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US 12,308,555 · App. 17/875,773 · Granted May 20, 2025

Connector including inner conductor, outer conductor, and housing holding the outer conductor

Inventor: Shuhei Yamada (Mie, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
H01R13/5045H01R12/716H01R13/504H01R13/506H01R13/516H01R13/518H01R13/6581H01R12/71H01R12/712H01R12/724H01R13/502H01R13/648H01R13/658H01R24/50H01R24/86
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Patent No.
US 12,308,555
App. No.
17/875,773
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector is provided with electrically conductive inner conductors, an outer conductor made of die casting and configured to surround the inner conductors, and an insulating housing including a holding recess extending in a vertical direction in a front end of the insulating housing and into which the outer conductor is mounted. A lower end of the holding recess is open in a bottom surface of the front end of the insulating housing. Moreover, the connector further includes a coupling member including a holding protrusion fit into the holding recess from below and configured to couple the outer conductor and the housing to each other.

Claims (14)

1. A connector, comprising:

an electrically conductive inner conductor;

an outer conductor made of die casting and configured to surround the inner conductor;

an insulating housing including a holding recess extending in a vertical direction in a rear end of the insulating housing and into which the outer conductor is mounted, a lower end of the holding recess being open in a bottom surface of the rear end of the insulating housing; and

a coupling member including a holding protrusion fit into the holding recess from below and configured to couple the outer conductor and the housing to each other.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the holding recess and the holding protrusion are formed to extend in a direction intersecting a mounting direction of the outer conductor into the housing.

3. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the inner conductor includes a pull-out portion to be located on a back surface side of the outer conductor, and the coupling member is electrically conductive and includes a back surface shielding portion configured to cover the pull-out portion from the back surface side.

4. The connector of claim 1 , wherein:

the inner conductor is connected to a circuit board, and

the coupling member includes a bottom portion arranged to be sandwiched between the outer conductor and the circuit board.

5. The connector of claim 4 , wherein:

the coupling member is electrically conductive, and

the bottom portion of the coupling member includes an opening configured to surround an outer periphery of the inner conductor over an entire periphery.

6. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the coupling member includes an end wall connected to a front end of a bottom portion, and the holding protrusion includes a pair of holding protrusions each being gradually laterally widened toward the end wall to form a U shape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2022
From: YAMADA, SHUHEI
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060657/0179 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-126542 · Aug 2, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230030972A1 · Feb 2, 2023
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