Shielding connector, a shielding connector system, a terminal fitting and use thereof
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorYutaka Kobayashi
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Abstract
A plug (20) has a base (22) in which a plurality of plug-side terminal fittings (50) are mounted and a lid portion (23) openably and closably mountable on the base (22). The base portion (22) includes a base-side shell (30) and a resin-made base-side housing (60) integrally formed with the base-side shell (30) by insert molding. Since the base-side housing (60) and the base-side shell (30) support each other while being held in close contact, a sufficient strength can be secured. Further, since it is not necessary to assemble the base-side housing (60) and the base-side shell (30), an assembling process can be simplified.
Claims14
A shielding connector (20) to be connected with ends of shielded cables (1 1), the shielding connector (20) comprising a housing (60;
- 131), terminal fittings (50;
- 160;
- 180;
- 181;
- 182;
- 183) mounted in the housing (60;
- 131) and being connectable with the respective shielded cables (11), and a shielding shell (30, 70;
- 30, 140) substantially covering the housing (60;
- 131) and being configured for connection with shielding layers of the respective shielded cables (11), the shielding shell (30, 70;
- 30, 140) comprising a base-side shell (30) and a lid-side shell (70;
- 140) removably mountable on the base-side shell (30).
A shielding connector system, comprising:
- a plug-side connector (20);
- plug-side terminal fittings (50;
- 160;
- 180;
- 181;
- 182;
- 183) connectable with shielded cables (11) and held substantially side-by-side along a widthwise direction in a plug-side housing (60;
- 131) of the plug-side connector (20);
- a receptacle-side connector (80;
- 150) for mounting on a circuit board (P);
- receptacle-side terminal fittings (82;
- 152) connectable with the circuit board (P) and held substantially side-by-side along a widthwise direction in a receptacle-side housing (81;
- 151) of the receptacle-side connector (80;
- 150);
- the plug-side terminal fittings (50;
- 160;
- 180;
- 181;
- 182;
- 183) being connected with the corresponding receptacle-side terminal fittings (82;
- 152) by connecting the plug-side connector (20) with the receptacle-side connector (80;
- 150);
- and
- a shielding shell (30, 70;
- 30, 140) connectable with corresponding shielding layers of the shielded cables (11) in one of the plug-side connector (20) and the receptacle-side connector (80;
- 150) and comprising a plug-side shielding portion (32;
- 33) for substantially covering ends of the shielded cables (11) and a receptacle-side shielding portion (31) for substantially covering the receptacle-side terminal fittings (82;
- 152).
A terminal fitting (50;
- 160;
- 180;
- 181;
- 182;
- 183) formed of a long narrow electrically conductive plate (170), comprising:
- a wire squeezing portion (161) including a pair of arms (161A) extending substantially side by side and adapted to establish an electrical connection by squeezing a wire (11) between the arms (161A);
- and
- a flat substantially planar terminal connecting portion (162) in the form of a mating terminal fitting (82;
- 152;
- 190),
- wherein the wire squeezing portion (161) and the terminal connecting portion (162) are folded back to substantially face and overlap in thickness direction (TD′).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.