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Granted Patent B2
US 12,034,254 · App. 17/417,028 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Connector, and connector structure

Inventors: Hiroyoshi Maesoba (Mie, JP); Toshifumi Ichio (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01R13/6582H01R13/502H01R13/6593
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Patent No.
US 12,034,254
App. No.
17/417,028
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A female connector to be connected to an end part of such a shielded cable is provided with female terminals to be connected to cores, an insulating dielectric, a first outer conductor including a tubular portion, a connection plate portion to be overlapped on the braided wire and a first coupling portion coupling the tubular portion and the connection plate portion, and a second outer conductor including a rear crimping portion and the connection plate portion from outside the braided wire and the connection plate portion, a front crimping portion to be connected to the tubular portion from outside the tubular portion and a second coupling portion. The outer peripheries of the cores are surrounded by the first and second coupling portions with the second coupling portion at least partially overlapped on the outside of the first coupling portion.

Claims (29)

1. A connector to be connected to an end part of such a shielded cable that an outer periphery of a coated wire including a core and an insulation coating surrounding an outer periphery of the core is surrounded by a shield portion, comprising:

an inner conductor to be connected to the core;

an insulating dielectric configured to surround the inner conductor;

a first outer conductor including a tubular portion configured to surround an entirety of an outer periphery of the dielectric, a connection plate portion to be overlapped on the shield portion and a first coupling portion coupling the tubular portion and the connection plate portion; and

a second outer conductor including a shield crimping portion to be crimped to the shield portion and the connection plate portion from outside the shield portion and the connection plate portion, a tube crimping portion to be crimped to an entirety of an outer periphery of the tubular portion from outside the tubular portion and a second coupling portion coupling the shield crimping portion and the tube crimping portion,

wherein:

the first coupling portion has a curved surface shape convex in one direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the shielded cable when viewed from a side of the shield portion along the longitudinal direction,

the second coupling portion has a curved surface shape convex in a direction opposite to the one direction when viewed from the side of the shield portion along the longitudinal direction, and

the outer periphery of the core is surrounded by the first and second coupling portions with a part of the second coupling portion near an end part in the one direction overlapped on a part of the first coupling portion near an end part in the opposite direction from outside in a radial direction of the shielded cable.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of the second coupling portion is formed along an outer surface of the first coupling portion in a part where the second coupling portion is overlapped on the outside of the first coupling portion.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of the second coupling portion is in close contact with an outer surface of the first coupling portion in a part where the second coupling portion is overlapped on the outside of the first coupling portion.

4. A connector structure, comprising:

a shielded cable configured such that an outer periphery of a coated wire including a core and an insulation coating surrounding an outer periphery of the core is surrounded by a shield portion;

an inner conductor to be connected to the core exposed from an end part of the shielded cable;

an insulating dielectric configured to surround the inner conductor;

a first outer conductor including a tubular portion configured to surround an entirety of an outer periphery of the dielectric, a connection plate portion to be overlapped on the shield portion and a first coupling portion coupling the tubular portion and the connection plate portion; and

a second outer conductor including a shield crimping portion to be crimped to the shield portion and the connection plate portion from outside the shield portion and the connection plate portion, a tube crimping portion to be crimped to an entirety of an outer periphery of the tubular portion from outside the tubular portion and a second coupling portion coupling the shield crimping portion and the tube crimping portion,

wherein:

the first coupling portion has a curved surface shape convex in one direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the shielded cable when viewed from a side of the shield portion along the longitudinal direction,

the second coupling portion has a curved surface shape convex in a direction opposite to the one direction when viewed from the side of the shield portion along the longitudinal direction, and

the outer periphery of the core is surrounded by the first and second coupling portions with a part of the second coupling portion near an end part in the one direction overlapped on a part of the first coupling portion near an end part in the opposite direction from outside in a radial direction of the shielded cable.

5. The connector structure according to claim 4 , wherein an inner surface of the second coupling portion is formed along an outer surface of the first coupling portion in a part where the second coupling portion is overlapped on the outside of the first coupling portion.

6. The connector structure according to claim 4 , wherein an inner surface of the second coupling portion is in close contact with an outer surface of the first coupling portion in a part where the second coupling portion is overlapped on the outside of the first coupling portion.

7. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the tubular portion of the first outer conductor is in a form of a rectangular tube.

8. The connector structure according to claim 4 , wherein the tubular portion of the first outer conductor is in a form of a rectangular tube.

9. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the shield crimping portion includes a base plate portion extending rearward from a rear end edge of the second coupling portion, right crimping pieces extending downward from a right end edge of the base plate portion, and a left crimping piece extending downward from a left end edge of the base plate portion.

10. The connector according to claim 9 , wherein a right locking portion is formed on a tip part of each of the right crimping pieces by folding the tip part of each of the right crimping pieces toward the shield portion,

a left locking portion is formed on a tip part of the left crimping piece by folding the tip part of the left crimping piece toward the shield portion, and

with the shield crimping portion crimped to the shield portion and the connection plate portion, the right locking portion is in contact with a left side edge of the connection plate portion in a direction along the radial direction of the shielded cable and the left locking portion is in contact with a right side edge of the connection plate portion in the direction along the radial direction of the shielded cable.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2021
From: MAESOBA, HIROYOSHI; ICHIO, TOSHIFUMI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056608/0278 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-247601 · Dec 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220077635A1 · Mar 10, 2022