cable connector assembly, comprising:
a connector having a casing and a ring-like member; and
a cable connected to the connector, the cable has an internal cable and a cable shield surrounding the internal cable, the casing accommodates an end of the cable, the ring-like member is positioned around the cable inside the casing, the ring-like member has a flat spring portion extending between the cable shield and the casing and contacting both the cable shield and the casing.
2 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the flat spring portion has a first contacting portion contacting the cable shield and a second contacting portion contacting the casing.
3 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the flat spring portion has a bend bent to form a peak toward the cable, the flat spring portion contacts the cable shield at the bend.
4 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the flat spring portion has a bump protruding toward an inner side face of the casing at a distal end side of the flat spring portion, the flat spring portion contacts the casing at the bump.
5 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the casing and the cable shield are electrically connected to each other via the flat spring portion of the ring-like member.
6 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the ring-like member is positioned around an outer peripheral side of the cable shield.
7 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the ring-like member has a base portion through which the cable extends, the base portion is located at the end of the cable accommodated in the casing.
8 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the flat spring portion extends from the base portion toward another end of the cable.
9 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the casing includes an abutted face extending along a radial direction of the cable inside the casing, the base portion includes an abutting face abutting the abutted face.
10 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the base portion, as seen from an extension direction of the cable, has a contour including a corner of the base portion.
11 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 8 , wherein a contour shape of the base portion, as seen from an extension direction of the cable, is polygonal.
12 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the casing has a ring-like member accommodation region accommodating the ring-like member positioned around the cable, the ring-like member accommodation region, as seen from an extension direction of the cable, has a shape complementary to a contour of the base portion.
13 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the casing has an insertion port protruding in a tubular shape from a side face of the casing along a lead-out direction of the cable, the connector has a threaded member inserted into the casing through the insertion port and combined with an inner side face of the insertion port.
14 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the ring-like member is movable into the casing as the threaded member is inserted into the insertion port.
15 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the connector has an intermediate sealing member between the ring-like member and the threaded member.
16 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 15 , wherein the intermediate sealing member has a supporting portion extending between the casing and the cable toward the ring-like member.
17 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 16 , wherein the supporting portion is provided in a region where the flat spring portion is absent between the ring-like member and the intermediate sealing member.
18 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 16 , wherein the flat spring portion and the supporting portion are adjacent to each other in a peripheral direction of the cable.
19 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 16 , wherein the flat spring portion is one of a plurality of flat spring portions of the ring-like member and the supporting portion is one of a plurality of supporting portions of the intermediate sealing member.
20 . The cable connector assembly according to claim 19 , wherein the flat spring portions and the supporting portions are positioned alternately along an outer periphery of the cable.