EP0570893A1 - Anschluss eines Erdungsdrahtes an die Abschirmung eines elektrischen Verbinders - Google Patents

Anschluss eines Erdungsdrahtes an die Abschirmung eines elektrischen Verbinders Download PDF

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EP0570893A1
EP0570893A1 EP93108029A EP93108029A EP0570893A1 EP 0570893 A1 EP0570893 A1 EP 0570893A1 EP 93108029 A EP93108029 A EP 93108029A EP 93108029 A EP93108029 A EP 93108029A EP 0570893 A1 EP0570893 A1 EP 0570893A1
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Lucas Soes
Franciscus Maria Wouters
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/59—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • H01R12/61—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • H01R12/613—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures by means of interconnecting elements
    • H01R12/616—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures by means of interconnecting elements having contacts penetrating insulation for making contact with conductors, e.g. needle points
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/77—Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • H01R12/771—Details
    • H01R12/775—Ground or shield arrangements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/658—High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse]
    • H01R13/6581—Shield structure

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  • This invention relates to an electrical connector assembly according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a kit of parts for assembly about at least one electrical cable having signal wires and a drain wire, to provide an electrical connector having a shield connected to the drain wire, or drain wires.
  • the invention also relates to a one-piece metal shield for such a kit of parts.
  • kit of parts for assembly together to provide an electrical connector comprising, a first insulating housing having a base formed with wire stuffer members upstanding thereform, a second insulating housing having a base formed with terminal receiving openings therein and a signal wire receiving electrical terminal for reception in each terminal receiving opening with a signal wire receiving portion of the terminal projecting from the base of the second housing, the housings being matable, with the terminals received in the terminal receiving openings and signal wires extending across the wire receiving portions of the terminals; to cause the wire stuffer members to stuff the wires into the wire receiving portions of the terminals.
  • This known kit of parts is not, however, intended to provide a shielded electrical connector, or to be used with cables having drain wires.
  • the invention provides an electrical connector assembly as defined in claim 1 and a one-piece metal shield as defined in claim 11.
  • a kit of parts as defined in the second paragraph of this specification is characterized in that one of the housings has a through, terminal receiving opening formed in the base thereof, the kit of parts further comprising a metal shield for receiving the base of said one housing with a drain wire receiving terminal formed integrally with the shield projecting through said through opening with a drain wire receiving portion of that terminal upstanding from the base of said one housing, the other housing having a further stuffer member for driving a drain wire extending across said drain wire receiving portion, into said drain wire receiving portion as said housings are mated.
  • the shield can readily be stamped and formed from a single sheet of metal stock so as to include the drain wire receiving terminal.
  • the housings may be held together in mating relationship by cooperation between the shield and a further shield when the parts of the kit of parts have been assembled together.
  • the housings may be provided with interengaging means for locating them as they are mated, in order to ensure that latching means on the shields engage one another when the housings have been fully mated.
  • the kit of parts may be arranged commonly to connect respective signal wires and respective drain wires of pair of electrical cables.
  • a kit of parts for assembly to provide a shielded electrical cable connector comprises an upper insulating housing 2 and a lower insulating housing 4 connected by carrier strips 6, two pairs 8 and 10, respectively, of commoned electrical terminals, an upper metal shield 12 and a lower metal shield 14.
  • the kit of parts is for assembly about a pair of electric cables C1 and C2, signal wires W1 and W2, of which, are to be commoned and drain wires W3 of which are to be grounded to the shields 12 and 14.
  • Each cable has insulating jacket J.
  • the housings 2 and 4 are moulded in one piece with the carrier strips 6.
  • the upper housing 2 comprises a rectangular base 16, which is square as seen in plan view, and has a flat outer peripheral rim 18 extending thereabout. Within the rim 18, there upstands from the base 16, four parallel, rectangular cross section, elongate, wire stuffer ribs 20, defining between them three terminal wire connecting portion receiving slots, 22, 24 and 26, respectively.
  • the ribs 20 are spanned, at each end thereof, by a planar locating bar 28 upstanding from the base 16 above the ribs 20.
  • Each bar 28 has a central part 30, and at each end thereof, an end part 32 of smaller height and length and the central part 30.
  • the lower housing 4 which is substantially rectangular, and square as seen in plan view, has opposite side walls 34 and opposite end walls 36. Each end wall 36 has two juxtaposed cable receiving notches 38 and 40, respectively.
  • a flat cable supporting surface 42 extends inwardly of the housing 4 from the base of each notch 38 and 40, between the side walls. The notches of each pair are separated by a central partition 41.
  • the housing 4 has a flat base 44 from which upstand ribs 45 defining between them, two commoning strip receiving blind slots 46 and 48, respectively, and a terminal receiving through slot 50 which is wider than the slots 46 and 48.
  • Each cable supporting surface 42 merges with an abutment surface 52 adjoining the respective side wall 34, for engagement by a respective end part 32 of a respective one of the locating bars 28.
  • Each side wall 34, each end wall 36 and each partition 41 has a flat top for face to face engagement with the rim 18 of the housing 2.
  • Each terminal pair 8 and 10 comprises a first signal wire receiving terminal 58 and a second signal wire receiving terminal 60 upstanding from opposite ends of a rectilinear commoning strip 62.
  • the terminal pairs 8 and 10 are identical.
  • Each terminal 58 and 60 comprises a leg 64 coplanar with the commoning strip 62 and being surmounted by a wire receiving portion 66.
  • each wire receiving portion 66 has a wire receiving slot 68 defined by two opposed arms 70 upstanding from the leg 64. There depends from the top of each arm 70, one leg 72 of a U-shaped yoke 74 which extends across the slot 68 and acts as a backing spring.
  • the upper metal shield 12 has a flat square base 76 opposite end walls 78 and opposite side walls 80 of substantially greater height than the walls 78, each formed with a longitudinal through slot 82.
  • the walls 78 have narrow end portions 83 of the same height as the walls 80.
  • the shield 12 is dimensioned to receive the base 16 of the upper housing 2, between the walls 78 and 80 of the shield 12.
  • the lower metal shield 14 has a square base 84, opposite end walls 86 and opposite side walls 88 of substantially greater height than the end walls 86.
  • the walls 86 have narrow end portions 89 of the same height as the walls 88.
  • Each side wall 88 has a longitudinally extending, externally projecting rib 90 for snap reception in a respective slot 82 of the shield 12.
  • the shield 14 is dimensioned to receive the lower housing 4, between the walls 86 and 88 of the shield 14.
  • Each terminal 92 and 94 which is identical with the terminals 58 and 60, has a leg 64 upstanding from the base 84 and being surmounted by a wire receiving portion 66 which is insertable through the slot 50 in the base 44 of the housing 4.
  • each cable is stripped of its jacket J so as to bare an equal length of each of the signal wires W1 and the drain wire W3 of the cable.
  • the strips 6 connecting the housings 2 and 4 are severed at positions adjacent thereto.
  • the commoning strip 62 of the terminal pair 10 is inserted into the slot 46 of the housing 4 and the commoning strip 62 of the terminal pair 8 is inserted into the slot 48 of the housing 4 so that at least the wire receiving portions 66 of the terminals 58 and 60 stand above the ribs 45 of the base 44.
  • the strips 62 are located longitudinally of their respective slots 46 and 48 with the centre to centre spacing between the terminals 58 of the terminal pairs 8 and 10, equal to the centre to centre spacing between the signal wires W1 and W2 of the cable C1, the centre to centre spacing between the terminals 60 of the terminal pair 8 being equal to the centre to centre spacing between the signal wires W1 and W2 of the cable C2.
  • the spacing between the wires of the two cables will, in practice, be the same.
  • the housing 4 is placed in the shield 14 so that the wire receiving portions 66 of the terminals 92 and 94 are received through the slot 50 of the housing 4 with the wire receiving portions 66 of those terminals standing above the ribs 45.
  • the centre to centre spacing between the terminals 92 and 94 is equal to the centre to centre spacing between the drain wires W3 of the cables C1 and C2 when they have been laid in the notches 38 and 40 respectively.
  • the shield 12 is placed over the base 16 of the upper housing 2.
  • the cables C1 and C2 are laid in their respective notches 38 and 40 with jacketed portions of the cables in the notches, and the bared cable wires extending across the ribs 45.
  • the housing 2 is now mated with the housing 4, so that the central parts 30 of the bars 28 of the housing 2 are received in the recesses 54 of the housing 4, as best seen in Figure 6, with the end parts 32 of the bars 28 in face to face engagement with the abutment surfaces 52 of the housing 4 and the rim 18 of the housing 2 in surface to surface engagement with the surfaces 56 of the housing 4.
  • the ribs 90 of the shield 14 snap into the slots 82 of the shield 12 so that the housings 2 and 4 and the shields 12 and 14 are firmly latched together in mating relationship.
  • the signal wires W1 and W2 of the cable C1 are received in the wire receiving slots 68 of the terminals 58, the wires W1 and W2 of the cable C2 being received in the wire receiving slots 68 of the terminals 60, and the drain wires W3 of the cables C1 and C2 are received in the wire receiving slots 68 of the terminals 92 and 94, respectively.
  • the wire receiving portions 66 of the terminals of the terminal pair 10 enter the slot 22 of the housing 2, the wire receiving portions 66 of the terminals of the terminal pair 8 entering the slot 24 of the housing 2 and the wire receiving portions 66 of the terminals 92 and 94 entering the slot 26 of the housing 2.
  • the wire stuffer ribs 20 of the housing 2 accordingly stuff the respective wires W1 to W3 into the wire slots 68 of their respective terminals whereby each wire is firmly and permanently electrically connected to a respective terminal.
  • the signal wire W1 of the cable C1 is commoned, to the signal wire W1 of the cable C2
  • the signal wire W2 of the cable C1 is commoned to the signal wire W2 of the cable C2
  • the drain wire W3 of the cable C1 is commoned to the drain wire W3 of the cable C2 and to the shields 12 and 14.
  • the jackets J of the cables C1 and C2 are snugly confined in the notches 38 and 40 of the housing 4 by the rim 18 of the housing 2.
  • Each shield 12 and 14 can readily be made by stamping and forming from a single piece of sheet metal stock. The need for securing the terminals 92 and 94 to the shield 14 is avoided. By forming the shields with means for latching them together about the housings the need to provide the housings with latching means as also avoided.
  • the assembled connector may be sealed, for example, by means of a sealing shell (not shown).

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