Shielded electrical connector assembly.

[Detailed Description of the Invention]

[Industrial Application] the shielded lycee which the present invention requires for the plug of a shield type / lycee Puttaku type connector, and is especially attached to the hole of a conductive panel -- Puttaku is started. [Description of the Prior Art] Many electronic circuits used for transfer of a signal are surrounded with a metaled shield, in order to protect a circuit from the influence of electromagnetic radiation, an electric obstacle (FMI), and a special high frequency obstacle (RFI). Intermediary coming [ as ] as which the individual electrical connector which can hold the shield property of these circuits so that the signal transmitted may not be disturbed is required gradually. In order to have an effective shield operation, a connector must achieve the function which connects a shield to a neutral ground potential point, and grounds an obstacle signal. An individual electrical link is often required of a housing wall like the electric conduction wall of a chassis. So, the shield of a connector must be successfully connected to the grounded conductive chassis wall. JP,58-36585,U -- a plug -- a lycee -- if it combines with Puttaku -- metal Ciel of a plug, and a lycee -- the electrical connector of the shield type to which the metal panel which attached Puttaku is connected automatically is indicated. the lycee in this case -- the outer wall of the plug acceptance portion made cylindrical [ Puttaku ], making into conductivity the piece of attachment provided in the base (the side a plug acceptance opening and opposite to) of the acceptance portion -- this lycee -- the structure which makes the outer wall of a plug acceptance portion potential [ metal panel / (ground potential) ] by inserting Puttaku in the opening of a metal panel and attaching it, and intermediary There was. and such a lycee -- when a plug is combined with Puttaku, the piece of a metallic spring by which metal Ciel which covers the external surface of a plug, and the outer wall of the above-mentioned plug acceptance portion were provided in the metal Ciel side contacts the outer wall of a plug acceptance portion elastically -- mutual -- etc. -- it is a thing used as potential -- Oh. [Problem(s) to be Solved by the Invention] the composition described above -- a lycee -- since it is necessary to attach to a metal panel the mounting piece provided in the base side of Puttaku -- a lycee -- it was not avoided that Puttaku projects from a metal panel. the time before combining a plug -- a lycee -- although Puttaku becomes that it is more advantageous to packing etc. not to project from a metal panel -- a metal panel and a lycee -- the plug acceptance end of Puttaku was not able to be made flat-tapped. this kind of lycee -- the case where Puttaku may need a shield, or may not need it and a shield is not needed Intermediary country Ivy [ as ] from which a plug acceptance portion and the conductive member of a mounting piece can change composition with attachment and detachment in the composition described above although it is desirable to be constituted so that the member provided for the shield can be omitted. [Means for solving problem] so, the object of the present invention -- a plug/lycee -- it is providing the shield mechanism the shield of a Puttaku assembly object electrically being connected to the grounded conductive panel. the lycee in which the another object of the present invention was formed completely -- the lycee which can be easily attached with a conductive panel so that ground connection of the plug which was inserted into Puttaku and shielded may be made -- it is providing Puttaku. a lycee with the grounding clip which electrically connects the conductive panel in which the another object of the present invention was grounded, and the shielded plug -- Puttaku -- Then, the lycee which comprises parts with the cheap minimum number and can do assembly To easily using automatic mass production art -- it is providing Puttaku. the lycee in which the grounding clip with which music agrees easily for the field where a Ivy side or others are irregular as for the another object of the present invention was allocated intermittently -- it is providing Puttaku. the object of the present invention relevant to this -- a lycee -- it is providing each grounding clips of a plurality of arranged at the clamp face of a Puttaku housing. the lycee which the another object of the present invention electrically connects with a plug -- the lycee which can attach the opening for Then and plug acceptance to a conductive panel and field 1 by Puttaku -- it is providing Puttaku. The another object of the present invention is to be able to apply to Then and selection Metsuki art easily with the grounding clip attached to an insulating housing, and to provide the grounding clip which can be cheaply formed using an automatic manufacturing method. the lycee which the another object of the present invention made the structure where the electrically connected above-mentioned grounding clip could attach the shield and the conductive panel of a plug if needed -- it is providing Puttaku. the lycee grounded to the opening of the panel which has the grounded electric conduction side so that these objects of the present invention may accept the shielded plug and it may be engaged electrically -- it is attained by constituting so that Puttaku can be attached. A plug is provided with the following. Housing, A plurality of terminals attached to this housing, A conductive shield attached to the above-mentioned housing from the outside. a lycee -- Puttaku is provided with the following a lycee where an opened plug acceptance end was surrounded by the clamp faces -- a Puttaku housing, A plurality of terminals attached to this housing so that it might fit into a terminal of a plug, a conductive shield of a plug is connected to a grounded panel -- as -- the above -- a lycee -- a ground means attached to a Puttaku housing. according to the present invention -- the above -- a lycee -- the ground means of Puttaku, a lycee -- having a conductive grounding clip which is the estranged model omission metal of the plurality which is not one-like mutually which was attached to the Puttaku housing -- each grounding clip, The attachment portion fixed to the housing, and the piece portion of elastic contact constituted so that the conductive shield of a plug might be contacted, having extended and come outside from the plug acceptance opening near the clamp face, and having a spring portion press-fitted to a panel surface for elasticity -- further -- the above -- a lycee -- the housing of Puttaku, It has a plurality of slots formed in the clamp face, these slots are prolonged to a housing so that the attachment portion of each clip may be accepted, and an ear-like mounting part is flat-tapped with the clamp face, and it has provided it in the outside of the above-mentioned clamp face. the present invention -- the above-mentioned lycee -- the plug / lycee Puttaku type connector which combines and possesses Puttaku and the plug member by which the conductive shield external surface is arranged near a fitting end is started. [Example] plug 12 with this general connector in which the plug / lycee Puttaku type connector 10 is shown in Drawing 1, and a Conspicuous lycee -- it comprises Puttaku 14. Connector 10 connects shielded cable 18 to another circuit element (not shown) like a printed circuit board. If Drawing 2 is explained, cable 18 is a general shielded type thing, and a plurality of signal leads 22 are surrounded by conductive cable shield means 24. Shield 24 of a cable is electrically connected to external plug shield 26 attached to the external surface of plug 12. External plug shield 26 comprises external metal husks, for example, and this is used so that the outside of general insulating plug housing 30 may be covered. signal lead 22 is connected to terminal 32 of a plug -- a lycee -- the common plug composition object which fits into Puttaku is made. it was illustrated -- as -- tip 36 of plug 12 -- a lycee -- being inserted in Puttaku 14 -- terminal 32 of a plug, and a lycee -- electric connection is established with terminal 40 of Puttaku. if Drawings 1 thru/or 3 are explained -- a lycee -- Puttaku assembly object 14 is generally provided with insulating housing 44, and this housing has 1st plug acceptance end 46 that has clamp face 48, and 2nd opposite end 50 allocated by the method that terminal 40 is general. a lycee -- housing 44 of Puttaku is provided with wall part 52 prolonged between the 1st plug acceptance end 46 and 2nd opposite end 50 so that internal plug acceptance Cavity 54 might be formed. Housing 44 of Drawing 1 is provided with ear-like mounting part 60 of the 1st set, and this is fixed to Ezi of a printed circuit, a chassis wall, or the same level clamp face. Housing 44 is provided also with ear-like mounting part 62 of the 2nd set. This is made flat-tapped with 1st plug acceptance end 46, and as shown in Drawing 2, it is fixed to perpendicular panel 64. 1st plug acceptance end 46 aligns with plug acceptance hole 68 formed in panel 64 so that clearly from Drawing 2. signal lead 22, terminal 32 of a plug, and a lycee -- in order to shield terminal 40 of Puttaku effectively, it must have composition which connects external plug shield 26 to a ground potential point. according to the present invention -- a lycee -- Puttaku assembly object 14 is made composition which makes ground connection of the external plug shield 26 in electric conduction side 70 of panel 64. it is shown in Drawing 1 -- as -- a lycee -- it is formed in wall part 52 of Puttaku, the slot, i.e., channel 72, to which plurality counters near [ plug acceptance end 46 ] the. these channels 72 -- 1st plug acceptance end 46 to 2nd opposite end 50 -- Mukai -- it has extended once. As arrow 74 shows to Drawing 1, it has extended in the direction parallel to the path of insertion of plug 12. Multiple conductive grounding clips 78 are intermittently arranged to clamp face 48, and each grounding clip 78 is received in channel 72 which each set countered. Grounding clip 78 is the spring contact member pierced from a material of a charge of an elasticity metallic material. the 1st end having had contact finger 82 in which elastic pressure arrival is possible, and having projected these fingers outside from 1st plug acceptance end 46 -- a lycee -- when Puttaku 14 is attached to panel 64, it is stuck to conductive panel surface 70 by pressure. equip further grounding clip 78 of the shape of each spring with central body part 84 and the 2nd end 86, and this 2nd end 86 contains tongue-like member 88 in it -- this -- plug 12 -- a lycee -- when it inserts in Puttaku 14, the portion which contacts external plug shield 26 elastically is constituted. central body portion 84 of grounding clip 78 equips edges on both sides with ear-like mounting part 90, and these are inserted in channel 72 in path of insertion 74 of plug 12 so that clearly from Drawing 1 -- a lycee -- grounding clip 78 is attached to housing 44 of Puttaku. plug 12 -- a lycee -- electrically connecting with the above-mentioned portion which external plug shield 26 rubs and contains tongue-like member 88 by operation and contacting elastically, when fitting in with Puttaku assembly object 14, and extending this part -- a lycee -- tongue-like member 88 is sagged towards the bottom of a Puttaku housing wall. In the desirable example of Drawings 1 thru/or 4, in order to accept the sagged above-mentioned portion contacting elastically, hollow part 94 is provided in the low wall of the housing. As shown in Drawing 2, contact finger 82 of the other end of grounding clip 78 is connected to electric conduction side 70 of a panel, and, thereby, cable shield means 24 and external plug shield 26 are electrically connected to electric conduction side 70 of a panel. A plurality of estranged grounding clip members 78 are arranged to clamp face 48 of plug acceptance end 46 of a housing, panel 64 or a lycee -- also when Sled arises in any of Puttaku housing 44, the electric connection optimal between grounding clip 78 and electric conduction side 70 of a panel can be secured. plug 12 -- a lycee -- Yo clear from Drawing 2 when not connecting with Puttaku assembly object 14 -- like -- plug acceptance hole 68 of perpendicular panel 64, and the above-mentioned plug acceptance end 46 -- abbreviated -- flat-tapped -- the exterior of Then and perpendicular panel 64 -- a lycee -- Puttaku assembly object 14 is not projected. another example of the present invention is shown in Drawing 4 -- in this case -- a lycee -- Puttaku 114 -- the above-mentioned lycee -- although it is the same as that of Puttaku 14 -- channel 72 -- housing Cavity 54 -- Mukai -- it has extended deeply up to the end 50 neighborhood which the 2nd closed once. In grounding clip 120 of another design used for this example, tongue-like member 122 of elasticity is pierced from body part 124 of the grounding clip located in the spring contact finger 126 neighborhood. Intermediary To have [ as ] to which, as for ear-like mounting part 130, the body part of the terminal excluding cotton intermediary stretch and tongue-like member 122 to all the edges almost of body part 124 is fixed in channel 72. grounding clip 120 -- a lycee -- in order to hold in Puttaku housing 44, terminal fixed bar 134 is provided in channel engaging-of-clutch portion 130. hollow 94 -- tongue-like member 122 -- a lycee -- make it face in Putticle cavity 54, it is made to be sagged, and, thereby, tongue-like member 122 and plug shield 26 can electrically be connected. Although grounding clip 120 of Drawing 4 is substantially [ as grounding clip 78 of Drawings 1 thru/or 3 ] the same, a U character type frame member is arranged near the edge of tongue-like member 122, and a this U character type member comprises other portions of the material by which tongue-like member 122 was pierced. the example of Drawing 4 -- a lycee -- it is used when big holding power is required of attaching a clip member in Puttaku housing 44. [Effect] the above explanation to the present invention -- a lycee -- a plurality of conductive grounding clip members are intermittently arranged near the plug acceptance end of a Puttaku housing wall the lycee where the contact finger at the tip of these grounding clip members was projected by the method of outside exceeding the housing clamp face -- it is clear to provide a Puttaku assembly object. and a lycee -- if the ear-like mounting part provided in the outside of the clamp face of a Puttaku housing is attached to a perpendicular panel, the electric conduction side of a perpendicular panel will contact a contact finger certainly, and it will electrically connect. such a lycee -- if a plug is fitted into Puttaku, it is connected to the electric conduction side of a perpendicular panel via a grounding clip, and the external plug shield can realize a positive shield. the state where a plug is not fitted in on the other hand -- a perpendicular panel and a lycee -- the plug acceptance end of Puttaku -- abbreviated -- it becomes flat-tapped and can eliminate the portion projected outside. a lycee single also in the composition which is not shielded by the shielded composition in the present invention, either -- probably, it will be clear to a person skilled in the art that the number of the parts [ in stock / parts ] can be decreased, since a Puttaku housing can be used. a grounding clip member with plurality individual using automatic production technology in which a manufacturer of a connector is cheap when a housing used in the state of a shield is needed -- a lycee -- a Puttaku housing is loaded. Then, it can ship to an end user. the shielded lycee -- a Puttaku housing and the lycee which is not shielded -- since both of a Puttaku housing are the same and Then change or special processing are not needed at all, remarkable convenience To is brought to an end user.

[Brief Description of the Drawings]

Drawing 1 is a perspective view showing the plug by the present invention / lycee Puttaku type connector. Drawing 2 -- the plug of Drawing 1, and a lycee -- the lycee according [ the sectional view and Drawing 3 showing Puttaku in a fitting position ] to the present invention -- the sectional view of Puttaku, and Drawing 4 -- the lycee of the present invention -- it is a figure showing another example of Puttaku. 10 ...... A connector, 12 ...... A plug, 14 ...... a lycee -- Puttaku and 18 ...... A shielded cable, 22 ...... A lead, 24 ...... A shielding means, 26 ...... An external plug shield, 30 ...... A plug housing, 32 ...... A plug terminal, 40 ...... a lycee -- a Puttaku terminal and 44 ...... An insulating housing, 46 ...... A plug acceptance end, 48 ...... The clamp face, 54 ...... Plug acceptance Cavity, 60, 62 ...... An ear-like mounting part, 64 ...... A panel, 68 ...... A hole, 70 [ ...... An electric conduction side 72 ] [ ...... A channel, 78 ] [ ...... A grounding clip, 82 ] [ ...... A contact finger 88 ] [ ...... Tongue-like member. ]