Arrangement of an element in a circular connector
AssigneeHARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
InventorStephan Schreier
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Abstract
To transmit the shielding potential of an electric cable that is connected to a circular connector and surrounded by a braided shield to a mating connector, a circular connector includes a shield transfer element comprising an insulation displacement connector, a transfer contact and a spring bow in the connector housing of the circuit connector. The spring bow contacts the electrically conductive screw cap arranged on the outside of the connector housing through an opening provided in the connector housing while the transfer contact contacts a neutral wire of the circular connector in the center of the circular connector. The braided shield is connected to the shield transfer element by the insulation displacement connector.
Claims6
A circular grounding connector for connecting a multi-wire cable having a braided shield to a circular connector plug, said circular connector comprising:
- a housing with a plurality of contact elements held therein, and a generally planar shield transfer element held within said housing and comprising an insulation displacement connector, a shield transfer contact and a spring bow wherein the shield transfer element is engagable in a recess in a slot-shaped opening in the housing via a clip that obliquely protrudes from the plane of the element, and the shield transfer contact is pin-shaped and is arranged offset in a different plane relative to the plane of the element, to enhance contact with a neutral wire of the circular connector,
- wherein said circular connector has a cable connection side and a connector plug side and said shield transfer element transmits a shielding potential of said braided shield to the neutral wire of said connector plug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.