# US 4,398,780 A · Shielded electrical connector

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- Number: US 4,398,780 A
- Document ID: US4398780A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/418,367
- Filed: 1982-09-15
- Granted: 1983-08-16
- Earliest claimed: 1979-07-03
- Assignees: AMP Incorporated
- Inventors: Lawrence G. Novotny; Elvert S. Watts
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4398780A

## CPC

- H01R 13/6592: the conductive member being a shielded cable
- H01R 13/516: Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing {, hoods}
- H01R 13/518: for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames
- H01R 13/6215: {using one or more bolts}
- H01R 27/02: for simultaneous co-operation with two or more {dissimilar} counterparts
- H01R 31/00: Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart
- Y10S 439/906: Longitudinally divided
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

A shielded connector for shielded cable provides a plug and receptacle coupled to multiple wires of the cable, together with metal shells with facility for stacking and interlocking multiple shielded connectors.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A shielded connector for multiple conductor cable having a male and female connector pair with terminals thereof having aligned wire connecting portions and oppositely projecting mating portions adjacent mating sides of said connector pair, the improvement comprising:
first and second metal intermated shells enclosing said connector pair and having a first opening encircled by a first flange exposing a first mating side of one of said pair of connectors, and second opening encircled by a second flange exposing a mating side of the other of said connectors,
said shells enclosing a cable entrance for wires connected to said pair of connectors, and
fastener means extending through said intermated shells to connect together, plural, stacked pairs of intermated shells, and wherein a plug mating side of said pair of connectors will interfit with a receptacle mating side of another of said pair of connectors so that a pair of multiple conductor cables are electrically coupled together.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The structure as recited in claim 1, wherein, said fastener means include cap screws with enlarged threaded shank portions constructed for threadable connection to head portions of additional cap screws of another intermated pair of said shells.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The structure as recited in claim 1, wherein each said flange of said shells includes an overhang encircling a mating side of a respective said connector.