Enclosed electrical connector with isolator for shielded cables
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsThomas Vogel, Manfred Goebel
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Abstract
A shielded cable assembly that receives a shielded cable therein and includes an isolator or spacer block having a bore and a spring having a fixed portion disposed about the isolator and a resilient portion extending into the bore. A housing retains the isolator and receives the shielded cable. The fixed portion of the spring is in pressed contact with an internal surface of the housing and the resilient portion of the spring is in pressed contact with a shield ring of the shielded cable to scrape the internal surface upon reception into the housing to remove a non-conductive oxide layer formed on the internal surface.
Claims17
An electrical connector for a cable of the type having a conductor with a terminal end and a shielding, the electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having a first bore extending therethrough and terminating at an interior cavity;
- a spacer block disposed within said interior cavity and having a second bore formed therethrough to define a terminal receiving region adapted to receive the terminal end of the cable therein;
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- a contact spring having a perimeter portion interposed between said housing and said spacer block and a resilient portion extending into said second bore and adapted to provide electrical continuity between the shielding of the cable and said housing, said terminal receiving region being electrically isolated from said contact spring and said housing.
A shielded cable assembly comprising:
- a housing having a cavity and a first bore extending through the housing into the cavity;
- a spacer block that is disposed within said cavity and has a second bore formed therethrough;
- a contact spring having a perimeter portion in contact with said housing and said spacer block and a resilient portion extending into said second bore;
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- a cable having a conductor with a terminal end, an insulating layer and a shielding layer, said cable inserted into said first and second bores such that said terminal end is electrically isolated within said spacer block and said contact spring provides electrical continuity between said shielding layer and said housing.
A shielded cable assembly comprising:
- a housing having a first bore extending therethrough and terminating at an interior cavity;
- a spacer block disposed within said interior cavity and having a second bore formed therethrough to define a terminal receiving region;
- a contact spring having a perimeter portion interposed between said housing and said spacer block and a resilient portion extending into said second bore;
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- a cable having a conductor with a terminal end, an insulating layer and a shielding layer, said cable inserted into said first and second bores such that said terminal end is electrically isolated within terminal receiving region of said spacer block and said contact spring provides electrical continuity between said shielding layer and said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.