Conducting member and connector having conducting member
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsDaisuke Shinkawa, Toru Yamaguchi
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Abstract
A connector includes a ground terminal connected to a braid shield of a coaxial cable at an end portion thereof, a housing receiving the ground terminal therein, and an earth plate for connecting the ground terminal to a mating member of a conductive nature provided outside the housing. The earth plate is formed by pressing a single metal sheet into a predetermined shape, and includes a housing retaining portion for being retainingly mounted on the housing, a terminal retaining/connecting portion for being engaged with the ground terminal to retain the ground terminal within the housing and also to be electrically connected to the ground terminal, and a grounding portion for electrical connection to the mating member.
Claims6
A conducting member for connecting a terminal received within a housing of a connector to a mating member of a conductive nature provided outside said housing;
- wherein said conducting member is formed by pressing a single metal sheet into a predetermined shape, and includes a housing retaining portion for being retainingly mounted on said housing, a first connecting portion for being engaged with said terminal to retain said terminal within said housing and also to be electrically connected to said terminal, and a second connecting portion for electrical connection to said mating member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.