JP7019012B2 - Shielded electrical connectors and electrical connector assemblies - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of electrical connectors, and in particular to shielded electrical connectors and electrical connector assemblies.

Conventionally, in a power supply / signal mixing connector in the field of heavy-duty electric connectors, a contact terminal for power transmission and a contact terminal for signal transmission are arranged next to each other. In practice, there may be mutual interference between the contact terminals for power transmission and the contact terminals for signal transmission, and in particular power transmission may adversely affect signal transmission.

The present disclosure aims to solve at least one of the above problems and defects existing in the prior art.

According to one aspect of the present application
The first contact terminal and the second contact terminal,
A housing having a first region and a second region provided adjacent to each other, the first contact terminal being arranged in the first region, and the second contact terminal being arranged in the second region.
A shield member provided between the first region and the second region of the housing and for partitioning the first contact terminal in the first region and the second contact terminal in the second region. ,
A shielded electrical connector is provided.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the shield member is detachably provided between the first region and the second region of the housing.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the shield member includes a main body portion and a joint portion extending from the main body portion, and the joint portion floats from the main body portion and abuts on the housing.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the shield member further comprises at least two parallel distributed and spaced apart finger portions extending from the body portion, each of which includes the finger portion. An elastic sheet that floats from the portion is formed, and the elastic sheet is configured such that when the electric connector is connected to the mating electric connector, the elastic sheet is contact-connected to the shield member of the mating electric connector.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the junction is formed on the outermost finger portion of the at least two finger portions distributed in parallel.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the shield member is formed in the main body portion and further includes a grounding portion for connecting a grounding wiring.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the grounding portion is a screw hole or a through hole.
According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the shield member further includes a cable fixing portion extending from the main body portion for fixing the cable of the second contact terminal.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the shield member is a single member, and the main body portion has a plate-like shape.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the shield member surrounds the second region together with the housing to form a shield space suitable for the second contact terminal.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the electric connector is a heavy-duty power supply / signal mixing connector, the first contact terminal is a power supply contact terminal, and the second contact terminal is a signal contact terminal. be.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the electrical connector is a male insert electrical connector or a female insert electrical connector.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the male insert type electric connector and the female insert type electric connector that are fitted to each other are included, and the male insert type electric connector and the female insert type electric connector are both the above-mentioned embodiments. The shielded electric connector according to the above, and when the male insert type electric connector and the female insert type electric connector are inserted and fitted, the shield member in the male insert type electric connector and the female insert type electric connector are used. An electrical connector assembly is provided that is contact-fitted with a shield member.

In the shielded electric connector and the electric connector assembly described in each of the above-described embodiments of the present disclosure, by installing a shield member between the power supply contact terminal area and the signal contact terminal area of the housing, the power supply can be used. The contact terminal and the signal contact terminal are separated from each other to reduce or eliminate mutual interference between the power transmission of the power contact terminal and the signal transmission of the signal contact terminal, and reduce or eliminate the influence of the power transmission on the signal transmission. do.

Further, in the shielded electric connector and the electric connector assembly described in some of the above-described embodiments of the present disclosure, the shield member is detachably attached to the housing of the electric connector, which facilitates mounting and operation. Manufacturing is simplified.

Further, in the shielded electric connector and the electric connector assembly described in some of the above-described embodiments of the present disclosure, the shield member can be attached to the housing of the electric connector by engagement or the like, and the electric connector assembly can be attached. Can be stably provided in.

Further, in the electric connector assembly described in some of the above-described embodiments of the present disclosure, the first and second electric connectors (that is, the male insert type electric connector and the female insert type electric connector) to be fitted to each other are fitted to each other. Then, the shield member in the first electric connector and the shield member in the second electric connector can be joined to each other by a method such as elastic contact connection to form a connection in the electric connector assembly.

By describing the present disclosure with reference to the following drawings, the other objectives and advantages of the present disclosure will be self-evident and will be useful for a full understanding of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a shielded electric connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. It is an exploded schematic diagram which shows the electric connector with a shield shown in FIG. 1 which the shield member separated from the housing. It is a perspective schematic diagram which shows the shield member in the electric connector with a shield shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a shielded electrical connector according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. It is an exploded schematic diagram which shows the electric connector with a shield shown in FIG. 4 which the shield member separated from the housing. It is a perspective schematic diagram which shows the shield member in the electric connector with a shield shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing in the fitted state of the electric connector assembly according to the embodiment of this disclosure. FIG. 3 is another cross-sectional view in which the electrical connector assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is in a fitted state.

Hereinafter, the technical proposal of the present disclosure will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. In the specification, the same or similar reference numerals indicate the same or similar members. Hereinafter, the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the drawings is intended to explain the overall invention concept of the present disclosure, and should not be understood as a limitation to the present disclosure.

Also, in the following detailed description, for convenience of explanation, many detail elements are described so as to fully understand the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, however, one or more embodiments can be performed in the absence of these detail elements. In other cases, known structures and devices are shown in the drawings for simplification.

According to one overall technical concept of the present disclosure, the first contact terminal and the second contact terminal have a first region and a second region provided adjacent to each other, and the first contact terminal is the first region. The second contact terminal is provided between a housing arranged in the first region and between the first region and the second region of the housing, and the second contact terminal is provided in the first region. Provided is a shielded electrical connector comprising one contact terminal and a shield member for partitioning the second contact terminal in the second region.

According to another overall technical concept of the present disclosure, the male insert type electric connector and the female insert type electric connector including the male insert type electric connector and the female insert type electric connector that are fitted to each other are included, and the male insert type electric connector and the female insert type electric connector are both described as a whole. It is an electric connector with a shield described in the technical concept, and when the male insert type electric connector and the female insert type electric connector are inserted and fitted, the shield member and the female insert type in the male insert type electric connector are inserted and fitted. An electrical connector assembly is provided in which a shield member in an electrical connector is contact-fitted.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a shielded electric connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is an exploded schematic view showing a shielded electric connector shown in FIG. 1 in which the shield member 40 is separated from the housing 30. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a shield member 40 in the shielded electric connector shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, in the illustrated embodiment, the shielded electric connector 1 includes a first contact terminal 10, a second contact terminal 20, a housing 30, and a shield member 40. The housing 30 has a first region 31 and a second region 32 provided adjacent to each other, the first contact terminal 10 is arranged in the first region 31, and the second contact terminal 20 is arranged in the second region 32. Will be done. The shield member 40 is provided between the first region 31 and the second region 32 of the housing 30 and partitions the first contact terminal 10 in the first region 31 and the second contact terminal 20 in the second region 32. Is for. In the illustrated embodiment, the electric connector 1 is a male insert type electric connector, and the first region 31 of the housing 30 is a power supply contact terminal region for arranging the first contact terminal 10 as a power supply contact terminal. The second region 32 of the housing 30 may be a signal contact terminal region for arranging the second contact terminal 20 as the signal contact terminal. In the shielded electric connector according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the power supply contact terminal and the signal contact terminal are mutually connected by installing a shield member between the power supply contact terminal area and the signal contact terminal area of the housing. It reduces or eliminates mutual interference between the power transmission of the partition and the power contact terminal and the signal transmission of the signal contact terminal, and reduces or eliminates the influence of the power transmission on the signal transmission.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, in the illustrated embodiment, the shield member 40 surrounds the second region 31 together with the housing 30 to form a shield space suitable for the second contact terminal 20. More specifically, the shield member 40 is detachably provided between the first region 31 and the second region 32 of the housing 30. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the shield member 40 can be detachably attached to the housing 30 by engagement or the like (an exemplary attachment form will be described later with reference to the specific structure of the shield member 40). That is, the shield member is detachably attached to the housing of the electric connector, which facilitates attachment and operation and simplifies manufacturing. The shield member 40 can be made of a material having an electric shield property, for example, the shield member 40 can realize an EMC function.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, in the illustrated embodiment, more specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the shield member 40 includes a main body portion 41 and a joint portion 42 extending from the main body portion 41. The joint portion 42 floats up from the main body portion 41 and comes into contact with the housing 30. According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the shield member 40 can be stably mounted in the housing 30 by the contact fitting between the joint member 42 of the shield member 40 and the housing 30.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, in the illustrated embodiment, more specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the shield members 40 are distributed in parallel and separated from each other extending from the main body 41. Further includes at least two finger portions 43. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the joint portion 42 is formed on the outermost finger portion 43 of at least two finger portions 43 distributed in parallel. That is, the joint portion 42 is formed on two opposite outermost finger portions 43 of the plurality of finger portions 43 distributed in parallel. In the illustrated embodiment, the shield member 40 includes three finger portions 43, and the two joint portions 42 are formed on two opposite outer finger portions 43, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, in the illustrated embodiment, more specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the shield member 40 is formed in the main body 41, and is a grounding portion for connecting the grounding wiring. 45 may be further included. For example, the grounding portion 45 may be a screw hole or a through hole formed in the main body portion 41.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, in the illustrated embodiment, more specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the shield member 40 is a main body 41 for fixing the cable of the second contact terminal 20. The cable fixing portion 46 extending from the cable fixing portion 46 may be further included.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, in the illustrated embodiment, more specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the shield member 40 is a single member, and the main body 41 has a plate-like shape. At least two finger portions 43 extend in parallel from the plate-shaped main body portion 41, and the two joint portions 42 are formed on two opposite outer finger portions 43, respectively. The grounding portion 45 (that is, the grounding hole) is formed in the plate-shaped main body portion 41, and the cable fixing portion 46 extends from the plate-shaped main body portion 41 in the direction opposite to the extending direction of the finger portion 43.

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing a shielded electric connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 5 is an exploded schematic view showing a shielded electric connector shown in FIG. 4 in which the shield member 40 is separated from the housing 30. FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view showing a shield member 40 in the shielded electric connector shown in FIG. 4.

In another embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the shielded electric connector 2 is a female insert type electric connector, and is, for example, inserted and fitted with the male insert type electric connector according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. It is a female insert type electric connector that can be fitted. Similarly, the shielded electric connector 2 includes a first contact terminal 10 which is a contact terminal for power supply, a second contact terminal 20 which is a contact terminal for signals, a housing 30, and a shield member 40. Similarly, the housing 30 has a first region 31 which is a contact terminal region for power supply and a second region 32 which is a contact terminal region for signals, and the first contact terminal 10 is arranged in the first region 31 and is a second region. The contact terminal 20 is arranged in the second region 32. Similarly, the shield member 40 is provided between the first region 31 and the second region 32 of the housing 30, and has the first contact terminal 10 in the first region 31 and the second contact terminal 20 in the second region 32. It is for partitioning.

The shield member 40 shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 may have the same or similar structure and function as the shield member according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, but has at least the following differences.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, in the illustrated embodiment, more specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the shield member 40 extends from the main body 41 and is distributed in parallel. Further, at least two finger portions 43 separated from each other are further included, and each finger portion 43 is formed with an elastic sheet 44 that rises from the finger portion 43. The elastic sheet 44 is configured such that when the electric connector 1 is connected to the mating electric connector, the elastic sheet 44 is contact-connected to the shield member of the mating electric connector (FIGS. 7 and 8 are one electric connector). It shows a state in which the elastic sheet 44 of the shield member in 1 is elastically contact-connected with the shield member in another electric connector 2).

Regarding the other parts of the examples shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the corresponding contents in the description of the examples shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 may be referred to, and no verbosity is given here.

The shielded electric connector described in the examples of the present disclosure is an example of a heavy-duty power supply / signal mixing connector, and in the examples shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the shielded electric connector is a male insert. On the other hand, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the shielded electric connector is the female insert type electric connector 2. Further, in the present specification, as the first contact terminal and the second contact terminal in the shielded electric connector, the power supply contact terminal and the signal contact terminal of the heavy-duty power supply / signal mixing connector in the prior art may be adopted, respectively. can. Therefore, since the structure and function thereof are the same as or similar to the structure and function of the contact terminal for power supply and the contact terminal for signal in the prior art, detailed description and description thereof will be omitted here.

At the same time, the present disclosure further provides an electric connector assembly comprising the female insert type electric connector 1 shown in FIGS. 4 to 6. FIG. 7 shows a cross-sectional view in which the electric connector assembly according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is in the fitted state, and FIG. 8 shows another cross-sectional view in which the electric connector assembly according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is in the fitted state. show.

Specifically, FIGS. 7 and 8 are an electric connector assembly including a male insert type electric connector 1 and a female insert type electric connector 2 that are fitted to each other, and the male insert type electric connector 1 is the above-mentioned FIG. -The electric connector assembly with the shield according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, and the female insert type electric connector 2 is the shielded electric connector according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 described above. Is shown. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, when the male insert type electric connector 1 and the female insert type electric connector 2 are inserted and fitted, the shield member 40 in the male insert type electric connector 1 and the female insert type electric connector 2 The shield member 40 is contact-fitted. More specifically, when the male insert type electric connector 1 and the female insert type electric connector 2 are inserted and fitted, the elastic sheet 44 of the shield member 40 in the female insert type electric connector 2 is in the male insert type electric connector 1. Elastic contact with the shield member 40 forms a contact connection between the shield members of the two electrical connectors. As can be seen, in the electric connector assembly described in the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the first and second electric connectors (that is, the male insert type electric connector and the female insert type electric connector) to be fitted to each other are fitted to each other. The shield member in the first electric connector and the shield member in the second electric connector can be joined to each other by elastic contact connection or the like to form a connection in the electric connector assembly.

In this way, even when the male insert type electric connector 1 and the female insert type electric connector 2 are inserted and fitted, the shield members of the two electric connectors can also be fitted to each other, and the male insert type electric connector 1 and the female By partitioning the entire housing of the electric connector assembly including the insert type electric connector 2 into a power supply contact terminal area 10 and a signal contact terminal area 20, the power supply contact terminal and the signal contact terminal are separated from each other for power supply. Mutual interference between the power transmission of the contact terminal and the signal transmission of the signal contact terminal can be reduced or eliminated, and the influence of the power transmission on the signal transmission can be reduced or eliminated.

As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, all of the embodiments described above are exemplary, and each embodiment can be improved by one of ordinary skill in the art and is not inconsistent in structure or principle. The structures described in 1 can be freely combined.

Although the present disclosure has been described in combination with the drawings, the embodiments disclosed in the drawings are intended to illustrate preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and should not be understood as a limitation to the present disclosure.

Some embodiments of the overall concept of the present invention have already been labeled and described, but as will be understood by those skilled in the art, these examples will not deviate from the principles and spirit of the overall concept of the present disclosure. The scope of this disclosure is limited by the scope of claims and their equivalents.

The word "include" does not exclude other members or steps, and the word "one" or "one" does not exclude a plurality. Also, the reference numerals of any element in the claims shall not be understood as a limitation to the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims (12)

With the first contact terminal (10) and the second contact terminal (20),
It has a first region (31) and a second region (32) provided adjacent to each other, and the first contact terminal (10) is arranged in the first region (31), and the second contact terminal (20) is provided. ) Is arranged in the second region (32), and the housing (30).
The first contact terminal (10) and the second region in the first region (31) provided between the first region (31) and the second region (32) of the housing (30). A shield member (40) for partitioning the second contact terminal (20) in (32), and
Equipped with
The shield member (40) is
Main body (41) and
Including the joint portion (42) extending from the main body portion (41),
A shielded electric connector (1, 2) characterized in that the joint portion (42) floats from the main body portion (41) and abuts on the housing (30 ). The first aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the shield member (40) is detachably provided between the first region (31) and the second region (32) of the housing (30). The described electrical connector. The shield member (40) further includes at least two finger portions (43) distributed in parallel and separated from each other extending from the main body portion (41), and each finger portion (43) has the finger portion. An elastic sheet (44) that floats from the portion (43) is formed, and when the electric connector (1, 2) is connected to the mating electric connector, the elastic sheet (44) becomes the mating partner. The electric connector according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the electric connector is configured to be contact-connected to a shield member of the electric connector. The electricity according to claim 3 , wherein the joint portion (42) is formed on the outermost finger portion (43) of the at least two finger portions (43) distributed in parallel. connector. The shield member (40) is formed in the main body portion (41) and further includes a grounding portion (45) for connecting a grounding wiring, according to any one of claims 1 to 4. Described electrical connector. The electric connector according to claim 5 , wherein the grounding portion (45) is a screw hole or a through hole formed in the main body portion (41). The claim is characterized in that the shield member (40) further includes a cable fixing portion (46) extending from the main body portion (41) for fixing the cable of the second contact terminal (20). Item 5. The electric connector according to any one of Items 1 to 6 . The electric connector according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the shield member (40) is a single member, and the main body portion (41) has a plate-like shape. Claims 1 to 8 are characterized in that the shield member (40) surrounds the second region (32) together with the housing (30) to form a shield space suitable for the second contact terminal ( 20 ). The electrical connector according to any one of the above. The electric connectors (1 and 2) are heavy-duty power supply / signal mixing connectors, the first contact terminal (10) is a power supply contact terminal, and the second contact terminal (20) is a signal contact terminal. , The electric connector according to any one of claims 1 to 9 . The electric connector according to any one of claims 1 to 9 , wherein the electric connector is a male insert type electric connector (1) or a female insert type electric connector (2). Includes a male insert type electrical connector (1) and a female insert type electric connector (2) that are fitted to each other.
The male insert type electric connector (1) and the female insert type electric connector (2) are both shielded electric connectors according to any one of claims 1 to 10 .
When the male insert type electric connector (1) and the female insert type electric connector (2) are inserted and fitted, the shield member in the male insert type electric connector (1) and the female insert type electric connector (2) An electrical connector assembly, characterized in that the shield member in the above is contact-fitted.

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