Connector and cable assembly comprising the same
AssigneeTyco Electronics AMP Korea Co., Ltd.
InventorsGi-Chan Kwon, Seung Moon Ryu
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Abstract
A connector for connecting to a cable having a conducting wire includes an outer shield adapted to receive the cable. A holder is mounted within the shield and receives a center contact of the connector. The center contact receives and electrically contacts the conducting wire, with at least a portion of the center contact being elastically deformed by the conducting wire as it is inserted into the center contact.
Claims19
A connector for connecting to a cable having a conducting wire, the connector comprising:
- a shield for receiving the cable;
- a holder mounted on the shield;
- and
- a center contact arranged within the holder, at least a portion of the center contact being elastically deformed by the conducting wire as the conducting wire is inserted into the center contact, the center contact including:
- a front body and a rear body disposed inside the holder and spaced apart from the conducting wire;
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- a plurality of contact arms arranged between the front body and the rear body and having a shape that is convex toward the conducting wire so as to be electrically contacted by, and elastically deformed in a radially outward direction relative to a central axis of the connector, by the conducting wire.
A cable assembly comprising:
- a cable including:
- a conducting wire;
- a conducting wire support enclosing the conducting wire;
- a metal shell enclosing the conducting wire support;
- and
- a cover layer enclosing the metal shell;
- a connector including:
- a shield;
- and
- a center contact provided inside the shield and receiving the conducting wire therein, at least a portion of the center contact applying a contact force on the conducting wire;
- and
- a cover including:
- a cover body seated on the cover layer and fixed by the shield;
- and
- a cover projection extending from the cover body and passing through the cover layer to be connected to the metal shell.
A connector for connecting to a cable having a conducting wire, the connector comprising:
- a shield for receiving the cable;
- a holder mounted on the shield;
- and
- a center contact arranged within the holder, at least a portion of the center contact adapted to be elastically deformed in a radially outward direction relative to a central axis thereof by the conducting wire as the conducting wire is inserted into the center contact, the center contact including:
- a front body and a rear body disposed inside the holder and spaced apart from the conducting wire, the rear body adapted to receive the conducting wire therein in an insertion direction;
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- a plurality of contact arms arranged between the front body and the rear body being electrically contacted by, and being elastically deformed by, the conducting wire, wherein each of the plurality of contact arms includes:
- an arm body for contacting the conducting wire and having a shape that is spaced further apart from the central axis of the connector in the radial outward direction proximate the rear body and nearer to the central axis proximate the front body;
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- an arm head connecting the arm body to at least one of the front body or the rear body.
A connector for connecting to a cable having a conducting wire, the connector comprising:
- a shield for receiving the cable;
- a holder mounted on the shield;
- a center contact arranged within the holder, at least a portion of the center contact being elastically deformed by the conducting wire as the conducting wire is inserted into the center contact;
- and
- a cover adapted to be fixed to the shield, the cover including at least one projection for engaging with the cable for fixing the cover relative to the cable, the protection including a plurality of sharpened tines for penetrating an outer cover of the cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.