Shielded electrical connector
AssigneeAMP Incorporated
InventorDavid Lane
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Abstract
An electrical connector shield includes a one-piece base member having a cable braid connecting portion comprising a panel from respective opposite sides and the rear of which upstand flanges formed with cable-receiving apertures opening away from the panel. Each aperture has inturned cable gripping lips. A closure member is provided for latching receipt on the base member with a detent action. A connector includes a terminal housing received between the base and closure members and having hood and platform portions providing supports for contact portions of the shield at a mating face.
Claims5
An electrical connector shield comprising base and closure members each stamped and formed in one piece from sheet metal with a rear, braid connecting portion and a front, contact portion, the braid connecting portion of the base member comprising a panel from respective opposite sides and the rear of which upstand flanges formed respectively with cable receiving apertures opening away from the panel, respective opposite sides of each aperture being provided with resilient, inturned cable gripping lips, the braid connecting portion of the closure member comprising a panel from opposite sides of which depend flanges formed with cable receiving apertures, aligned latching detents and apertures being provided on the flanges of the base and closure members so that the closure member can be latched to the base member substantially completely surrounding and retaining a cable with exposed braid shield received as a press fit between the lips of preselected one of the apertures in the base and the contact portions being adapted to mate with contact portions of another similar electrical connector shield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.