Back to results
US 5,511,993 AGranted
Connector shield wire connection structure
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsSatoshi Yamada, Mitsuhiro Matsumoto
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A connector shield wire connection structure includes a connector housing including a shield wire accommodating portion, a conductive contact element including an inclined slide portion and a hold portion corresponding to a terminal shield portion of a shield wire, the conductive contact elements being connectable to the shield portion of a connector.
Claims19
A connector shield wire connection structure comprising:
- a connector housing including a shield wire accommodating portion and a shield cover for covering said shield wire accommodating portion;
- a conductive contact element including a slide portion and a retaining portion for retaining a shield portion of a shield wire, wherein said shield wire accommodating portion has a pair of mutually opposing inclined groove walls and the conductive contact element includes an inclined slide portion corresponding to the inclined groove walls, a shield wire hold portion angled inwardly from the inclined slide portions and capable of pressing a distal end thereof against the shield cover opposed to the shield wire accommodating portion, and a shield wire placement portion angled inwardly from a base of the inclined slide portion for supporting the shield wire.
A shield wire connector, comprising:
- a connector housing having an accommodating chamber therein;
- a conductive contact element including opposing walls each including a clamping portion, said opposing walls defining a cavity therebetween in which a shield wire having a shield portion is receivable, said contact element being positioned in said accommodating chamber and being moveable in a predetermined direction from a provisional position at which said shield wire can be positioned in said cavity to a final position at which said shield portion of said shield wire is clamped by each said clamping portion of said opposing walls;
- and
- cam means for camming said opposing walls toward each other so as to clamp said shield portion in response to movement of said contact element from said provisional position to said final position, wherein said cam means comprises a pair of inclined side walls formed in said connector housing which partially define said accommodating chamber, said inclined side walls combining to form a v-shaped cam pointing in said predetermined direction, said opposing walls of said contact element being slidably provided on said inclined side walls.
1 more element
A shield wire connector, comprising:
- a connector housing having an accommodating chamber therein;
- a conductive contact element including opposing walls each including a clamping portion, said opposing walls defining a cavity therebetween in which a shield wire having a shield portion is receivable, said contact element being positioned in said accommodating chamber and being moveable in a predetermined direction from a provisional position at which said shield wire can be positioned in said cavity to a final position at which said shield portion of said shield wire is clamped by each said clamping portion of said opposing walls;
- cam means for camming said opposing walls toward each other so as to clamp said shield portion in response to movement of said contact element from said provisional position to said final position;
- and
- a lid for covering said accommodating chamber of said connector housing.
2 more elements
A shield wire connector, comprising:
- a connector housing having an accommodating chamber therein;
- a conductive contact element including opposing walls each including a clamping portion, said opposing walls defining a cavity therebetween in which a shield wire having a shield portion is receivable, said contact element being positioned in said accommodating chamber and being moveable in a predetermined direction from a provisional position at which said shield wire can be positioned in said cavity to a final position at which said shield portion of said shield wire is clamped by each said clamping portion of said opposing walls;
- cam means for camming said opposing walls toward each other so as to clamp said shield portion in response to movement of said contact element from said provisional position to said final position;
- and
- locking means for locking said contact element in said final position, wherein said locking means comprises a ratcheting mechanism.
2 more elements
A shield wire connector, comprising:
- a connector housing having an accommodating chamber therein;
- a conductive contact element including opposing walls each including a clamping portion, said opposing walls defining a cavity therebetween in which a shield wire having a shield portion is receivable, said contact element being positioned in said accommodating chamber and being moveable in a predetermined direction from a provisional position at which said shield wire can be positioned in said cavity to a final position at which said shield portion of said shield wire is clamped by each said clamping portion of said opposing walls;
- and
- cam means for camming said opposing walls toward each other so as to clamp said shield portion in response to movement of said contact element from said provisional position to said final position, wherein said inclined side walls each has a plurality of projections and said opposing walls of said contact element each includes an engaging portion which is engaged by one of said plurality of projections, said projections preventing said contact element from moving in a direction opposite said predetermined direction.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.