JP2002100444A - Connector for flat cable - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent deformation of a lock piece. SOLUTION: Mutually fitting plug and receptacle are covered with longitudinally continuing first and second shield shells. The lock piece 62 for engaging with a lock hole of the second shielding shell is arranged on a lower shielding plate 51 being a part of the first shielding shell. The lock piece 62 is arranged deflectively deformably, inside a side plate 53 raised up and formed on the left and right side edges of the lower shield plate 51, a projection part 63 fitted to a mating lock hole is formed on the tip side, an operation part 64 for lock releasing operation is formed in the rear, respectively, and faces toward the outside through window holes 65 and 66 formed in the side plate 53. Inadvertent striking of foreign matters on the lock piece 62 is prevented by the side plate 53.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connector used for connecting a plurality of shielded wires to a terminal of a flat cable in which a plurality of shielded wires are connected in parallel, and more particularly to a shielded connector.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a connector for a flat cable of this type, a connector described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-106237 is known. This is shown in FIG.
A housing 2 attached to a circuit board 1 includes a main body 2A having a plurality of terminal fittings 3 arranged side by side, and a lid 2B attached to the main body 2A so as to be opened and closed.
Shell 4B is provided to be divided into a main body 2A and a lid 2B, and lock pieces 5 are formed on both left and right sides of the shell 4B on the lid 2B side as shown in FIG. On the other hand, a lock hole 6 is opened in the opposite wall of the shell 4A on the main body 2A side.

[0003] Then, as shown in FIG. 14, when the terminal of the flat cable 7 is inserted in the open state and then closed, the protrusion 5 A of the lock piece 5 is elastically fitted into the lock hole 6. To keep the lid closed. In this closed state, the core wire 8A of each shielded electric wire 8 constituting the flat cable 7 is connected to the corresponding terminal fitting 3 to form an individual signal line over the conductive path on the circuit board 1 and the shield shell 4 is connected over the shield layer 8B of each shielded wire 8 so that each shielded wire 8
, A common ground is taken, and a shielding effect such as removal of radiation noise by the shield shell 4 is obtained.

[0004]

However, in the prior art, since the lock piece 5 is provided in a state where the lock piece 5 is exposed to the outside when the lid is open, foreign matter or the like is easily inadvertently hit by the lock piece 5 and the plastic piece is deformed. There was a risk of impairing the function. The present invention has been completed based on the above-described demands, and an object of the present invention is to protect a lock piece from deformation.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems As means for achieving the above object, the invention of claim 1 is a connector used by connecting a plurality of shielded wires to a terminal of a flat cable formed in parallel. In the housing equipped with terminal fittings that are individually connected to the core wires of the shielded wires, a shield shell connected over a shield layer of the shielded wires is covered, and the shield shell is divided, In a configuration in which a lock portion of a lock piece provided in one split shell is elastically fitted into a lock hole provided in another split shell so as to be coupled to each other, the one split shell includes: A protection wall having an opening of a window hole is provided, the lock piece is disposed inside the protection wall, and the lock portion faces outwardly through the window hole so as to be able to advance and retreat. Having the features in place. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, an operation portion for forcibly bending and deforming the lock piece to release the engagement with the lock hole is protruded from the lock piece. It is characterized in that the part faces outward through another window opening in the protective wall.

[0006]

<Operation and effect of the invention><Invention of claim 1> Since the lock piece is disposed inside the protective wall, it is possible to prevent foreign matter and the like from being carelessly deformed plastically and to reliably perform the lock function. it can. <Invention of claim 2> By pressing the operation portion from outside the protection wall, the lock piece is forcibly bent and deformed, and the lock is released.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. <First Embodiment> A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a cable-side connector 20 (hereinafter, referred to as a plug) attached to a terminal of the flat cable 10 and a board-side connector 8 fixed to a circuit board 100.
0 (hereinafter, referred to as a receptacle). Note that the plug 20 and the receptacle 80 will be described with the respective mating surfaces being front surfaces.

As shown in FIG. 3, the flat cable 10 has a plurality of (six in the illustration) shielded wires 11 arranged in parallel at predetermined intervals, covered with a film (not shown), and formed in a strip shape. The short-circuit body 16 is fixed over the shield layer 14 (FIG. 2) of each shielded electric wire 11. At the end of each shielded wire 11, the inner coating 13 is exposed over a predetermined dimension, and the core wire 12 is further peeled off at each intermediate position to expose the core wire 12.
Are connected by the alignment sheet 17 so that the core wires 12 are also maintained in a parallel state with a predetermined interval.

As shown in FIG. 3, the plug 20 includes a cable-side housing 21, six cable-side terminal fittings 23 mounted on the cable-side housing 21, and upper and lower shield plates 51 and 71.
It is composed of These upper and lower shield plates 51, 7
1 constitutes a first shield shell 50. The cable-side terminal fitting 23 is a pressure-contact type terminal fitting, and as shown in FIG. 4, a contact portion 24 which is formed to be bent one step higher, a press-fit portion 25 which protrudes laterally, and a press-contact portion 25 in order from the distal end side. A part 26 is provided. Pressing part 26
The fork has a bifurcated shape and extends rearward, and then has a rear end bent upward. The bent portion 27 is provided with a press-contact groove 28 for pressing the core wire 12 of the shielded wire 11.

The cable-side housing 21 is formed of a synthetic resin material into a flat rectangular plate shape, and has a pair of fitting arms 30 protruding from front ends of both left and right side edges thereof. In the first half of the cable side housing 21,
The mounting area of the cable-side terminal fitting 23 is set.
The terminal mounting area 31 is formed with six terminal insertion grooves 32 shown in the drawing, into which the above-mentioned cable-side terminal fittings 23 can be inserted, at intervals in the horizontal width direction. The distal end of each terminal insertion groove 32 is formed of a pair of protection pieces 34 that cover both left and right sides of the contact portion 24 of the cable-side terminal fitting 23, and a ground terminal 75 described below is provided between each pair of protection pieces 34. Are formed as shown in FIG.

Immediately after the position where the protective piece 34 is formed, a front ridge 37 is formed across the entire terminal insertion groove 32. The reaching press-fit hole 38 is formed. This press-fit hole 38
Has a stepped shape in which a wide portion 38A into which the press-fit portion 25 of the cable-side terminal fitting 23 can be inserted from above is formed at the center in the front-rear direction, and a narrow portion 38B is formed behind the wide portion 38A. On the other hand, a rear ridge 40 is formed at the rear end of the terminal mounting area 31 so as to cross the entire terminal insertion groove 32, and inside the ridge 40, the bending at the press-contact portion 26 of each cable-side terminal fitting 23 is formed. A hollow hole 41 is formed to allow each of the portions 27 to be inserted from the front. The core wire 12 of the shielded electric wire 11 is provided on the ceiling surface of each hollow 41.
Is formed in the front-rear direction slit 42 through which the slits can be inserted.

Therefore, the cable-side terminal fitting 23 is inserted from above into the corresponding terminal insertion groove 32 with the press-fitting portion 25 aligned with the wide portion 38A of the press-fitting hole 38, and then pushed rearward. It is fixed by biting into the stepped portion with the narrow portion 38B. At this time, the contact portion 24 of the cable-side terminal fitting 23 fits between the pair of protection pieces 34 and the bent portion 27 of the press-contact portion 26 has the hollow 41.
And the press contact groove 28 is aligned immediately below the slit 42.

On the other hand, the terminal mounting area of the flat cable 10 is set in the rear half of the cable side housing 21 so as to overlap with the rear end of the terminal mounting area 31. At the rear edge of the cable mounting area 44, a partition column 45 for partitioning and arranging each shielded wire 11 of the flat cable 10 is provided. 1
Positioning groove 46 for partitioning and wiring the exposed portion 3
Are formed.

The portion where the positioning groove 46 is formed and the partition 4
5, a first housing surface 47 capable of housing the short-circuit body 16 of the flat cable 10 is formed over substantially the entire width, and an opening 47A is formed at the center of the first housing surface 47. The core wire 12 of the shielded electric wire 11 can be inserted into each slit 42 of the ridge 40 from above. In addition, a second housing surface 48 is provided substantially over the entire width at a position rearward of the front protruding ridge 37 which is a front end portion of the cable mounting area 44, and the cable side terminal on which the alignment sheet 17 of the flat cable 10 is mounted first. Hardware 23
It can be accommodated so that it overlaps across the group.

The first shield shell 50 is as follows. The lower shield plate 51 is formed into a shape shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 through a predetermined bending process after being punched from a metal plate as a raw material in a developed shape shown in FIG. The lower shield plate 51 is formed in a shape in which a side plate 53 that covers the left and right side surfaces of the cable side housing 21 with a predetermined clearance from the left and right side edges of the main body plate 52 abutted on the bottom surface of the cable side housing 21. Have been.

Four hooks 54 are formed at the rear edge of the main body plate 52 of the lower shield plate 51, and first locking pieces 55 are cut at both left and right ends in the center in the depth direction. It has been woken up. A holding plate 56 for holding the outer surface from the upper surface of the fitting arm 30 is formed at the tip of the side plate 53. At a position near the rear end of the main body plate 52, one lower contact piece 57 that contacts the lower surface of the short-circuit body 16 of the flat cable 10 is formed by being cut and raised diagonally, and on both left and right sides thereof, A pair of front and rear locking hooks 58 that lock to both ends of the short-circuit body 16 are formed. The lower contact piece 57 projects from the upper surface of the first housing surface 47 of the cable-side housing 21 through the opening 47A of the first housing surface 47, and the locking hook 58 can be inserted from behind into the insertion groove 59 formed in the cable mounting area 44. I have.

On the upper surface of the left and right side plates 53 of the lower shield plate 51, two upper and lower front shield plates 71 are provided.
And a locking piece for locking between a second shield shell 90 provided in a receptacle 80 described later, inside the both side plates 53. 62 are provided. When the lock piece 62 is in the expanded shape, as shown in FIG.
Is provided in a position facing the front and rear direction just outside of the
More specifically, the base end is connected to the side plate 53, and the front end extends forward.

At the tip of the lock piece 62, as shown in FIG. 6, a projection 63 is formed by being folded back in a triangular shape. The projection 63 has a locking surface 63A having a vertical rear surface and a tapered front surface. The guide surface 63B is shaped like a letter. In addition, the operation portion 64 is formed by bending and forming the central portion in the length direction largely bulging outward. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, the corresponding side plates 53 are provided with window holes 65 and 66 through which the projection 63 and the operation unit 64 respectively face.

That is, after the protrusion 63 and the operating portion 64 are bent and formed from the developed shape of FIG. 5, the lock piece 62 is folded on the inner surface of the side plate 53 from the bending line 68A. 6B, a pair of lock pieces 62 are provided inside the left and right side plates 53, as shown in FIGS.
4 are arranged so as to protrude outward through the window holes 65 and 66, respectively. Both lock pieces 62 are provided such that their distal ends can be bent inward and deformed as shown by the chain line in FIG. 6.

The lower shield plate 51 formed in the shape shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is pushed from behind the cable-side housing 21 while inserting the hooks 58 into the insertion grooves 59, and is pushed to the normal position. And the first locking piece 55 is locked in a locking hole (not shown) on the lower surface of the housing 21,
In addition, the hook 54 is used as the partition 4 at the rear edge of the housing 21.
5 and the holding plate 56 is
0, the cable side housing 21
(Fig. 3). At this time, as described above, the lock pieces 62 are arranged inside the left and right side plates 53 so as to be able to bend and deform inward.
Is passed through the opening 47A, and the locking hook 58 projects through the insertion groove 59 to the upper surface thereof.

The upper shield plate 71 is, as shown in FIG.
From the rear edge of the cable side housing 21 to the front protrusion 3
7 is formed to cover the upper surface up to the formation position.
The upper shield plate 71 has locking claws 72 inserted into the locking grooves 60 of the lower shield plate 51 at two positions before and after the left and right side edges, respectively. On the rear end side of the upper shield plate 71, the short-circuit body 16 of the flat cable 10
Similarly, two right and left upper contact pieces 73 contacting the upper surface are cut and raised obliquely, and the front and rear both sides of the shielded wire 11 sandwiching the pressure contact portion of the core wire 12 are pressed in front of the upper contact pieces 73 respectively. Pressing portions 74A and 74B to be formed are recessed. At the front edge of the upper shield plate 71, five ground terminals 75 shown are formed to bend so that the root portion is bent downward and then extends forward.

The upper shield plate 71 is integrally assembled with the lower shield plate 51 by inserting the respective locking claws 72 into the corresponding locking grooves 60, and is formed into a flat cylindrical shape by the two shield plates 51 and 71. 1 shield shell 50 is formed,
The cable side housing 21 is mounted so as to cover the upper and lower surfaces and the left and right surfaces. Ground terminal 75
Is accommodated in each accommodation groove 35 between the pair of protection pieces 34 in the cable side housing 21 at the same height as the contact portion 24 of the cable side terminal fitting 23.

Next, the structure of the receptacle 80 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 8, the receptacle 80 has a board-side housing 81 and a housing 6 shown in FIG.
82A and five connection terminals 82 shown in the figure.
B and a second shield shell 90.
The board-side terminal fittings 82A and the connection terminals 82B are formed in the same shape, a forked portion 83 is formed on the front end side (the right side in FIG. 2), and the conductive path of the circuit board 100 is formed on the rear end. A mounting portion 84 connected to a ground circuit is formed.

The board-side housing 81 is shorter in the front-rear direction than the above-described cable-side housing 21, and is formed in a slightly wider thick plate. The cable-side housing 2 is provided at both ends of the board-side housing 81 in the width direction.
A fitting groove 87 into which the first fitting arm 30 can be fitted is formed, and a fitting groove into which a formation part of the protection piece 34 at the front edge of the cable-side housing 21 can be fitted. 88 is open. On the other hand, on the rear surface of the board-side housing 81, eleven mounting grooves 89 shown in the drawing and opening to the fitting grooves 88 in a slit shape are formed side by side at a constant pitch in the width direction.

Starting from one end of each mounting groove 89, 1
The permanent holder is a mounting groove 89 for the board-side terminal fitting 82A,
The space between them is a mounting groove 89 for the connection terminal 82B.
The board-side terminal fittings 82A and the connection terminals 82B are respectively inserted into the corresponding mounting grooves 89 from the rear, and are attached in a state where they cannot be removed by making the press-fitting portions 25 bite into the bottom surfaces of the mounting grooves 89. The mounting portion 84 protrudes into the fitting groove 88 and protrudes rearward from the rear edge of the board-side housing 81.

The second shield shell 90 on the receptacle 80 side is formed in a flat box shape which is opened substantially on both front and rear sides, and is mounted so as to cover the upper, lower, left and right surfaces of the board side housing 81. . A pair of left and right second locking pieces 91 are cut and formed at positions near the rear edge on the upper surface of the second shield shell 90. At the front position slightly outside the position where the second locking piece 91 is formed, two right and left contact pieces 92 that are in contact with the pressing plate 56 of the lower shield plate 51 on the plug 20 side are cut and raised obliquely. I have. Further, from the rear edge and left and right side surfaces of the second shield shell 90, mounting pieces 93 which are mounted by soldering to the circuit board 100 are provided in a protruding manner. The mounting piece 93 is also connected to an earth circuit on the circuit board 100 so as to function as a ground portion.

From the front edges of the left and right side surfaces of the second shield shell 90, a pair of connecting plates 95 are provided with a reduced width so as to extend along the outside of the fitting arm 30 of the cable side housing 21. Each connecting plate 95 is provided with a lock hole 96 in which the projection 63 provided on the lock piece 62 on the plug 20 side can be fitted. The second shield shell 90 is fitted from the front of the board-side housing 81,
The housing 81 is attached to the bent base portion of the connecting plate 95.
When the front edge of the housing 81 is pushed to the proper position, the second locking piece 91 is locked in the locking hole 9 formed in the upper surface of the housing 81.
By being locked to 8, it is designed to be mounted in a retaining state.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. In the plug 20, as shown in FIG. 3, the cable-side terminal fittings 23 are inserted into the respective terminal insertion grooves 32 of the cable-side housing 21, and the lower shield plate 51 is mounted.
Subsequently, the terminal of the flat cable 10 is indicated by an arrow A in FIG.
As shown in (2), the cable is mounted on the cable mounting area 44 of the cable side housing 21 from above. Along with this, the core wire 12 of each shielded electric wire 11 passes through the corresponding slit 42 of the rear ridge 40 and is pressed into the press-contact groove 28 of the cable-side terminal fitting 23 (see FIG. 2). Thereby, each shielded electric wire 11 and the cable side terminal fitting 23 are connected. As shown in FIG. 9, the short-circuit body 16 of the flat cable 10 is attached in a locked state by a locking hook 58.

Next, an upper shield plate 71 is attached from above as shown by an arrow B in FIG. 3, and is integrally assembled to the lower shield plate 51 as shown in FIG. Cover the cable side housing 21. At this time, as shown in FIG. 2, the front and rear portions of the press-contact portion of the core wire 12 in each shielded electric wire 11 are pressed by the pressing portions 74A and 74B, and are maintained in the press-contact state. In addition, short-circuit body 1
6 is elastically held between the contact pieces 57 and 73 of the upper and lower shield plates 51 and 71, and the short-circuit body 16, that is, the shield layer 14 of each shielded electric wire 11 and the first shield shell 50 are electrically connected. In addition, the ground terminals 75 provided on the front edge of the upper shield plate 71 are accommodated in the corresponding accommodation grooves 35, and are arranged side by side at positions between the contact portions 24 of the cable-side terminal fittings 23.

On the other hand, in the receptacle 80, the board-side terminal fittings 82A and the connection terminals 82B are alternately inserted into the mounting grooves 89 of the board-side housing 81, and the second shield shell 90 is attached so as to cover the board-side housing 81. Can be Such a receptacle 80 is connected to the circuit board 100.
And the four mounting pieces 93 are mounted on the circuit board 10.
It is fixed and connected by soldering to the ground circuit formed on zero. At the same time, the mounting portion 84 of each board-side terminal fitting 82A is fixed and connected by soldering to the corresponding conductive path formed on the circuit board 100, while the mounting portion 84 of the connection terminal 82B is also connected between the conductive paths. Is also fixed and connected to the ground circuit formed by the soldering.

Then, as shown by the arrow C in FIG. 1, the plug 20 is fitted into the receptacle 80. Plug 2
0 indicates that both fitting arms 30 are connected to both connecting plates 95 of receptacle 80.
The fitting arm 30 is pushed into the fitting groove 87 of the board-side housing 81 so as to be sandwiched between the protection pieces 3.
4 is gradually fitted into the fitting groove 88. On the way, the tip of the connecting plate 95 hits the protrusion 63 of the lock piece 62,
The lock piece 62 is pushed in while being bent and deformed inward along the guide surface 63B.

When the first and second shield shells 50 and 90 are pushed to the normal positions where they abut each other, the lock holes 96 pass through the positions of the protrusions 63, and as shown in FIG. While being deformed outward, the protrusion 63 is fitted into the lock hole 96 and locked by the locking surface 63A,
The plug 20 and the receptacle 80 are locked in the fitted state. At this time, the first and second shield shells 50, 9
0 is in a state of being connected back and forth as described above,
2 are electrically connected to each other.

The contact portion 2 of each cable side terminal fitting 23
4 correspond to the corresponding board-side terminal fittings 8 as shown in FIG.
The 2A bifurcated portion 83 is opened and fitted between the two, and the corresponding terminal fittings 23 and 82A are connected to each other. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 12, the ground terminal 75 is inserted and connected between the two forked portions 83 of the corresponding connection terminal 82B while opening the forked portion 83. As a result, individual signal lines are formed from the core wire 12 of each shielded wire 11 constituting the flat cable 10 to the corresponding conductive path on the circuit board 100 via the cable-side terminal fitting 23 and the board-side terminal fitting 82A. At the same time, the shield shell 5
A common ground is taken from each shielded electric wire 11 via 0, 90, and at the same time, a shielding effect such as removal of radiation noise is obtained by the shield shells 50, 90.

When releasing the engagement between the plug 20 and the receptacle 80 at the time of maintenance or the like, from the state shown in FIG. The lock piece 62 is bent inward and deformed (see a chain line in FIG. 6). As a result, the lock is released when the protrusion 63 is retracted inward and comes out of the lock hole 96, so that if the plug 63 is pulled backward while holding the left and right side surfaces of the plug 20 as it is, the plug 20 can be removed from the receptacle 80. it can.

In this embodiment, the lock piece 62 is
And the base end serving as a fulcrum at the time of bending deformation is covered and protected, so that carelessness of foreign matter to plastic deformation is prevented, and the locking function can be reliably performed. . Since the operating portion 64 is formed in the lock piece 62 so as to protrude from the window hole 66 of the side plate 53, the lock piece 62 is bent inward by sandwiching the operating portion 64 from both sides. The lock is released, and the plug 20 is continuously pulled by placing a finger on the operation unit 64 and pulling it.
Is extracted from the receptacle 80. The operation of disengaging the plug 20 from the receptacle 80 can be performed smoothly.

<Second Embodiment> FIG. 13 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, the lower shield plate 51A constituting the first shield shell 50 on the plug 20 side
In the production of a, there is a change in a development shape when punching from a metal plate as a material. That is, in the deployed shape, the lock piece 62 is formed to extend rearward from the rear edge of the side plate 53. And the lock piece 62 has the protrusion 6
3 and the operation unit 64 are formed by bending, and then a bending line 6 is formed.
8C, the left and right side plates are vertically folded on the inner surface of the side plate 53, and subsequently, the side plate 53 is raised at right angles from the bending line 68B (see FIGS. 6 and 7). Inside the 53, a lock piece 62 is disposed with the protrusion 63 and the operating portion 64 protruding outward through the window holes 65 and 66, respectively, and the distal end can be bent inwardly. Other structures and effects are
This is the same as the first embodiment.

<Other Embodiments> The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and illustrated in the drawings. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention. In addition, various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. (1) Contrary to the above embodiment, a structure may be adopted in which a lock piece is provided in the shield shell on the receptacle side and a lock hole is provided in the shield shell on the plug side. (2) The present invention relates to a type in which a flat cable terminal is directly connected to a board-side connector without passing through a cable-side connector. The present invention can be widely applied to all types in which a shield shell is mounted on a housing in a divided manner and a lock mechanism is provided between the divided shells.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state before a plug according to a first embodiment of the present invention is fitted into a receptacle.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a plug.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a cable-side terminal fitting.

FIG. 5 is a partial development view of a lower shield plate.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a lower shield plate.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a lower shield plate.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the receptacle.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a state where a flat cable terminal is mounted on a cable side housing.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state where the plug is fitted to the receptacle.

FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view after fitting at a mounting position of a cable-side terminal fitting.

FIG. 12 is a longitudinal sectional view after fitting at a mounting position of a ground terminal.

FIG. 13 is a partial development view of a lower shield plate according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view of a conventional example.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the lock mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Flat cable 11 ... Shield electric wire 12 ... Core wire 14 ... Shield layer 16 ... Short circuit body 20 ... Plug 21 ... Cable side housing 23 ... Cable side terminal fitting 50 ... 1st shield shell 51, 51A ... Lower shield plate 53 ... Side plate ( (Protective wall) 62 ... Lock piece 63 ... Protrusion (lock part) 64 ... Operation part 65 ... Window hole 66 ... Window hole 80 ... Receptacle 81 ... Board side housing 82A ... Board side terminal fitting 90 ... Second shield shell 95 ... Connection Plate 96: Lock hole

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A connector which is used by connecting to a terminal of a flat cable formed by arranging a plurality of shielded wires in parallel, wherein a housing having terminal fittings individually connected to core wires of the respective shielded wires is provided. A shield shell connected over a shield layer of each shielded wire is covered, and the shield shell is divided, and a lock portion of a lock piece provided in one divided shell is provided in another divided shell. In a configuration in which the one split shell is provided with a protective wall having an open window hole, and the lock piece is provided inside the protective wall. A flat cable connector, wherein the lock portion is disposed so as to be able to advance and retreat outward through the window hole. 2. An operation part for forcibly bending and deforming the lock piece to release the engagement with the lock hole is protruded from the lock piece. 2. An exterior facing through a window.
The flat cable connector described.