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Granted Patent B2
US 12,261,398 · App. 17/868,084 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Shield connector capable of suppressing impendance mismatching

Inventors: Hidekazu Matsuda (Mie, JP); Kazuki Hiramatsu (Mie, JP); Taiga Kadoyama (Mie, JP); Ai Hirano (Mie, JP); Masanao Yamashita (Osaka, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01R13/6582H01R4/18H01R13/24H01R13/6597
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Patent No.
US 12,261,398
App. No.
17/868,084
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shield connector is provided with a dielectric 40 including a plurality of accommodation chambers 44 defined in a width direction by a separation wall portion 43 , and a plurality of inner conductors 21 having a shape elongated in a front-rear direction and individually accommodated in parallel in the plurality of accommodation chambers 44 . The separation wall portion 43 is formed with a front opening 53 and a rear opening 60 for interposing air layers between the accommodation chambers 44 adjacent via the separation wall portion 43.

Claims (37)

1. A shield connector, comprising:

a dielectric including a plurality of accommodation chambers defined in a width direction by a separation wall portion; and

a plurality of inner conductors having a shape elongated in a front-rear direction and made of a metal plate material, the plurality of inner conductors being individually accommodated in parallel in the plurality of accommodation chambers,

the separation wall portion being formed with an opening for interposing an air layer between the accommodation chambers adjacent via the separation wall portion,

wherein a rectangular tube portion is formed in a front end part of each of the inner conductors in a length direction, a tab of a mating inner conductor being inserted into the rectangular tube portion,

a resilient contact piece to be resiliently brought into contact with the tab is accommodated in the rectangular tube portion, and

a formation region of the opening includes at least a part of a formation region of the resilient contact piece in the length direction of each of the inner conductors.

2. The shield connector of claim 1 , wherein:

a crimping portion to be crimped to a core wire of a wire is formed in a rear end part of each of the inner conductors in a length direction, and

a formation region of the opening includes at least a part of a formation region of the crimping portion in the length direction of the inner conductor.

3. The shield connector of claim 1 , wherein:

the dielectric includes a pair of cases united in a direction orthogonal to both a parallel direction of the inner conductors and the length direction of the inner conductors,

the pair of cases are formed with a pair of wall constituting portions constituting the separation wall portion by projecting to face each other, and

the opening is formed between the wall constituting portion formed on one of the cases and the wall constituting portion formed on the other case.

4. The shield connector of claim 1 , wherein the opening is open in an outer surface of the dielectric.

5. The shield connector of claim 1 , wherein:

the opening is open over an entire region of the accommodation chambers in a height direction, and

parts of the separation wall portion in front of and behind the opening are continuous over the entire region of the accommodation chambers in the height direction.

6. A shield connector, comprising:

a dielectric including a plurality of accommodation chambers defined in a width direction by a separation wall portion; and

a plurality of inner conductors having a shape elongated in a front-rear direction, the plurality of inner conductors being individually accommodated in parallel in the plurality of accommodation chambers,

the separation wall portion being formed with an opening for interposing an air layer between the accommodation chambers adjacent via the separation wall portion,

wherein the dielectric includes a pair of cases united in a direction orthogonal to both a parallel direction of the inner conductors and the length direction of the inner conductors,

the pair of cases are formed with a pair of wall constituting portions constituting the separation wall portion by projecting to face each other, and

the opening is formed between the wall constituting portion formed on one of the cases and the wall constituting portion formed on the other case.

7. The shield connector of claim 6 , wherein:

the inner conductor is made of a metal plate material,

a rectangular tube portion is formed in a front end part of each of the inner conductors in a length direction, a tab of a mating inner conductor being inserted into the rectangular tube portion,

a resilient contact piece to be resiliently brought into contact with the tab is accommodated in the rectangular tube portion, and

a formation region of the opening includes at least a part of a formation region of the resilient contact piece in the length direction of each of the inner conductors.

8. The shield connector of claim 6 , wherein:

the inner conductor is made of a metal plate material,

a crimping portion to be crimped to a core wire of a wire is formed in a rear end part of each of the inner conductors in a length direction, and a formation region of the opening includes at least a part of a formation region of the crimping portion in the length direction of each of the inner conductors.

9. The shield connector of claim 6 , wherein the opening is open in an outer surface of the dielectric.

10. The shield connector of claim 6 , wherein:

the opening is open over an entire region of the accommodation chambers in a height direction, and

parts of the separation wall portion in front of and behind the opening are continuous over the entire region of the accommodation chambers in the height direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2022
From: MATSUDA, HIDEKAZU; HIRAMATSU, KAZUKI; KADOYAMA, TAIGA; HIRANO, AI; YAMASHITA, MASANAO
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-122065 · Jul 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230034078A1 · Feb 2, 2023
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