US 11,888,266 B2
Connector shielding with a guiding protrusion
Bert Bergner, Rimbach (DE); Sundareshan M D, Karnataka (DE); and Gururaj A. Hiremath, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to TE Connectivity India Private Limited, Bangalore (IN); and TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE)
Filed by TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE); and TE Connectivity India Private Limited, Karnataka (IN)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/004,647.
Claims priority of application No. 19193936 (EP), filed on Aug. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0098942 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6582 (2011.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6582 (2013.01) [H01R 13/631 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector shielding for a connector, comprising:
a plurality of shielding walls forming a receptacle receiving a mating connector, the receptacle is open in an insertion direction at a forward end for insertion of the mating connector, the shielding walls are parallel with each other at least in sections in a cross-section perpendicular to the insertion direction;
a guiding protrusion disposed on at least one of the shielding walls and protruding from the at least one of the shielding walls toward the receptacle; and
a shield contact spring extending into the receptacle and generating a contact force in a direction toward the receptacle, the shield contact spring is deflectable with respect to the guiding protrusion.